Beginner here need advice on glass

[soldier-of-the-apocalypse]

like i said I will get one later down the road because a LRF is useless without a scope right. Plus when Im at the range Im with my brother and he has one. But before I take any long range shots at animals I will get one.

[islandermyk]

Good luck estimating longer ranges well enough without a LRF. If you guess 500 and the actual is 550, you'll be off on elevation by almost a foot. It gets worse the longer the range.

The development of the LRF is the single most important development in long range shooting, even more so than the telescopic sight. Without accurate range estimation, the most accurate rifle in the world topped by the best glass is useless for making first round hits at extended ranges.

+1 on this one... I would love to get another/better LRF... I've been dependent on the odometer of my vehicle alongside with GPS

like i said I will get one later down the road because a LRF is useless without a scope right. Plus when Im at the range Im with my brother and he has one. But before I take any long range shots at animals I will get one.

If you picked a reticle to help range things... it'll be fun to learn. I have one of those mil-dot master slide cards ( http://www.mildot.com/ ) and it's pretty dead nuts. With your glass you measure'em sized target and ♪TA-DA♫ you get a pretty good range. The only thing that sucks.... out pass 300 yards (based on .308) not getting an exact range will make you scratch your head and possibly make you go bold on certain spots on your head That extra 20 yards can throw sh*t off... and then some. Regardless, it's all in great fun learning all this shit

[soldier-of-the-apocalypse]

+1 on this one... I would love to get another/better LRF... I've been dependent on the odometer of my vehicle alongside with GPS



If you picked a reticle to help range things... it'll be fun to learn. I have one of those mil-dot master slide cards ( http://www.mildot.com/ ) and it's pretty dead nuts. With your glass you measure'em sized target and ♪TA-DA♫ you get a pretty good range. The only thing that sucks.... out pass 300 yards (based on .308) not getting an exact range will make you scratch your head and possibly make you go bold on certain spots on your head That extra 20 yards can throw sh*t off... and then some. Regardless, it's all in great fun learning all this shit

yeah I wish I could have got something like 7mm or 300winmag that flys a little flater but I see alot of dudes shooting .308 out to 1000 yards so I know it can be done and I like a good challenge

[islandermyk]

yeah I wish I could have got something like 7mm or 300winmag that flys a little flater but I see alot of dudes shooting .308 out to 1000 yards so I know it can be done and I like a good challenge

I do all my shooting with .308 and the real challenge is going pass the 1000 yard barrier. Farthest I've hit was at 1400 yards with a Vortex Viper 6.5-20x44 for glass, but it was like 1 hit out of 8 or 10 shots made.

I have a S&B and that thing got me all cocky and stoopid.... I have that on my .308 right now and I act like I'm shooting a .338lm or some shit trying to go for a mile

[Hoser]

yeah I wish I could have got something like 7mm or 300winmag that flys a little flater but I see alot of dudes shooting .308 out to 1000 yards so I know it can be done and I like a good challenge

Flatter is not the concern. Bullet drop is just gravity, a constant.

What you want is bullets with high ballistic coefficients that get blown around less by the wind and stay supersonic at the ranges you are shooting at.