I think Criter is correct - but I'm not sure
I think Critter is correct and that I may be wrong....... but I'm not sure.

:shock:
Here is what my US optics Engineering Manual says.
All US Optics reticles are placed in the front focal plane. However, US Optics does something to alter the image so that the size of the reticle is held constant, nothwithstandig magnification used when looking through the scope. Since the field of view is reduced with increased magnification, it appears that the reticle size is increasing - even though its held at a constant size as compared with the MOA.
For example if a reticle bar covers / obscures 1/8 inch of a target at 100 yards it will cover 1 inch at 800 yards when viewed at the same magnification (constant size for the MOA involved). When the magnification is increased, the size of the field of view decreases, but the reticle width stays the same (it just covers more of the now-reduced field of view).
Using the new MOA Scale reticle mentioned in my thread as an example, the horzontal axis is .08 MOA thick. so at 100 yards, the horizontal and verticle axes obscure .08 inchs of target, but at 1,000 yards, that same horizontal axis obscures .8 inchs of target.
http://www.snipercentral.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=614
It makes sense to me.......I think......
JeffVN
Critter - I presume you use that monster club (that is an SN-9 isn't it) to beat bears to death if they get inside the the minimum range of your land cannon...
