Rich;
I have shot another "proprietary reticle" system that is about the same as the Springfield's. I have two major problems with them..
1 - Scope View Clutter. All the damn circles/squares (depending on make) all over the sight picture is just
too much for this dumb Jarhead.
2 - What happens if your target's known mesurment doesn't fit into ANY of the proprietary reticles thingies (technical term here)? Then you are basically guessing on the range. I.E. The proprietary reticles thingies are at each 100 yards. If your target doesn't fit into any of them you will be guessing on range. Granted you could probably guess down to say... 25 yards, but then... what do you use as an aiming point on the reticle.
And I won't even go into Wind Drifts, Leads, Hold Overs/Unders.
Nope... IMO the MilDot is the best (but I
may hae been brainwashed to think this... maybe I need phyciatric help to see the light) for the following reasons.
1 - Simple Reticle
2 - Accurate Ranging
3 - NUMEROUS Aiming points in case you don't have time to click in your zero.
4 - Aiming points for leads/drift
5 - Aiming points for hold over/unders
And you only really have to remember a few things to take advantage of all these.
1 - a Mil = 3.6" @ 100 yards, 7.2" at 200, <snip>, 36" @ 1000 yards.
2 - Size of target in yards * 1000 / size of target in mils (as viewed through the scope) = RANGE
3 - The trajectory (how high/low at a give range) of your projectial. (Do I know mine bullets trijectory? Some.. but I cheat... I've got a trajectory card that I tape on the side of my rifle
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Schmit, GySgt, USMC(Ret)
NRA Life, Lodge 1201-UOSSS
"Si vis Pacem Para Bellum"