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Offline Redneckguy77

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how do you use mil dot reticle?
« on: April 28, 2010, 03:04:50 PM »
i'm getting the leupold mark 4 with a tmr reticle (which is a mil dot with lines instead of dots) i was wondering if anybody knows how to use them for range estamation or has a link that will show me how to do it.

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Re: how do you use mil dot reticle?
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2010, 04:01:56 PM »
Here if everything you need to know about Mill dots. Hope it helps you. Dale
http://www.mil-dot.com/Mil_Dot_Information.htm
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Re: how do you use mil dot reticle?
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2010, 10:30:11 PM »
Red., there are several ways to use that optic for rangefinding. The most accurate way is to use the .2 mil stadia lines to bracket the tgt. with. Suppose u have a 10" target that brackets 4.5 of the .2 mil lines. .2 mil is equal to .72 inches at 100 yds. (.2x3.6=0.72) So here's the equation--

10 x 100 / 0.72 / 4.5 = 310 yds.

See how it works. To get even ever so slightly more accurate u should subtract the thickness of 1 line stadia since most people bracket between lines instead of from center of line to center of line.
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Re: how do you use mil dot reticle?
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2010, 11:43:57 PM »
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