Spotter question

[tango11]

Can someone explain how does it work?

In Ryan Cleckner’s video ( 13:23), he mentioned that the spotter can hold the same adjustment as the shooter, and if the shot was good but the bullet misses he can simply move the reticle to the place where the bullet hits and hits the target.

Wouldn’t the bullet misses even further away? Let’s say if my bullet impacts half mil right, don’t I need to aim half mil left to compensate?

 

[_Windrider_]

I think he’s saying if he misses while holding a half mil and since he’s spotting through a rifle he can see the miss quickly and just add the additional half mil hold and follow up immediately. It’s kind of confusing the way he’s saying it but I think that’s what he’s trying to say. Basically instead of spotting and calling the miss for the shooter he takes a quick follow up gets the hit and now they r both on target

 

[CoryT]

It's not 'to the place the bullet hit', it's 'move the spot on the reticle where the bullet hit'. If you hold left .5 and I hold my reticle on left .5 the same as you, if I spot the miss on the reticle. .4 mil above the target and off the targets right side at the 1.2 mil mark. I just move that spot to the target center and shoot. If I'm in the spotting scope, I simply call the correction, down .4, left 1.2. No math, no need to remember where the original call was, just say what you see or shoot what you see.

 

[tango11]

That is confusing but it makes sense now, thanks guys!

 

[tango11]

It's not 'to the place the bullet hit', it's 'move the spot on the reticle where the bullet hit'. If you hold left .5 and I hold my reticle on left .5 the same as you, if I spot the miss on the reticle. .4 mil above the target and off the targets right side at the 1.2 mil mark. I just move that spot to the target center and shoot. If I'm in the spotting scope, I simply call the correction, down .4, left 1.2. No math, no need to remember where the original call was, just say what you see or shoot what you see.

so “moving the spot” would be a quick guesstimate?

 

[CoryT]

Well, it's precise for that shot/moment in time. The idea is to get the next shot out before conditions change. The standard here at Gunsite is < 2 seconds from shot out to corrected call/shot. If you place your reticle in the same hold as the shooter, where it lands is what you call. This is where people go wrong, they are used to telling the shooter where the bullet landed, which is not very useful. I hear it all the time 'That's low and to the left', which helps in no way that I can think of. Because of that habit, the reticle is read wrong, impacts right of the vertical crosshair are called out 'LEFT x amount'. We have a whole class and PowerPoint on spotter duties and calling corrections, then it takes multiple range sessions for clients to get it worked out.