Re: Huskemaw Scopes and Bdc system?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: DFOOSKING</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Another big thing the typical BDC crowd forget is that turret or reticle is only good for one caliber/load/atmo condition. </div></div>
I have a couple of hunter friends who are the kinds that take only a couple shots a year just before season and want to kill that big animal they always see at 600-900Y-- but they don't want to put the time in to practice or learn the concepts and ballistics of long range shooting. Thus they look for the easy way out.
This year the two guys in question went and had some custom BDC turrets made. Where we live we're 20' above sea level and their knobs actually tracked pretty well when they tested them down here out to 700Y. However, where they hunt is at 7000-9000' elevation; I ran the numbers and told them that their knobs aren't going to work so well for hitting their kill-zone beyond about 500Y. Their reply was "no way, the place that made the knobs says elevation doesn't matter that much."
Having been down this path before I didn't try to argue with them or confuse them with math. Smile and nod...
If they had a software package that could take into account atmospheric conditions where they hunt and give them the "corrected range" to turn their elevation knobs to it would be a different story... but they dont have anything like that.
I can't wait to hear about "the one that got away" when they get back in a week.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: pcweidman</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Do do you feel the same about the G7 system?
Also why wouldn't it not work if you have custom turrets for certain elevation and temp? </div></div>
The G7 system actually takes this into account but only needs one BDC knob to do so; they make a known BDC turret that may be valid at only one atmospheric condition but it works in conjunction with their atmosphere & angle compensating rangefinder. When you range a target their rangefinder provides you with a "corrected" range to dial the turret to; while the actual shot distance might be say 900 linear yards their rangefinder might actually tell you to dial to 750 on the BDC turret to compensate for atmosphere & angle. Their rangefinder does all the math for you to make the BDC turret work regardless of conditions.
I must admit the rangefinder is appealing and overall it's a slick system that undoubtedly sells well with those who want to attempt long shots but don't want to spend the time to learn the reasons and math behind the shot; all they need to do is push the button, read the display, and dial what the rangefinder tells them to do.
I'm somewhat surprised it took someone this long to bring a rangefinder to market that takes into account bullet BC & velocity, shot angle, and atmospheric conditions all in one unit to deliver a "single button" shot solution. The speed of the system is appealing; too bad they didn't give it the capability to output in mils in addition to corrected range and MOA. (Although us mil users can have it output a corrected range which you can then look up on a drop chart.)
