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<blockquote data-quote="killforfood" data-source="post: 428120" data-attributes="member: 20360"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I would suggest that you not try to dial up that style of turret. In the heat of the moment you'll likely lose your caps and what if you forget your lucky lucky range adjusting nickel. Not having the ability to re-set the dials to zero will drive you mad trying to remember was zero at 7.25moa or was 5.25moa??&%# I own a few of them and it's much quicker and easier to memorize hold overs using the duplex cross hairs.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I make up range cards using the JBM ballistic software.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><a href="http://www.jbmballistics.com/ballistics/calculators/calculators.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.jbmballistics.com/ballistics/calculators/calculators.shtml</a></span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/killforfood/AR15/270Trajectorycard.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I also make hold over flash cards that help me visualize the proper hold over. These cards assume a fully mature Mule Deer with an 18" deep chest and lower 1/3 aiming height.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/killforfood/AR15/Duplexflashcards.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Since you're using a Vari-x II, it will not have the range finding marks on the power ring. I suppose you could make a target that subtends the chest height of the animal you are hunting. (Deer 16"-18", Elk 32"-36") then from min to max power make a note at what power the animal is bracketed in the thin cross hairs. For Deer I would bracket with just the upper or lower thin wire. For Elk I would use both the upper and lower wire since they are so much bigger. With that info you can range the animal and also know how many inches your cross hairs subtend for proper hold over.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I've made clean kills out to a maximum of 575 yards using this method but that's about my personal limit and only if all things are perfect (as in no wind). </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The other option would be to send the scope into Leupold for some M1 turrets.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I believe this is my first post here so hi all, I've been lurking just never posted. OK third post. I just checked.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="killforfood, post: 428120, member: 20360"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I would suggest that you not try to dial up that style of turret. In the heat of the moment you’ll likely lose your caps and what if you forget your lucky lucky range adjusting nickel. Not having the ability to re-set the dials to zero will drive you mad trying to remember was zero at 7.25moa or was 5.25moa??&%# I own a few of them and it’s much quicker and easier to memorize hold overs using the duplex cross hairs.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I make up range cards using the JBM ballistic software.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][URL]http://www.jbmballistics.com/ballistics/calculators/calculators.shtml[/URL][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/killforfood/AR15/270Trajectorycard.jpg[/IMG][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I also make hold over flash cards that help me visualize the proper hold over. These cards assume a fully mature Mule Deer with an 18" deep chest and lower 1/3 aiming height.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/killforfood/AR15/Duplexflashcards.jpg[/IMG][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Since you’re using a Vari-x II, it will not have the range finding marks on the power ring. I suppose you could make a target that subtends the chest height of the animal you are hunting. (Deer 16”-18”, Elk 32”-36”) then from min to max power make a note at what power the animal is bracketed in the thin cross hairs. For Deer I would bracket with just the upper or lower thin wire. For Elk I would use both the upper and lower wire since they are so much bigger. With that info you can range the animal and also know how many inches your cross hairs subtend for proper hold over.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I’ve made clean kills out to a maximum of 575 yards using this method but that’s about my personal limit and only if all things are perfect (as in no wind). [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]The other option would be to send the scope into Leupold for some M1 turrets.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I believe this is my first post here so hi all, I’ve been lurking just never posted. OK third post. I just checked.[/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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