Thread: Creating a drop chart for a ballistic reticle

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

With second focal plane you can also play with the magnification to alter the drops ie hash 1 is 2 moa at max mag eg 10x, it's 4 moa at 5x and 3 at 7.5x

Works in theory but you have to be pretty good at figuring it out on the fly. For me personally I just like say ‘beyond 250, use the 1st hash mark, beyond 350 use the 2nd hash mark etc. They don’t have the increments of dialing but are better than estimating holdover.