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Posted: 7/30/2006 8:50:57 PM EDT
| What should my magnification be at when reading mildots to estimate how far my target is at? I have a 6-24x50mm scope. |
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Here's how you find out. One mil-dot at 100 yards is 3.6". Take a piece of paper and measure out about 4 of them, (or 14.4"), and mark it carefully and clearly. By using several dots you minimize the possibility of error. Then go set it up at a measured 100 yards and dial in the magnification until you can perfectly fit a row of five dots with four gaps between them in the area you marked. Then mark the spot on your magnification dial. This way you know you're correct. Here's the other thing I like to do with mildots. Sight in your rifle to your desired range. Then fire a series of groups at every distance you can out to your maximum range with the scope set to it's lowest power. Write down the holdover for each distance on a piece of masking tape and put it on the top of your scope tube. Then figure out the actual power multiples on your scope. Just because it says 3-12x doesn't really mean it is and the 9x reading isn't necessarily 3 times the magnification of the 3x reading. If for example you are using a 3-12x scope, start with 3x and then find out where on the dial the magnification is exactly twice as much. Mark it and then repeat for three and four times as much. Now you're really set to use a mildot scope. If you're shooting at 325 yards, you just look at the top of the scope and see how much holdover you have indicated. If you want to zoom in, then just double, triple or quadruple the the number of dots you are holding over to match the change in magnification. |
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