Wow, can I get another bite of crow?

Nice... Until last year I was a big holdover fan. Then I bought an Athlon Midas TAC, pretty much made for clicking, and I was hooked. Now I have three more Athlon scopes that I click with. Its even easier when you get a large elevation turret add on, and write or print in the yardages. I call it "dial-a-yardage". Laser the range, turn to correct yardage, pull trigger, dead squirrel, easy...

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+1 on all the above. I started about 7 years ago. Swfa 10x sf md on cricket compact .22. Works for me.

I like to click when I have time, if I don’t have time to dial I use holdover. 

Crow with a little mustard sauce. I too have gone to clicks on the NightForce and for the ultimate the ATN. Have not tried it on longer ranges, kinda getting to be an old lady here IT"S COLD OUT, but for shorter ranges seems to be dead on.

Each method has it's advantages and disadvantages.

Yep, in a unsteady position or from a unsteady type of rest, holdovers are harder to do, depends on the size of the target....

On the other hand holdovers can be faster and are more effective with a steady rest if speed matters. Especially with .2 mil reticles since 1 click can be seen in the reticle. I actually proved this out myself when I heldover and off using the H59 reticle in a long range series, prone off the bipod, on steel, at various distances. There was a strict time allowance so since I didn't dial and there were 10 shots involved, I could use that extra time to see what the wind was doing and other things. I won the series twice.

You lose a little time dialing, and you normally have to take your eye out of the scope and reset your eye and resettle position, but the eye is naturally drawn to center.

I do both, whichever suits me at the time.

Crows okay, i crockml pot em!

Hey Jim, I've become a huge click fan as well! It seems to make the FFP scopes obsolete too (wish I knew this before buying a bunch..). PM me your address and I'll send you some scope stickers for your discovery, we have very similar set ups!

I use both hold overs or dialing depending on the situation. What I like about switching it up is that with an FFP it doesn’t matter. I use the entire magnification range on my scope when I shoot. Having the hash mark relationship be the same throughout allows this luxury of hold over or dial elevation.

Hey Jim, I've become a huge click fan as well! It seems to make the FFP scopes obsolete too (wish I knew this before buying a bunch..). PM me your address and I'll send you some scope stickers for your discovery, we have very similar set ups!

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How did you make those stickers? Are they self adhesive or do you add double sided tape to the back. That looks like the perfect solution to getting the distance markers correctly spaced.

Jeff's scope stickers are the stuff my friend.



They are easy to read and take the 'how do I make those' out of the equation, you get em from him!

I have in the past, and occasionally still do, shoot both ways. Seems both have their uses, sometimes one might serve better than the other. If one sits at a bench and shoots known distances all the time then clicking is great. If one shoots in situations where distance is not necessarily exactly known or shots are often taken quickly then holdover can be faster/better. Absolutely dependent on the situation IMO. Two potential problems I see with clicking-where do you click to (if distance is being estimated you are still estimating so the hold can work as well) and do you remember to return to zero before the next shot or click to adjustment.

From my personal experience, crow is nasty. You can eat it but, damn! It's the plucking I hate. I just won't eat crow without plucking.

From my personal experience, crow is nasty. You can eat it but, damn! It's the plucking I hate. I just won't eat crow without plucking.