Exactly. A red dot scope is a SPEED sight, not a PRECISION sight. The dot itself is the first clue. Your dot is most likely 3 or 4 MOA, possibly larger. You're not going to be able to use it to shoot sub-MOA groups at any range.johncanfield wrote:Roger on the magnifier, noticed they are available. I guess I'm still not making my dilemma clear. What I think I know so far is:
The red dot is like any other shooting optic
If you sight it in at what ever distance, the bullet will obey the trajectory table
There is no magic in the red dot optic that compensates for drop
The question remains how do most people use their red dot scope? Sight it in at 50 yards and call it good enough for anything between 25-100 yards since there is no reticle and you can't calculate holdovers?
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- Wed Jul 29, 2015 11:21 pm
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- Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:49 pm
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Actually, you will be closer to 6 inches high at 100 yards. Look at the chart I posted. If you sight in at 50 yards, your bullet strike comes in at no more than 2" high or low all the way out to 250 yards.johncanfield wrote:Thanks fellows! I'm sort of familiar with ballistics, I use Strelock and Mildot master when I do long range shooting. About a month ago I was hitting steel plates at 500 yards with my .308 Bushmaster. My question in this thread is really about how the red dot works in practice. If I sight it in at 25 yards or meters, will I be about 4" high at 100 yards, if so how do figure holdover with no reticle?
Hitting within 2" of POA is a good kill shot on everything but the smallest game.
- Wed Jul 29, 2015 6:09 pm
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This is in meters, but yards would still be "close":johncanfield wrote:Fantastic, thanks for helping a newbie. I think what I'll do is sight it in at 25 yards and then see what I get at 50 and 100 yards.
