Re: AR-30 w/ Zeiss Conquest Z-1000
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: shooter2</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> You sure can tell who has used one and who hasn't. use a 6/24 diavari z1000 on a trg, one of my favorite setups. starting with a 308 first then how to adjust it for a 300 wsm or mag., a typical 308 will have about 3.3 mil drop to 500 yds. (using my load as an example). so after sighting in at 100 yds, I have 2 options, and can use the center reticle and just dial in drops (mines in .5mil so double everything) and can use this feature at any power. To "activate the hold over hashs" simply dial in (my load) 6.4 mils. and the hold overs marked will be at the yardages indicated. The biggest draw back to using the z1000 is that the target is at the edge of the optical field and unless you have really, really good glass lots of distortion, inability to watch impacts. the diavari has really good glass, but the fov impact zone is still really small.
adjusting for higher velocity 308 bullets, simply requires using a ballistic program such as JBM for the load your using, then simply note at what ranges the hash marks coincide. They will not be on whole numbers such as 200,300 etc. but something like 225,349 etc. This isn't the problem as it sounds because a target is rarely at even yard or meter intervals anyway. </div></div>
First of all he is using a Conquest, not a Diavari. Yugo vs Mercedes. But the reticle is the same.
Second, what you said is what I said. The only stable aiming point is the cross hair intersection. Magnification changes do not effect this point only.
If you set it up like Zeiss recommends, then your short range zeroes will be off if you change the magnification. And if you use it as a turret twister, only using the cross hair intersection, then you are bound by the limited elevation travel.
