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<blockquote data-quote="985" data-source="post: 1121081"><p>There is Nothing Faster on Earth than a person that is trained properly with a MilDot reticle, Except maybe the dog ears and post sighting system utilized on the M1 Garand's. If you want to know why, you'll have to take a class at the MSC or find someone that has been in theater from that era.</p><p></p><p>For Nearly 60 years, standards and protocols were set in stone from lessons learned. </p><p>Then, new technology came along from excited civilian enthusiasts. The standards became corrupt and the law of primacy took over. </p><p></p><p>Snell's law of refraction has been around since the early 900's, from the old, ancient courts of Baghdad. That law states that sunlight has its own frequency. When it collides with a solid such as glass or water, the light rays get bent downwards. (Place a stick in water and watch it bend away from the light source). Add magnification to the equation and there is no way to negotiate it or get around it. Hold over on your target, especially when aiming up or down on an angle, and you are theoretically lifting the image of the target with your holdover mark.</p><p></p><p>This is an absolute. There isn't any way whatsoever to work around this issue and I guarantee you that every Astrophysicist at NASA, JPL & MIT are thoroughly educated about it.</p><p></p><p>And if you don't mind, please allow me to steer you a bit with rifle scopes breaking down. When you are utilizing a sloped picatinny rail, lets say 20 moa, you do not want to store your scope for long periods of time with the the reticle set at zero. This places pressure on the springs which will fatigue them over time. I remove the pressure from off of the springs by taking the 20 moa out of the adjustment, returning the erector tube to its center.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="985, post: 1121081"] There is Nothing Faster on Earth than a person that is trained properly with a MilDot reticle, Except maybe the dog ears and post sighting system utilized on the M1 Garand's. If you want to know why, you'll have to take a class at the MSC or find someone that has been in theater from that era. For Nearly 60 years, standards and protocols were set in stone from lessons learned. Then, new technology came along from excited civilian enthusiasts. The standards became corrupt and the law of primacy took over. Snell's law of refraction has been around since the early 900's, from the old, ancient courts of Baghdad. That law states that sunlight has its own frequency. When it collides with a solid such as glass or water, the light rays get bent downwards. (Place a stick in water and watch it bend away from the light source). Add magnification to the equation and there is no way to negotiate it or get around it. Hold over on your target, especially when aiming up or down on an angle, and you are theoretically lifting the image of the target with your holdover mark. This is an absolute. There isn't any way whatsoever to work around this issue and I guarantee you that every Astrophysicist at NASA, JPL & MIT are thoroughly educated about it. And if you don't mind, please allow me to steer you a bit with rifle scopes breaking down. When you are utilizing a sloped picatinny rail, lets say 20 moa, you do not want to store your scope for long periods of time with the the reticle set at zero. This places pressure on the springs which will fatigue them over time. I remove the pressure from off of the springs by taking the 20 moa out of the adjustment, returning the erector tube to its center. [/QUOTE]
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