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<blockquote data-quote="bruce_ventura" data-source="post: 605477" data-attributes="member: 34084"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Joseph,</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">I didn't mean to offend you and your sport, really. I was just being humorous.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">This is a hunting forum, not a benchrest forum. So please don't take offense if people here think that an 80X riflescope is a bit extreme. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">But now I think you're pulling my leg. Those "bullet holes" in your photo look to me like they're actually target pasters, which are a lot bigger than 6 mm. They're probably about 1" diameter. They also have good contrast against the blue bull, but not so good contrast against the buff paper. High contrast dots, even when they're smaller than the resolution limit, can be located visually. Just look at the stars at night, for example. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">You say your friend can call shots at 1,000 yds. Maybe so. I've shot with folks who can call shots accurately in the right conditions by watching the bullet "trace" or "vapor trail" and noting where it disappears into the target. I suppose if the target illumination conditions were such that the bullet hole was very high contrast, one could locate it in a low turbulence condition, but it seems unlikely. In either case, that's not the same as resolving bullet holes. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bruce_ventura, post: 605477, member: 34084"] [SIZE=2]Joseph,[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]I didn’t mean to offend you and your sport, really. I was just being humorous.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]This is a hunting forum, not a benchrest forum. So please don’t take offense if people here think that an 80X riflescope is a bit extreme. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]But now I think you’re pulling my leg. Those “bullet holes” in your photo look to me like they’re actually target pasters, which are a lot bigger than 6 mm. They’re probably about 1” diameter. They also have good contrast against the blue bull, but not so good contrast against the buff paper. High contrast dots, even when they’re smaller than the resolution limit, can be located visually. Just look at the stars at night, for example. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]You say your friend can call shots at 1,000 yds. Maybe so. I’ve shot with folks who can call shots accurately in the right conditions by watching the bullet “trace” or “vapor trail” and noting where it disappears into the target. I suppose if the target illumination conditions were such that the bullet hole was very high contrast, one could locate it in a low turbulence condition, but it seems unlikely. In either case, that’s not the same as resolving bullet holes. [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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