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Using Mil Dot Reticles For Holdover, Yards, Mil Value, In Inches

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APPENDIX: MIL DOT RANGING & HOLDOVER EXAMPLES Using Mil Dot RETICLES for Holdover Once you know how to range your target with a Mil Dot reticle, and using the previous example, you can use the reticle instead of the turrets to make adjustments with holdover. For example, your range tells you that the 12" target is 300 yards away, (12"*27.778) / (1.1Mil). Based on the Federal .308 Win ballistic info in the previous example, you will need to hold 1.47 Mils down on the vertical crosshair and fire. Yards 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 Mil value in inches 3.6 7.2 10.8 14.4 18.0 21.6 25.2 28.8 32.4 36.0 30

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USING MIL DOT RETICLES FOR HOLDOVER
Once you know how to range your target with a Mil Dot reticle, and using the previous
example, you can use the reticle instead of the turrets to make adjustments with holdover. For
example, your range tells you that the 12” target is 300 yards away, (12”*27.778) / (1.1Mil).
Based on the Federal .308 Win ballistic info in the previous example, you will need to hold 1.47
Mils down on the vertical crosshair and fire
.
YARDS
MIL VALUE
IN INCHES
100
3.6
200
7.2
300
10.8
400
14.4
500
18.0
600
21.6
700
25.2
800
28.8
900
32.4
1000
36.0
APPENDIX: MIL DOT RANGING & HOLDOVER EXAMPLES