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<blockquote data-quote="NATE40" data-source="post: 869027" data-attributes="member: 33416"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Wow, I cannot believe what people are posting about the mill-dot reticle. Some of these post sound like they came from NASA Mathematicians. Correct or not they seem more confusing to people who use these post to decide what is best for their purpose. </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Mill-dot scopes are mainly used for estimating range. Estimating range of a target is critical in order to correct for the path of the bullet compensating for drop /wind drift of a projectile. Most mill-dot scopes are adjusted in MOA like one click= ¼ moa. They can be used exactly as a standard reticle for a known target distance. The advantage of a mill-dot reticle is estimating the range of a target that is unknown by using the size of the target by the number of mil-dots that is covered by the target. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Example: a 36"target will cover 10 mill-dots in a target at 100 yards if that same 36" target only covers 2 mill-dots the target is 500yards away, because the farther a target is the smaller it appears in the scope. Once the range is known the shooter can compensate for the bullet drop with either clicking the turrets in MOA or using the fixed reference points (mill-dots) in the scope for holdover.</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Example 2: In my 30.06 24" bbl. Using a cartridge bullet combo zeroed at 25 yards, altitude 7100 feet above sea level,150 gr SPBT MV.3080fps 25%humidity 59deg.F, look angle o-deg. The bullet drop will be about 20" 3.75 MOA or 1.5 mill-dots I can click in using the MOA turret or I can hold 1.5 mill-dots in the scope to engage the target. There are many factors that are needed for long range target engagement like wind drift etc.. These are also determined by MOA or Mill-dots But Mill-dots can be used without taking your eyes off the target (if your memory is good remembering bullet drop at different ranges. lol) IMHO a Mill-DOT MASTER (rt) slide rule should be purchased with any mill-dot scope. And you will be correctly using mill-dot system in a matter of minutes without doing any math at all. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NATE40, post: 869027, member: 33416"] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Wow, I cannot believe what people are posting about the mill-dot reticle. Some of these post sound like they came from NASA Mathematicians. Correct or not they seem more confusing to people who use these post to decide what is best for their purpose. [/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Mill-dot scopes are mainly used for estimating range. Estimating range of a target is critical in order to correct for the path of the bullet compensating for drop /wind drift of a projectile. Most mill-dot scopes are adjusted in MOA like one click= ¼ moa. They can be used exactly as a standard reticle for a known target distance. The advantage of a mill-dot reticle is estimating the range of a target that is unknown by using the size of the target by the number of mil-dots that is covered by the target. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Example: a 36”target will cover 10 mill-dots in a target at 100 yards if that same 36” target only covers 2 mill-dots the target is 500yards away, because the farther a target is the smaller it appears in the scope. Once the range is known the shooter can compensate for the bullet drop with either clicking the turrets in MOA or using the fixed reference points (mill-dots) in the scope for holdover.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Example 2: In my 30.06 24” bbl. Using a cartridge bullet combo zeroed at 25 yards, altitude 7100 feet above sea level,150 gr SPBT MV.3080fps 25%humidity 59deg.F, look angle o-deg. The bullet drop will be about 20” 3.75 MOA or 1.5 mill-dots I can click in using the MOA turret or I can hold 1.5 mill-dots in the scope to engage the target. There are many factors that are needed for long range target engagement like wind drift etc.. These are also determined by MOA or Mill-dots But Mill-dots can be used without taking your eyes off the target (if your memory is good remembering bullet drop at different ranges. lol) IMHO a Mill-DOT MASTER (rt) slide rule should be purchased with any mill-dot scope. And you will be correctly using mill-dot system in a matter of minutes without doing any math at all. [/FONT][/SIZE][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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