Thread: Scope musings

I hold in mills, not a linear measurement. That is the whole point of having an angular scale on the reticle.
When I get to where I'll be shooting from I open strelok on my phone and input the atmospheric conditions - temp, barometric pressure and altitude. Then I look for deer - while keeping an eye on the wind. Measuring it where I am, and looking at what is happening between me and where I expect the deer to be.
When a deer pops up I'll range it, input that into strelok, check the wind, have a think about it and then input that. The elevation is dialed (usually) and I'll hold for wind, check the wind hasn't died off or increased and shoot.
Usually the deer falls in sight, so before I wander over I'll often shoot a couple of rocks at different distances and angles to sharpen the wind reading skills and then off to work.

Wind is the thing. It all started to come together for me when I began to think about it like waves moving across a rock pool. The main movement is in a direction, but where it contacts the rocks there are reflections, swirls and all sorts of things going on. The more you think about it, and shoot to test your assumptions the better you'll get.
Firing solution below- I'll just hold at .7 mil once I've dialed for elevation, but it would be an easy shot to take holding elevation on the reticle also.