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How often windage adjustment during hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="vancewalker007" data-source="post: 2257186" data-attributes="member: 66917"><p>Because we have hunted with older Second Focal Plane scopes with plain reticles for years we have always dialed wind calls. On shots where elevation adjustments are necessary we have always had time to make both an elevation and wind call and a lot of Coues bucks and elk have fallen as a result. So I know it can be done and it works.</p><p></p><p>Holding for wind is faster if you have to have the right gear, right settings, but you still have to call wind. If you are shooting a Second Focal Plane (SFP) scope the reticle hash marks are not the same at all powers, ie. 1 MOA reticle hash marks in an MOA based 4-24 SFP scope will be 1 MOA at 24 power and about .5 MOA at 12 power. You could pre-compute per scope power them but then that adds time to look at your power setting and then your hash gap sheet etc. So you could say I'm only shooting at full power or half then the hash marks are easier to use. Or, if you want the fastest wind hold solution simply use a First Focal Plane (FFP) scope, then the hash marks are a no brainer because they are the same at al powers. That's why most all the competitive shooters like PRS folks shoot First Focal scopes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vancewalker007, post: 2257186, member: 66917"] Because we have hunted with older Second Focal Plane scopes with plain reticles for years we have always dialed wind calls. On shots where elevation adjustments are necessary we have always had time to make both an elevation and wind call and a lot of Coues bucks and elk have fallen as a result. So I know it can be done and it works. Holding for wind is faster if you have to have the right gear, right settings, but you still have to call wind. If you are shooting a Second Focal Plane (SFP) scope the reticle hash marks are not the same at all powers, ie. 1 MOA reticle hash marks in an MOA based 4-24 SFP scope will be 1 MOA at 24 power and about .5 MOA at 12 power. You could pre-compute per scope power them but then that adds time to look at your power setting and then your hash gap sheet etc. So you could say I'm only shooting at full power or half then the hash marks are easier to use. Or, if you want the fastest wind hold solution simply use a First Focal Plane (FFP) scope, then the hash marks are a no brainer because they are the same at al powers. That's why most all the competitive shooters like PRS folks shoot First Focal scopes. [/QUOTE]
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