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TDS & B&C reticle drop values?
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<blockquote data-quote="goodgrouper" data-source="post: 131471" data-attributes="member: 2852"><p>Forget the TDS and the B&amp;C reticles if you plan to shoot past 600 yards. Trust me, they will let you down sooner or later. I guarantee you that they can't adapt to all the variables in exterior ballistics in hunting situations. Many guys have learned this in my shooting seminars the hard way. You throw angles, new elevations, new temps, or bad mirage at them so they can't use the magnification they need to to match the impact line and <font color="red"> <strong>they are screwed!</strong> </font> </p><p></p><p>The only way to do it exactly (and in this sport, we must be exact as we can) is to figure out how much the value of your turrets move and DIAL your scope up based off of real time ballistic coefficient testing and inputing correct data into a ballistic program so it produces a chart customized to your scope and trajectory. This of course requires many gadgets and gizmos like computers, chronographs, inclinometers, levels, thermometers, wind gauges, altimeters, and so on. </p><p></p><p>If only it were as easy as these companies make it seem. Just buy a scope, mount it up, go test the lines a time or two, and then GO HUNTING!? Marketing and hype make money, not sense. </p><p></p><p>Nope. Good things are never that easy. Precision does not come from a reticle alone. There are way more things that go into it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="goodgrouper, post: 131471, member: 2852"] Forget the TDS and the B&C reticles if you plan to shoot past 600 yards. Trust me, they will let you down sooner or later. I guarantee you that they can't adapt to all the variables in exterior ballistics in hunting situations. Many guys have learned this in my shooting seminars the hard way. You throw angles, new elevations, new temps, or bad mirage at them so they can't use the magnification they need to to match the impact line and <font color="red"> [b]they are screwed![/b] </font> The only way to do it exactly (and in this sport, we must be exact as we can) is to figure out how much the value of your turrets move and DIAL your scope up based off of real time ballistic coefficient testing and inputing correct data into a ballistic program so it produces a chart customized to your scope and trajectory. This of course requires many gadgets and gizmos like computers, chronographs, inclinometers, levels, thermometers, wind gauges, altimeters, and so on. If only it were as easy as these companies make it seem. Just buy a scope, mount it up, go test the lines a time or two, and then GO HUNTING!? Marketing and hype make money, not sense. Nope. Good things are never that easy. Precision does not come from a reticle alone. There are way more things that go into it. [/QUOTE]
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