H59 Reticle Question

[Jethatsme]

Just got a S&B 3-20x with the H59 Reticle. After reviewing some articles and tech specs, apparently the staggered hash marks located at the top of the reticle Allow for quick ranging of 12" targets out to ~600 yards.

My question is:

Aside from steel targets, what practical measurements in military or hunting applications measure roughly 12"? (i.e. avg torso height, measurements on deer, avg head height with a helmet etc.)

Thanks guys

 

[_Windrider_]

Just got a S&B 3-20x with the H59 Reticle. After reviewing some articles and tech specs, apparently the staggered hash marks located at the top of the reticle Allow for quick ranging of 12" targets out to ~600 yards.

My question is:

Aside from steel targets, what practical measurements in military or hunting applications measure roughly 12"? (i.e. avg torso height, measurements on deer, avg head height with a helmet etc.)

Thanks guys

 

[SubOptimal]

For Dog's sake, take a ride to a stationary store or an office supply store. Buy a 12" ruler and run around in front of a mirror and measure yourself. You will find lots of roughly 12" places to play with. If you are lucky there will be some with even increments of 12" as well.
The reticle is not measuring anything but angles anyway. You need to know some trigonometry for it to be useful. On a square range and even in the field, a laser range finder is far easier to work with than doing all the computations in your head or even with a calculator in hand.
Build yourself a range card and tape it to your rifle and be done.

 

[_Windrider_]

For Dog's sake, take a ride to a stationary store or an office supply store. Buy a 12" ruler and run around in front of a mirror and measure yourself. You will find lots of roughly 12" places to play with. If you are lucky there will be some with even increments of 12" as well.
The reticle is not measuring anything but angles anyway. You need to know some trigonometry for it to be useful. On a square range and even in the field, a laser range finder is far easier to work with than doing all the computations in your head or even with a calculator in hand.
Build yourself a range card and tape it to your rifle and be done.

no need to get hateful. I think the issue is that the OP was thinking of things that are exactly 12" instead of just thinking of a 12" space, any 12" space out of 100" for example. personally, I think its a stupid feature of the reticle.

This is the stupid question section afterall.

 

[SubOptimal]

Didn't really mean it to be hateful. I don't even have a scope with the H59 reticle, I went with a G2 reticle on H2DMR scope as i found the H59 more complex than I needed. I have a couple of scopes with nothing more than a BDC reticle on them, one of which is actually 2nd focal plane. The gun it is mounted on is 6.5x47L and the BDC is compensated for a 165g 308. At hunting ranges for deer, it matters not. The gun is sighted in to shoot 6" high at 200 yards which will cover me, with a bottom of chest and junction of leg hold out to about 300 or so, which is a far as I can see where I shoot.