Confused about scope adjustments after first F-Class Match

[kentuckyMarksman]

Shot my first F-Class match recently, and I'm actually somewhat confused about something. First off, I pretty much always use hold overs in, very rarely dialing. I guess pressure got ahold of me, and I forgot to zoom in my scope, and started shooting the match at 5x... There was an older gentleman helping me who tried to give me pointers. He noticed I hadn't turned up the magnification on my scope, and in a short conversation with him, I also told him I was using the holdovers in my reticle. I knew my adjustment was 3.4 Mils, and he suggested I make the adjustment on my scope, so I adjusted it 3.4 Mils down. My shots were no where to be seen, and he told me I turned them the wrong way and needed to adjust 3.4 Mils up from zero. So I did, and my hits were on target.

Why did I have to adjust up instead of down? Seems backwards to me. The bullet is dropping, it seems the reticle would need to move down, not up. What am I missing?

Below of a picture of the elevation knob on my scope...

 

[whatsupdoc]

No picture

 

[MCHOG]

The direction on the turrets indicate the direction of point of impact shift, which is the opposite direction that the reticle moves.

 

[Supersubes]

Up is bullet impact up, NOT reticle up.

 

[Northfl]

^^ what he said. Dont worry about the hold over or under. Its all referring to poi. Hitting low , dial up . hitting high, dial down, hitting right, dial left. Hitting left, dial right

 

[Kevins750]

Funny, I recently shot my first f class match also. And my first round I shot on 4x and didn't notice.