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Originally Posted by PriestFoxley
So I decided to learn the ins and outs of Mil-dot reticles, and considering my unit is not about to send me to sniper school, I decided to learn it myself.
I picked up a remington 700 VTR and a few other things, based on what I could afford, what works, and as cheesy as it sounds, what I heard you guys use. Most of it is easy. A remington 700 is a civvie M24, a carl ziess 4.5-12 mildot scope stands in for a leupold mark 4 fixed ten power. (Local dealers told me they don't exist anymore, so I just left the CZ set to ten.) A cheap spotting scope saves some time, and all I needed was a notebook and a bunch of .308 that didn't come from walmart.
I can zero to 100 meters, just like anyone. I can dope a shot on a known distance target, but thats apparently kids stuff as well. what I CAN'T do, is visually estimate range on unknown distance targets. But articles never tell you what sort of rangefinders SF guys use, just rifles, scopes, and ammo.
Next question. Whats a good shot?
Thanks for your time.
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PF:
You have good enough equipment. Just use good ammo for the times you really want to see performance.
RDRET1 gave you some excellent advice about learning to judge distance by eye. I would extend it into different types of terrain as your brain perceives distances differently between say looking down a street or trail through the woods and looking across a expanse of desert or water.
Make some reduced size targets and use them to assist you in training your eyes to see first what they look like in relation to your reticle and second to train your eyes to discern 1/10th of a mil increments. The mil dot is being replaced by the TMR which is easier to use in range estimation while retaining the same mil relation formula.
No information on laser range finders being used by Army Snipers? Perhaps they aren't used? If so, understand why. You already answered part of that question but the other part or parts you haven't yet come to grips with.
Why a ballistics calculator? This is an indicator to me that you lack a practical understanding of trajectories -- thus danger space -- and incremental changes in elevation that accompany both. This one is the easiest of all technical issues to both understand and apply -- without being dependent on a ballistics calculator. Just note I said 'practical'.
Precision shooters normally dope winds, not shots.
Concerning what a good shot is....I will answer that one for you.
A good shot is one that went to your call.
An effective shot is the one that killed an enemy or game animal.
You can be good and not effective and effective without being good. If you want to be top notch, you will be both.
Gene