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Mil-Dot ranging Elk and Deer
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<blockquote data-quote="7magcreedmoor" data-source="post: 1017040" data-attributes="member: 48559"><p>While reticle ranging is better than just eyeballing the distance and SWAG-ing it, it is very difficult to do well. The rifle actually needs to be more stable to range than it does to shoot. If your Mildot pattern doesn't have small increments (some of the better ones now offer tenth-mill graduations) it is difficult to get a precise size estimate. Snipers are taught to break the dots (on the traditional round dot pattern) into whole mil, .8 mil, .6mil and .2 mil if I am remembering this right (I am an MOA guy). Unless the animal is bedded, they move around enough to keep throwing off your calls on the dots. Then you have to allow for body size variations. To see how this can mess you up, run two or three sets of calculations for your distance/mil conversion chart and change the body size by just one inch for each version. When you see how the ranges derived shift out past a couple hundred yards, you will probably, like me, take especially good care of that laser and pray for no fog or heavy falling snow....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="7magcreedmoor, post: 1017040, member: 48559"] While reticle ranging is better than just eyeballing the distance and SWAG-ing it, it is very difficult to do well. The rifle actually needs to be more stable to range than it does to shoot. If your Mildot pattern doesn't have small increments (some of the better ones now offer tenth-mill graduations) it is difficult to get a precise size estimate. Snipers are taught to break the dots (on the traditional round dot pattern) into whole mil, .8 mil, .6mil and .2 mil if I am remembering this right (I am an MOA guy). Unless the animal is bedded, they move around enough to keep throwing off your calls on the dots. Then you have to allow for body size variations. To see how this can mess you up, run two or three sets of calculations for your distance/mil conversion chart and change the body size by just one inch for each version. When you see how the ranges derived shift out past a couple hundred yards, you will probably, like me, take especially good care of that laser and pray for no fog or heavy falling snow.... [/QUOTE]
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