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Coyote Hunting - From 10 Yards to over 1,000 Yards
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<blockquote data-quote="LRNut" data-source="post: 2949572" data-attributes="member: 3230"><p>I have a ton of experience with using reticles to measure distance; here are the problems:</p><p>1. Unless you have high magnification, it is difficult to identify exactly when the target is bracketed. You obviously have to be dead steady when turning the knob of your scope.</p><p>2. A one inch error produces an error of 5.5% to 6.5% (18 inch vs 15 inch depth), which is certainly enough to miss at 500. Animals don't come in one size - and neither do humans - I measure 23: from my waistband to my chin and I am only 5"7"</p><p>3. Unless they changed it, Leupold scopes have a 15" plex to crosshair subtension at the marked magnification.</p><p>4. Sharp angles cause subtension errors.</p><p></p><p>I had a number of 6.5-20x Leupold scopes modified by Precision Reticles in the 80s and 90s with various subtensions. Worked okay out to 450 or maybe 500 but beyond that, they had way too much error.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LRNut, post: 2949572, member: 3230"] I have a ton of experience with using reticles to measure distance; here are the problems: 1. Unless you have high magnification, it is difficult to identify exactly when the target is bracketed. You obviously have to be dead steady when turning the knob of your scope. 2. A one inch error produces an error of 5.5% to 6.5% (18 inch vs 15 inch depth), which is certainly enough to miss at 500. Animals don't come in one size - and neither do humans - I measure 23: from my waistband to my chin and I am only 5"7" 3. Unless they changed it, Leupold scopes have a 15" plex to crosshair subtension at the marked magnification. 4. Sharp angles cause subtension errors. I had a number of 6.5-20x Leupold scopes modified by Precision Reticles in the 80s and 90s with various subtensions. Worked okay out to 450 or maybe 500 but beyond that, they had way too much error. [/QUOTE]
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