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Leupold Boone and Crockett Reticle?
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<blockquote data-quote="nmbarta" data-source="post: 1496927" data-attributes="member: 78438"><p>Most people set up ballistic reticles on max power. Being that these are sfp, as mentioned above, any change in the power setting will change your drops. The lower the setting, the more distance between the marks in relationship to the target.</p><p></p><p>As with any ballistic information, these all have to be verified on targets before hunting.</p><p></p><p>Because target verification is a must, and I prefer two power ranges to be able to shoot at. I shoot at 200 on max power (20) with all of the marks (you need a big target with the bullseye at the bottom) now you can measure exactly what is happening with your rifle. Then a turn it down to a lower setting (10) and shoot all the marks again, the groups will have more distance between them. Now I can measure the distance between the groups on both power settings and calculate the drops out to whatever distance the reticle will allow using my specific ballistic information on the load that I am using. With this you can shoot pretty accurately using hold overs on two settings.</p><p></p><p>None of this works without shooting out to the distance you plan on hunting at. You have to know exactly what your bullet is doing. Ballistic calculators can save you quite a bit of ammo by getting you close, but often the BC and or velocity needs to be changed in the calculator to match real world results.</p><p></p><p>If you have good information on your specific load (not off the box info), you can use the measurements between the marks and get really close, but still should verify on targets before you go hunting.</p><p></p><p>I realize that this is some very basic information, but see people make mistakes with sfp ballistic reticles all the time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nmbarta, post: 1496927, member: 78438"] Most people set up ballistic reticles on max power. Being that these are sfp, as mentioned above, any change in the power setting will change your drops. The lower the setting, the more distance between the marks in relationship to the target. As with any ballistic information, these all have to be verified on targets before hunting. Because target verification is a must, and I prefer two power ranges to be able to shoot at. I shoot at 200 on max power (20) with all of the marks (you need a big target with the bullseye at the bottom) now you can measure exactly what is happening with your rifle. Then a turn it down to a lower setting (10) and shoot all the marks again, the groups will have more distance between them. Now I can measure the distance between the groups on both power settings and calculate the drops out to whatever distance the reticle will allow using my specific ballistic information on the load that I am using. With this you can shoot pretty accurately using hold overs on two settings. None of this works without shooting out to the distance you plan on hunting at. You have to know exactly what your bullet is doing. Ballistic calculators can save you quite a bit of ammo by getting you close, but often the BC and or velocity needs to be changed in the calculator to match real world results. If you have good information on your specific load (not off the box info), you can use the measurements between the marks and get really close, but still should verify on targets before you go hunting. I realize that this is some very basic information, but see people make mistakes with sfp ballistic reticles all the time. [/QUOTE]
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