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<blockquote data-quote="Bravo 4" data-source="post: 1017141" data-attributes="member: 8873"><p>I agree that a reticle with half or less mil marks makes it easier (especially for a beginner), but it isn't necessary. What it boils down to is knowing your equipment and how to use it. Since the 80's the standard issue Army Sniper rifle (at least till a few years back) was the M24 with the 10x Leupold Ultra (Mk4) with a standard mildot reticle. To be effective you need to be able to break it down to at least .1 mil. When you get good enough you can break it down even further and be really accurate, especially if you are accurate on the target size. What do you think we did for the past two decades? Yeah sometimes we would carry the big freaking range finders that were really meant for forward observers to call in artillery and mortars. However, those things are huge by comparison to the hand held range finders today and not what you want to have out while you are trying to blend in and keep your movements as small as possible. The army does funny things; they issue a Bushnell 1500 (or 1600, I forget) LRF to a fire team's grenadier that has a weapon with a maximum range of 400m but don't issue small hand held LRF to Sniper teams. I usually use my personal Swarovski.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bravo 4, post: 1017141, member: 8873"] I agree that a reticle with half or less mil marks makes it easier (especially for a beginner), but it isn't necessary. What it boils down to is knowing your equipment and how to use it. Since the 80's the standard issue Army Sniper rifle (at least till a few years back) was the M24 with the 10x Leupold Ultra (Mk4) with a standard mildot reticle. To be effective you need to be able to break it down to at least .1 mil. When you get good enough you can break it down even further and be really accurate, especially if you are accurate on the target size. What do you think we did for the past two decades? Yeah sometimes we would carry the big freaking range finders that were really meant for forward observers to call in artillery and mortars. However, those things are huge by comparison to the hand held range finders today and not what you want to have out while you are trying to blend in and keep your movements as small as possible. The army does funny things; they issue a Bushnell 1500 (or 1600, I forget) LRF to a fire team's grenadier that has a weapon with a maximum range of 400m but don't issue small hand held LRF to Sniper teams. I usually use my personal Swarovski. [/QUOTE]
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