Bushnell, DOA600, ballistics groups.......im lost

[pickeringchris]

Hey guys. I am researching like crazy trying to put together my first rifle but im a little lost.

I purchased a bushnell elite 4-16x40 with doa600 and plan on mounting it on a tikka varmint 204. I found a "DOA600 ballistics table" online that tells me the ammo I will be using is a ballistics class F. I understand that with some of the bushnell rangfinders you can program in this class F and the rangefinder will give a hold over value. OK, easy enough. So how does this all relate to the DOA600 retical? Im lost.

Regards.

Chris

 

[pickeringchris]

Anyone? Buller? Buller?

 

[blwebster]

Don't have one of those scopes....however, have you read your manual yet?

 

[spin033]

my understanding is that the dots beneath the scope give you holdovers for 200,300,400,500, and 600 yards, this of course depends on rifle and load, as well the marks on each holdover are to help estimate rack size on a deer.

 

[pickeringchris]

Don't have one of those scopes....however, have you read your manual yet?

Buddy, I read the manual, watched all the vids I could find and searched the archives of multiple sites. Just not getting it.

 

[pickeringchris]

my understanding is that the dots beneath the scope give you holdovers for 200,300,400,500, and 600 yards, this of course depends on rifle and load, as well the marks on each holdover are to help estimate rack size on a deer.

You are exactly right.....but. The give each cartridge a rating from A to F based on ballistics. This can be related to some Bushnell rangfinders but I cant find anything that tells me how it relates to the scope.

 

[spin033]

From my understanding, it's used to calibrate the rangefinder, this will allow the rangefinder to estimate holdover/bullet drop for your particular rifle/load. I think it has very little to do with the scope. hope this helps;

http://www.bushnell.com/all-products/laser-rangefinders/ballistic-charts

 

[pickeringchris]

This is the chart I was looking at : http://bushnell.com/getmedia/5d3e8b01-748e-4824-8256-350bdaf631f9/DOA600BallisticGroupF.pdf?ext=.pdf

The title of the chart is "DOA 600 Ballistics group" They are specifically referencing the DOA retical, not a range finder. I thought I was a bright guy but I just don't get it.

Still guys. I appreciate the help.

Chris

 

[spin033]

I think that chart is a way to look up your rifle/load combo, depending on your rangefinder the combo may be in a different ballistics group. there will be a similar link for each of their rangefinders that have the capability to do the calculations, most if not all of their scope lines have models with the doa 200 or doa 600 reticle. My thought is that its just bushnells way to coordinate the scope/rangefinder combo. If your not using a bushnell rangefinder i think its a moot point, just usethe holdovers on the reticle

 

[pickeringchris]

Once I get her set up i will range it in and see what I get at the various levels of the retical. Maybe for the second dot I get 225 yards and 350 for the 3rd? who knows. It will be helpful once I know.