For some reason, I can’t wrap my head around this question if the shooters at 1000 yards using the first vocal plane mil reticle and the spotter is at 500 yards with a fixed mil reticle spotter.Can the spotter still call mil change? For some reason I feel like he should, but the difference in distance makes me question that.
Spotters Question about calling out Mills at different distances.
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1 mil is 10cm at 100m, 50cm at 500m and 100cm at 1000m. It is an angle.
Something 100cm tall is 10mil from 100m, 2mil from 500m and 1 mil from 1000m.
But, if you are spotting at 1000m for someone at 500m (and no angles involved) you know your mils are half what they will see.
I have never in my life had my spotter more than a few meters away so distance and angles are usually irrelevant.
Something 100cm tall is 10mil from 100m, 2mil from 500m and 1 mil from 1000m.
But, if you are spotting at 1000m for someone at 500m (and no angles involved) you know your mils are half what they will see.
I have never in my life had my spotter more than a few meters away so distance and angles are usually irrelevant.
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If you are ever in a weird situation, just range two fixed objects and tell each other. Like from the lone tree base to the square bolder I have 8.5mil. I get 7.5mil so I know my adjustments will be a little less than called out or the spotter knows to call numbers a little less than he measures
I would also add that a mil is 1inch at 1000 inches, 1 foot at 1000 feet, and 1 yard at 1000 yards. Just so as not to confuse someone into thinking they have to use the metric system with mils.
Why would the spotter be 5 football fields away from the shooter? Shooter would not even be able to her the spotter. If the two are separated at a reasonable distance the difference in distances would be inconsequential.
I think you got it, if the shooter is a mil off at 1k the spotter would see it as 2 at 500. Please don't get brained playing forward observer down range
Not likely in a PRS match, but the skill has some merit. There are times when multiple units are coordinating efforts. Like when there are multiple shooter spotter teams in the same area and one needs to explain something they found to the other.
Thanks, when I think of it as an angle it makes more sense. The closer you get the bigger the angle has to be.
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