Thread: The trouble with holdovers

Originally Posted by Bagheera

I was testing the trajectory of my 17HMR (17gr VMax).


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The problem was that I had shot on 12x but the reticle is second focal plane and is calibrated at 10x.


Perhaps I was holding a bit less than I should have, distracted by the half mil hashes between the dots ?

Another miss !
I'm guessing I held over 2.2 mil dot instead of 1.2 mil dot. Easy to do. Looks like I did it.

So, I'm thinking it would need quite a lot of drilling and visual training to hold over every time using mil dots and its not a reliable proposition for me with a second focal plane scope.

HMMMMMMMM you have stated here you already KNOW WHAT PROBLEM/ISSUE IS ...so where is the problem again LOL.

this is one of the advantages of a fixed power scope...nothing changes,its the same every time.
it matters not if you do 10x or 12x if you do it every time and work out your marks etc beforehand..consistancy is and has always been the name of the game. repeatable consistancy is the be all and end all of hitting what you aiming at..always has been and always will be.