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Scopes and Mildots

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  • 11-07-2006 12:17am
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    jaycee
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    Not everyone likes mildot scopes ...but I do.
    Their most simple use is that they provide a number of handy reference dots for holding over a variety of distances .


    I won't bore anyone with more details that a lot of you probably know anyway. Let's just assume that for handiness sake that the distance between dots is 3.5 inches @100yds , 7 inches @ 200 ..etc..
    The thing is though , on variable power scopes that relationship of distance to angle and inches only holds true at 10x magnification.

    So my question is .. (eventually ) , is it correct to work on the principle that while angle of view remains constant , magnification is variable and if I had a 1-20x scope , it would measure 3.5 inches @ 100yds at 10x .. but 1.75 inches at @ 100yds at 20x.
    I think this logic would apply for any scope where it is set to mil at 10x ..but may go up to 18 ,24 or 32x power . Just another way of ranging an object of known height ,but using the variable power to provide handy size steps .


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