Trouble with Milldot

[Adam-RunningDog 1]

Well as you all most probely seen that i have recently baught the new air arms s200 and i had hawke scopes with mill dot the scopes are 4-12x50 they are really good quality but the only problem is the milldot i have christened my gun yesterday morning with a big crow at 30yard dead on but this was only luck i did zero the gun into 30 yards thats why i smacked in in the back of the head and out the front i didnt think i would hit it it was just a wish me luck shot but it was a clean instant kill so i was happy because i do respect my quarry.

but i cant use the mill dots i cant guess the right distance to my quarry so i keep using the 30yard cross but keep missing so can anybody give me help or tips on these scopes how do you use your mill dots ..

thanks

 

 

Ps i will post a picture up later on of the gun and the crow just to show off

[Holdaway 2]

Well done on the kill first of all.

 

If your scope is set up at 30 yards dead centre, then move a target to 25 yards and aim for bully. The pellet should shoot high, without firing again, sight up exactly the same as before but this time, with the cross hair on centre, look at where your pellet struck in comparison with the mildots, was it one mildot high? If so, aim the first mildot above the centre hairs at bully and shoot, you should hit centre. At twenty do the same. Then move out to 35 yards, 40 yards, etc. This will tell you which mildot to sight with depending on the distance. Of course you still have to judge 30 yards pretty accurately to determine if your target is closer or further away.

 

40 - 50 yards should be no more than 2 mildots lower than centre, 15 - 20 yards should be no more than 2 mildots higher than centre.

 

Not sure if I have explained it properly, but I hope this helps.

 

H