Kinda' handy to know some of this math though. Have had some great experiences using it in the field over the years now. Just this past winter we used the inversely proportional concept to nail a prairie dog at 500 yds. with a buddy's plex-reticled 3-9X scope on his 243, by calculating the magnification needed for the 10ish MOA required from a 200-yd. zero the ballistics program called for. We knew his plex reticle measured 4 MOA crosshair axis to plex post tip at 9X (actually measured on a cactus believe it or not), and I knew that as magnification DECREASES reticle subtension INCREASES.So we did the calc, my buddy tried the shot and nailed the dog on the 2nd shot being off just a bit for windage on shot 1. My buddy couldn't believe it. Sometimes this kind of math applied in the field can be extremely rewarding sir.
YES, what you describe is what I find fascinating on long range shots : Do the math, and get the hit!! Shooting by the numbers, very cool. Like flying blindly through the clouds, only steering by what the instruments tell the pilot. MatthiasQuote from: sscoyote on June 04, 2019, 06:54:09 AM