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<blockquote data-quote="yobuck" data-source="post: 1936802" data-attributes="member: 12443"><p>What isnt mentioned in the video is dialing the scope. </p><p>The WW2 era data would have consisted of close range targets with hold and shoot methods.</p><p>Although Carlos Hathcocks Unertle scope appears to have the scope blocks set up properly for dialing, ive never read that he actually did any dialing. </p><p>In reading Chris Kyles book, he lists the various weapon choices he had. His personal favorite however was the 300 Win Mag with a Nightforce Variable power scope zeroed for 400 yards. So he did very little by way of dialing also, just choosing to hold center mass, and up or down as the distance required for the most part.</p><p>His kill numbers were much higher due to operating in urban locations with high numbers of targets.</p><p>Same as many of the Russians in WW2.</p><p>What also needs to be remembered is that untill the 80s there really werent any good choices in variable power scopes with target type knobs, especially in this country. Which is the reason target type scopes in a fixed power like Unertle were the main choice for long range hunting.</p><p>The only real choice in a variable power was the Bausch & Lomb 6x24 Balvar target scope with the turret swapped out for a Unertle type made by Kuharsky.</p><p>So although fixed power scopes in a lower power were and still are a good choice for a long range optic, it still needs to be remembered that untill not very long ago they were the only choice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yobuck, post: 1936802, member: 12443"] What isnt mentioned in the video is dialing the scope. The WW2 era data would have consisted of close range targets with hold and shoot methods. Although Carlos Hathcocks Unertle scope appears to have the scope blocks set up properly for dialing, ive never read that he actually did any dialing. In reading Chris Kyles book, he lists the various weapon choices he had. His personal favorite however was the 300 Win Mag with a Nightforce Variable power scope zeroed for 400 yards. So he did very little by way of dialing also, just choosing to hold center mass, and up or down as the distance required for the most part. His kill numbers were much higher due to operating in urban locations with high numbers of targets. Same as many of the Russians in WW2. What also needs to be remembered is that untill the 80s there really werent any good choices in variable power scopes with target type knobs, especially in this country. Which is the reason target type scopes in a fixed power like Unertle were the main choice for long range hunting. The only real choice in a variable power was the Bausch & Lomb 6x24 Balvar target scope with the turret swapped out for a Unertle type made by Kuharsky. So although fixed power scopes in a lower power were and still are a good choice for a long range optic, it still needs to be remembered that untill not very long ago they were the only choice. [/QUOTE]
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