Animal size chart with duplex reticle

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Ok so I got cleaning the gun room and puttering around.
flipping threw a Leupold manual. I was reading about the Duplex reticle
16" post to reticle
32" post to post

(At given ranges)


they said 16" brisket to back on a whitetail.

anyone used this in a hunting situation?

Also anyone have chest measurements of different game

moose, mule, elk ect...
 
Sorry no chest measurment but if my memory is not failing between the two horizontal lines with a real german reticle you are at 100m if the body fits on for a roe deer, a red deer if the same scenario that will be 200m.
 
The post to post measurement on a Leupold scope is right close to 6" at 100 yards, with the scope set on its highest power. That translates to 18" at 300. If you think about it most moderately flat shooting big game cartridges are well suited to a MPBR of 300 yards, so basically if you can touch a buck's body with both thick posts at the same time you can pull the trigger without any further thought as to range. A coyote will fill the space from post to reticle center at the same distance.

It's almost like they planned it that way. ;)
 
You should devote some time on the range or in the field to experiment with what you have.
Are you using a variable or fixed power.
A Redfield fixed 6 power was about 7 minutes at 100 yards.
During a training exercise my rifle was sighted in for 200 yards.
Rough drop figures in inches were 300 yds. (10), 400 (30), 500 (60) and 600 (120).
At 600 yards I used 42 inches as a measurement, "climbed" the flagpole, and holding the horizontal near the top of the and the vertical in line with the target I dropped five round into center of mass for a 12 inch group.
You can use your cross hairs in a number of ways but this method met mine.
I also ranged a black bear at 400 yards using a similar method but knowing at least one or two standards is helpful.
The 16 inch brisket to back of a mature deer is generally accepted and this is the principle applied by Leupold.

Moose is about 32 inches.
 
The Redfield line from Leupold uses that exact system for their "Accu-Range" reticles.

I have a Revenge with that system and it works kinda/sorta ok.

I see it as a poor mans range finder, and while not exact by any means it is better than "guessing" if you don't have a range finder.

(and most people can't estimate range worth a crap, myself included).

You basically bracket the animal (according to the instructions) and read off a distance (horizontal line which moves up and down a scale on the top vertical line of the reticle).

Once you "know" the distance, you crank the scope to max power and pick the 300 or 400 yard dot (or whatever) and shoot away.

I find it more of a gimmick. I bought the scope only because I was shopping for a Redfield with a standard reticle and walked into a place that was selling these off for about 75 bucks less than the same model with the regular reticle - so figured why not.

It does make the reticle "busy" and I wouldn't purposely go out and buy one of these to "use as intended" - too many variables - like if you shoot a bullet 200 fps "faster or slower" than X then the 300 yard holdover mark is actually 320 (or whatever).

But if you are on a budget this is a little better than nothing..
 
I use to use my Vari-X III 3.5-10x40 with Duplex reticle this way when I bought my first new rifle (Sako m75ss 300wm) back in 1997. Spent lots of time at the range with this rifle learning the ballistics. Using the scope and duplex works but most the time, by the time you glass the deer or other animal with your binos, you don't have a lot of time to play with your scope for the range finding.

The newer BC reticles work great when you know your distance to target.
 
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