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Old 12-17-2008, 21:50   #22
frostfire
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Originally Posted by Sinister View Post
You'll want a sloped scope base (Badger, Near, or Nightforce) if you want to go all the way to 1,000 yards with a 7.62mm.
Quoted for truth. Went to Benning F-class once without a sloped base. Ended up holding 3 mil high just to touch the target.

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Originally Posted by The Reaper View Post
The choice is up to you, I own some Nightforce 3.5-15xs, 5.5-22xs, Leupold Vari-X IIIs, L/RTs, M/RTs, M1s, M3s, and Ultras, Trijicons, Nikons, Bushnells, Tasco Super Snipers
Reaper Sir, would you mind sharing your perspective on the good and bad of the Tasco super sniper?

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Originally Posted by Peregrino View Post
Illuminated reticles and MD vs. TMR are outside the scope of my enthusiasm tonight.
Peregrino, I would like to hear your take on the two. Gene Econ told me the following:
"The mil dot reticle is designed around upper torso targets. When the targets get smaller, the error gets increased in range estimation and holds. The TMR is a better choice as the tick marks give more precision in aiming. Also, the reticule pattern has tick marks on the outside of the reticle that are .1 MIL I believe so you have a more precise scale to use in your range estimation on small targets."

Sorry for the hijack RL. Not too often the masters pour their brains out on what I'm very passionate about: long range shooting. Nothing like seeing steel moves, hearing the hit confirmation, then the actual "ping" after a second or so.Here are some resources to flatten the learning curve (or in my case it helps to spend some time in study/simulation before range time). Hope you find them helpful.
All copy and paste
snipercountry.com/Articles/RealTruthAboutMilDots.asp by none other than Rick B/Longrange1947
shooterready.com/mildot.html
demigodllc.com/articles/practical-long-range-rifle-shooting-shooting
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