Long range hunting rifle with tact scope, mildot and turrent

[jtoews80]

I've got a elite 3200 10X40 that I bought to use on a 308. It has 1/4 MOA adjustment. The recticle is 3 MOA at 12X, but the scope is a fixed 10X. That would make the mildots 2.5 MOA.

Does that mean that the dots are 10 clicks per dot, so if I adust my zero to 600m from 300m, that the dots would be 2.5MOA higher or 10 clicks? That the mildot would pick up right at the new zero but 10 clicks further per dot?

I'm kinda new to the mildot game.

 

[Desert Fox]

I'm sorry but it's hard to decipher your question! Read this article and I'm pretty sure you'll have the answer to your question when your done.

http://www.mil-dot.com/Mil_Dot_Reticle.htm#MOA

 

[jtoews80]

I can use the dots as a site, with my scope at 2.5 MOA that should make up 10 1/4 MOA clicks, According to my understanding. My question is there some exponetial function between the dots such as double between the 2nd and 3rd and then 4X between 3 and 4???? or will this work. I guess if nobody knows I will find out tomorrow. I have my scope sited @ 300m on the top dot which will give 7 different impact points 1MOA apart according to a pc generated drop chart leaving the cross hairs zeroed at 805 with 200 grn ammo. Now I know that the 30-378 will have enough juice at 800, but I won't shoot that far at game unless I can get 1-1.5 MOA at that range, so I doubt that I will be out that far this year. SHould be fun if I can hit the target every time at that range :grin:

 

[JD338]

Maybe this wll help you.
http://www.bushnell.com/customer_servic ... eticle.pdf

JD338

 

[jtoews80]

I took the 30-378 out to the family farm and after brushing a fence line with a large hill at the end got to test it. I was short on time with an hour of day light left so I went directly to 500 yds and tried the mildot second from the top as per the drop chart. results were not terribly conclusive because I didn't have a proper bench and shot off a bipod kneeling beside the quad, but out of 2-3 shot groups I got 1 2 inches low of the x and the second group was 5 inch with one shot being a flyer and the other two 3 inches apart. impact was about 2.5 inches lower than the drop chart suggested, but velocities used in calculations were approxamted and not from a chrony. As a whole, I am quite happy with the results.
Happy hunting

 

[Guy Miner]

The mildots are actually a rangefinding device - developed long prior to the advent of compact, affordable laser rangefinders.

Sometimes people do use the dots for holdovers, or even for leads on moving targets - but they were intended for measuring objects downrange, to determine the size of the object, and then the range to the target.

This is most easily accomplished with a device called the "mill dot master" which is sort of a slide - rule for long range shooters using mil dots.

Regards, Guy