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First focal plain vs second focal plain
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<blockquote data-quote="KY_Windage" data-source="post: 1821279" data-attributes="member: 108082"><p>You're doing fine but I would say the "lesson" to learn on your 540-yard shot was to <em><strong>always dial your elevation</strong></em>. With those wonderful turrets on ATACR's it takes only a couple of seconds, then I don't have to keep checking to see if I am using the right hashmark (and it is so easy to use the wrong one when you are rushed or excited..</p><p></p><p>For me to take a 500-yard shot with my 204 requires 7 MOA up, and my 7mm-08 requires 11 MOA up. There is no way I'm NOT going to dial those.</p><p></p><p>And that's esp. true when I'm shooting in wind. I almost never dial wind because it is almost always too variable. But trying to hold 7 or 11 MOA up, and a variable 3, 4, 5 etc. of left for the wind, even with Christmas-tree reticle, is a prescription for disaster for me.</p><p></p><p>Now, the advantage the FFP has is that you can dial the elevation and have your windage hashmarks correct no matter what power you are on. I will certainly give you that, but I just do not find that an advantage <em><strong>often enough</strong></em> to put up with the "mess in the middle" when I am scanning at low power, which I often do a lot of. And I say that as someone who spends many hours every year shooting varmints in the wind, often a lot of wind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KY_Windage, post: 1821279, member: 108082"] You're doing fine but I would say the "lesson" to learn on your 540-yard shot was to [I][B]always dial your elevation[/B][/I]. With those wonderful turrets on ATACR's it takes only a couple of seconds, then I don't have to keep checking to see if I am using the right hashmark (and it is so easy to use the wrong one when you are rushed or excited.. For me to take a 500-yard shot with my 204 requires 7 MOA up, and my 7mm-08 requires 11 MOA up. There is no way I'm NOT going to dial those. And that's esp. true when I'm shooting in wind. I almost never dial wind because it is almost always too variable. But trying to hold 7 or 11 MOA up, and a variable 3, 4, 5 etc. of left for the wind, even with Christmas-tree reticle, is a prescription for disaster for me. Now, the advantage the FFP has is that you can dial the elevation and have your windage hashmarks correct no matter what power you are on. I will certainly give you that, but I just do not find that an advantage [I][B]often enough[/B][/I] to put up with the "mess in the middle" when I am scanning at low power, which I often do a lot of. And I say that as someone who spends many hours every year shooting varmints in the wind, often a lot of wind. [/QUOTE]
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