--- smart way to remember or note holdover mil-dot --- help needed

[KevinJBrown]

Pardon my short bus limitations but I really realized yesterday that determining mil-dot holdover is RIGIDLY tied to magnification. Right?

Do Over Time.

On second focal plane scopes this is true. I use 10X power  when holding mildots. I almost always leave my scope at 10X power when hunting so I don't mess up with the math.

[JohnnyPDX]

Pardon my short bus limitations but I really realized yesterday that determining mil-dot holdover is RIGIDLY tied to magnification. Right?

Do Over Time.

On second focal plane scopes this is true. I use 10X power  when holding mildots. I almost always leave my scope at 10X power when hunting so I don't mess up with the math.

Hi. I am probably gonna stay at 5 or 6x. I lose things with 10x

[Earl]

I make a chart with yards, elevation and wind using the gun's most accurate pellet.
Then tape it to the rifle stock.

[shibumei]

I make a chart with yards, elevation and wind using the gun's most accurate pellet.
Then tape it to the rifle stock.

That's cheating    I am constantly swapping glass and guns ( new scope but no rings, dove tail but need Picatinny etc. etc...) . And then I throw in the different pellets and fill pressures. Every day  is like getting a new gun to play with!!  I know it's idiotic but it's fun!

[subscriber]

Hi Johnny,

I might be confused, but if I look at your drop compensation chart (image below), between 10 and 20 yards, and compare that to 70 to 80 yards, the shape of the trajectory seems backwards:  Too curved close up, and too flat further out.  Is this because of the correction "built in" to the scope above bore height; or am I missing something?

[JohnnyPDX]

Good Morning,

I might be confused

The graph view, in the attached image, is 'mil-dot' instead of 'POI'.

Related to that is the question of retical choice, not so easy to figure out.\ for my Air Force 4-16 x 50 IR Mil-Dot. So many mil-dot, geeze