big j Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 I bought a 6x24x50 besonder scope, Mil-dot, second hand, I have been told they are good at range finding. So how does one use this scope to range find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeker Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Try a search for something like ".. using mildot scope.." Is it a First or second FP scope? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big j Posted December 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Try a search for something like ".. using mildot scope.." Is it a First or second FP scope? Its a first plane scope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeker Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Here's a link that's reasonably readable, but there are many others .. good luck http://www.8541tactical.com/range_estimation.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big j Posted December 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 ok got my head round how mil dot works. i now need to know what is distance between the mil dots ie 3.6" @ 100 yds or is it metric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeker Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 There are many goood explanation for using mildots on the net. So .. not sure if I can explain this but ill try what worked for me. Think of the mil (rad) is the angle, of a very long thin triangle . Your eye is at the pointy end, the x-hair sits on 1 line and the 1st mil dot on the other. Becasue of the milrad angle the lines get farther apart over distance but the angle remains the same. For 1mil the two lines at 100m are 10cm apart.... at 200m - 20cm... at 354m - 35.4 cm and at 1000m - 1m For 1mil at 100yd they would be 3.6" ... at 200yd - 7.2" and at 354 yards ... um er ... 0.354 yards = 36 x 0.354 = " and at 1000yd - 1yd... So whatever units you choose, the gap is 0.001 of the distance or the distance is 1000 x the gap. In reality if a target is 33 cms high at the shoulder then it will fit exactly between the two lines (dots) at 330m and if only half of it fits or it takes 2 dots to fit it (2mils) then it is about 165m away ... just like in the taliban pic. You have to know either target height or distance to use the mildots to work out the other. If this makes sense ... otherwise hopefully someone has a link to a site with a good explanation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big j Posted December 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 thanks lads this is all very helful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeker Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 This was the other link I was sent ... though by now you should be able to range snowflakes... http://www.snipershide.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big j Posted December 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 seeker that link was really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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