Using FFP reticle at long distance small targets

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Slayerious

Slayerious

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Hi,

So the Athlon Argos BTR line scopes have a 0.2MRAD wide reticle line.

1mrad being 10cm at 100m, 0.2 should cover 2cm! That is quite much, although not very much (20cm at 1000m)

I thought of overcoming this problem by incidentally zeroing the scope off in horizontal level. (The target is to the left side of the reticle)

Sounds any good? Athlon owners, share your knowledge!
 
What problem are you trying to overcome?

You shouldn't run into any issues with the thickness of the crosshairs with an airgun. Those scopes are primarily designed for firearms. You wouldn't need to be on max power for any air gun distances. I think there is more potential for the opposite problem with FFP scopes.

The crosshairs can be too thin for people at lower power settings. The solution if the crosshairs are too thick at max power is to lower the power setting. Scopes never look their best on max power anyway so you'd get a clearer image that way.

I have a 4-14x44 FFP and I never need it to be set to more than 10x for any distance my air guns could be accurate at. 

I usually keep it on 4x for hunting and it has the thinnest crosshairs I have ever seen at that power. At 8x and 10x the crosshairs don't seem any thicker than my SFP scopes. If anything, they are still thinner. 

If you are planning to use it on a firearm at 800-1000 yards I have no experience with that but, if a 4-14 doesn't keep the reticle thin enough at your preferred power setting, you could just go up to the 6-24. 

 
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"Slayerious"Erm,

Are not FFP scope reticles ALWAYS in same proportional to the target?

No matter what zoom it is at, it will still cover 2cm at 100 meters, right?

Let me put it this way:

Since I cannot see my 2cm target at 100m behind the reticle, I can just dial the turret by 1 mil and then hold 1mil to the left with the reticle.


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Just out of curiosity, what size group are you shooting at 100 meters?
 
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