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Posted: 1/29/2007 8:15:39 PM EDT
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I need some help. I got talked into buying a Zeiss Conquest 6.5x20x50 for a Custom barreled 6.5x284 Encore that I plan to use for groundhogs. The scope has the Mil-Dot Reticle. This is the first Mil-Dot I have ever owned. I went to the Zeiss web site for an explanation on how to use their Mil-Dot. I could not find anything. There was not any information in the box either. I looked up a couple of sites on Mil-Dot's. Kinda vague-maybe I did not find the right site? Is the Zeiss Mil-Dot different? Is there a standard for all Mil-Dot's? Anybody got a simple explanation that a Hillbilly Redneck might understand? Tom. _____________________________ West by God Virginia |
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"Mil" in mil-dot refers to milliradians or mrads, which are a unit of angle, specifically a thousandth of a radian. A one-meter target (say, a person from crotch to top of head) at 1000 meters appears on your scope as one mrad. At 500 meters, it appears as 2 mrad and so on. It helps you estimate the range. Also, mildot scopes allow you to use the dots to help with holdovers or shooting into the wind. This here explains the thing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radian |
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