What is the purpose of the crescent scale above the crosshairs & how do you use it? Assume its some type of rangefinder https://store.discovery-optics.com/collections/vt-3/products/discovery-vt-3-6-24x50-sfai-ffp-first-focal-plane-airgun-hunting-rifle-scope-optic-shooting-riflescope-with-free-scope-mount
Discovery VT-3 6-24 FFP scope
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Does it function with the additional left side knob behind the regular side focus? Seems complex and "busy" but if it functions well...?
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The "knob" is an angle indicator, but I haven't a clue to what the crescent reticle is for.
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The descending hashlines are likely for military ranging — using the typical height of an adult standing to range the distance. 30 meaning "range of 30 meters" (33y).
Try it out to see if this works!
Matthias
Try it out to see if this works!
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The descending hashlines are likely for military ranging — using the typical height of an adult standing to range the distance. 30 meaning "range of 30 meters" (33y).
Try it out to see if this works!
That seems correct. Probably similar to a Dragunov style reticle, but there is often a multplier.
Top of persons head lines up with numbered stadia. For the Discovery reticle, probably multiply number by 10x to get distance in meters to person (target).
Not too useful for air gun distances, but it might be useful for squirrel height objects when multiplied by 1x.
I'd rather not have the additional clutter, unless it was scaled for a specific airgun sized target.
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I just want to confirm some of the rather unusual features of this scope, after doing a good bit of research.
The VT-3 6-24x50 FFP
▪It has a moa reticle
▪It has matched moa turrets (nice)
▪The turrets turn 1/8 moa per click (finer than the usual 1/4 moa)
▪The turrets turn 7.5 moa per turn:
(a) That's a very low number (typical is 15moa), probably resulting in higher precision.
(b) Such a low number also is awkward because many shots will call for more than just 7.5moa elevation adjustment, and that means you'll be entering a second revolution, or even a third revolution — and there are no turret revolution indicator marks to remind you whether you are on your first, second, or third revolution.
(c) The 7.5moa requires a little more mental gymnastics. Multiples of 10 will be easy on you.
A video to confirm all that (because videos don't lie, specs sheets and sales adds are more prone to errors):
https://m.nl.aliexpress.com/item/32827476792.html?spm=a2g0n.search-amp.list.32827476792&aff_trace_key=c9d9ab0b69fc490eb7955e95c82b5705-1569528779876-03573-MkQQGTCG&aff_platform=msite&m_page_id=PAGE_VIEW_IDCLIENT_ID(aefeMsite)NAV_TIMING(navigationStart)&browser_id=5d36d7ccd94241dc8e667e12fa77960a&is_c=
Matthias
The VT-3 6-24x50 FFP
▪It has a moa reticle
▪It has matched moa turrets (nice)
▪The turrets turn 1/8 moa per click (finer than the usual 1/4 moa)
▪The turrets turn 7.5 moa per turn:
(a) That's a very low number (typical is 15moa), probably resulting in higher precision.
(b) Such a low number also is awkward because many shots will call for more than just 7.5moa elevation adjustment, and that means you'll be entering a second revolution, or even a third revolution — and there are no turret revolution indicator marks to remind you whether you are on your first, second, or third revolution.
(c) The 7.5moa requires a little more mental gymnastics. Multiples of 10 will be easy on you.
A video to confirm all that (because videos don't lie, specs sheets and sales adds are more prone to errors):
https://m.nl.aliexpress.com/item/32827476792.html?spm=a2g0n.search-amp.list.32827476792&aff_trace_key=c9d9ab0b69fc490eb7955e95c82b5705-1569528779876-03573-MkQQGTCG&aff_platform=msite&m_page_id=PAGE_VIEW_IDCLIENT_ID(aefeMsite)NAV_TIMING(navigationStart)&browser_id=5d36d7ccd94241dc8e667e12fa77960a&is_c=
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