02-01-2012, 01:40 AM
Drifter Wrote:Thanks for the additional info. I understand your points.
I use a 200-yard zero, and while I usually dial up with the elevation turret for target shooting out to 600 yards, I sometimes use a combination of dialing up and holdover. For example, my drop at 600 is 4.3 mils for a particular load. As practice for potential hunting applications where as a quick shot needs to be taken (or at least in less time compared to informal bench shooting), and potentially in low light when dialing up 43 clicks wouldn't be ideal, I'll dial up 3 clicks and hold on the 4-mil line. Works very effectively with the right scope (using a FFP reticle such as Gen II XR, NF MLR2.0, USO GAP, etc at somewhere around 15x to 17x, with 0.1-mil clicks).
Admittedly, I don't have to deal with much wind since I usually do my informal shooting on a wooded path (although I do seem to get ~0.1 mil of spin drift at 600 yards). Thus, your points seem valid if attempting to hold for both elevation and windage (especially if the turrets do not match reticle). Thanks again for sharing your insight.
Drifter:
Not a problem. We are talking about different sets of conditions and different types of equipment. We also use a 500 meter elevation and holds which are OK to about 700 on meter high targets. If a guy has the time, it is more precise for him to put the elevation on his optic when he exceeds 600 as he then has a diagonal stadia with mil dots from which he can see his wind holds more precisely. There are some advantages to BDC turrets and the M-2 has both meters and minutes on its elevation so it is more precise but not necessarily more user friendly. You really have to look to make sure you are using distance verses minutes. And seeing those numbers is impossible in low light conditions.
What you are doing is nothing uncommon. Just finding the easiest solution for your conditions.
One thing that I have wondered about from time to time is that guys don't seem to trust their elevation dial. If your optics have 15 minutes per full revolution for example, and it is a quarter minute scope, that 42 clicks turns into three full revolutions then back three clicks. Many times I have seen guys count clicks instead of seeing where they are on the dial and just turning it full rotations. I wonder why sometimes.
LR1955