Rangefinding with Plex Reticle

[fat tony]

Hi, I've recently discovered that the plain old plex reticle can be used for rangefinding, I seem to learn better from books I can hold in my hand, or maybe a good website, could anyone reccomend a good book that's got rangefinding with the common plex reticles covered with good diagrams? Possibly a text on sniping or something like that? regards FT.

 

[Silverado]

Some, such as the Leupold and some others, have a set of numbers 1-6 or something, opposite the power numbers on the power selector ring.

If you put the crosshair across a deer's back, and turn the power dial until the brisket touches the thick part of the vertical line, the number on the dial will be the range in hundreds of yards.

 

[Dogleg]

Fat Tony,
It depends on target size and reticle subtension at different powers. Using a variable scope and an average distance of 18" from a buck's back-bone to belly here's a quick couple of examples. This is about the easiest ways I've found, but feel free to make them complicated.

1) Leupold Vari & VX111. Crank the power ring on the scope until the deer's chest fits between the center of the crosshairs and the beginning of the of the thick plex. Read the yardage off the same ring. You're done.

2) Bushnell products. Turn the power ring the same as above, read the magnification number off the ring and times by 50. ex. 6x50=300 yards.
9x50=450 yards.I did a lot of pacing,scanning and writing with these ones before I realized I was making it much harder than it had to be.

3) Find a subtension reference in your scope that covers 6 inches at 100 yards. A Leupold standard duplex in a 3.5-10 covers 6 inches thick post to thick post @ 100 yards when set at 10 power. If a deer's body fills that gap it's 300 yards or closer. Pull the trigger.

 

[fat tony]

Thanks for the info guys.