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A few guys have lately posted pictures taken through their scopes in different threads.

I figured a thread just for through scope pictures would be interesting to compare different reticle and optics.

Please include the spec of the optic and reticle and range to target.

Here is an elk at 1250 yds and scope at 14X. Also a wild turkey, antelope and cow elk in view.


Another bull at 580yds and scope at 14X. I screwed up the camera as it is slightly in telephoto so image is slightly larger and eye relief is off.



One of my yard bucks at 25 yds with scope at 4.5X.

How do you get them that steady through a rifle scope? I've got some good one's through my spotter but I use an adaptor. Cool pics BTW.

Got your VLDs ready to go John?.....Good pics.

The pics would be clearer if you'd follow E's focusing workout regime...

Bang

JG,

I have an adapter for filming and stills through the scope.



BigS,

Yes!



Pointer,

Maybe E will post some pictures in this thread showing us all how a fixed 4X �properly focused� is the ultimate.

I am also limited by the horrible glass in the Leupold VX3.

Here are a few from this evening.
Whitey Buck


Muley Buck


Not a half bad bull elk


I was hoping some others would be willing to post pictures. Come on guys lets see some stuff.

I've tried only once through my scope (my spotter wasn't along for the stalk), but they didn't come out. I figured that my auto focused on the reticle. Or do I need to hold it back within the famous CampFire 'eyebox', rather than right up against (as I do with the spotting scope)?

Pretty cool pics John...it do shade a 4X by a bit, I'd say.

wow, how do you take these beautiful pictures?

John-

I'm assuming it's just a vagary of the picture, but at least to me the lines below the crosshair appear to be thicker on one side than the other and the sides alternate as you move down. They are the same thickness, correct?

The more I think about it the more I like your reticle and scope. Now if I could just afford one...

Great Pics!

I wish you would convince Leupold to make that a reticle choice.

Dink

And cut himself out of the profit loop?

I like the horizontal marks but the vertical makes the scope to busy for my eyes and I would never use them anyways.

I'm just the opposite. I'd much rather have the vertical marks for holding into the wind. And a 9 inch vertical opening for quick ranging. E

I've shot with that scope and it is pretty simple to use.....kinda spooky holding two or three windage bars over and seeing those bullets lob onto target!

John,
What is the name of that reticle and where do you get'em?

Great pics!

I think you fellows are on the same page and both like the windage hash marks on the horizontal crosshair.

The rangefinding bars are quite a bit more useful than they seem on first impressions.

E,

The first gap down is 3 MOA so that would be a 9 inch gap at 300yds.

Pointer,

Correct.

Bob,

Getting ready for Wyoming?


StrayDog,

The reticle is the Precision Hunting Reticle.

Check out www.GreybullPrecision.com

So educate us John, how are they useful?
Do you personally use them? For multiple applications I take it?

not the best pic but oh well. holdin the camera in one hand an the gun in the other. took a few tries

Well the reason I put the range bars in the reticle was for optically ranging critters. The bar design works significantly better than a mil dot because a back to brisket measurement is easier with a bar than a single dot.

The first gap is 3 MOA (minutes of angle) and the rest of the spacing is 1 MOA to a total of 8 MOA below the horizontal crosshair.

Here is an example from this evening. Figure a branch antlered bull is 28 inches from back to brisket but stay off the hump and use the back line behind the shoulder.

This bull measures right at 5 MOA. 28 inches divided by 5 MOA give us an estimated range of 560 yds and the range finder gave me 535 yds. If I dialed my rifle to 560yds I would hit 3 inches high at 535 yds so that would be inside the vital of the bull.



It is obviously easier to do this type of ranging using a picture through the scope. In the real world I feel confident out to the 500yd mark or so and have used the system quite a few times when the lasers would not penetrate the snow storm or I simply forgot my range finder.

Now after using the reticle for many years I actually use it much more often to measure things at known distances. Some examples:

When zeroing the optic it is very easy to determine exactly how many MOA your point of impact is above or below or left or right you point of aim. This works at any distance and makes the zeroing the optic very fast and simple.

Want to know how big your group is? You have a scale right in the optic to measure the group in MOA without needing to go down range.

Want to know how big the rock is you have been hammering at 850yds? Measure it with the reticle. The MOA spacing represent 8.5 inches at that range and it is a simple matter to figure out the size of an unknown object to within an inch or 2 if you have an MOA scale in your optic.

Getting drop data for a new load? Very easy to see how much more or less elevation you will need to dial into the optic to get an exact zero at whatever range you are shooting.

The first gap is 3 MOA and a furred up coyote is 9 inches from back to brisket. If he is bigger than that gap he is inside 300yds and getting out your range finder is a waste of time so just kill him.

The gap to the bottom line is 8 MOA and branch antler bulls are 28 inches. If he is bigger than 8 MOA he is inside 350 yds. Use it like a go/no go gage.

The uses for a scale to measure elevation in MOA are quite varied but I hope I have hit on a few high points here.