Ncstar 4*30 scope help

[mikey0086]

can anyone in laymans terms help me understand how to use the ranging marks in the scope, the techie talk paper that comes with it speak about MOA's and dividing yards..... i'm lost, please help
mikey

[mikey0086]

anyone? please?

[Tomcat088]

Lol, I tell you what mikey, I'll do a whole thread on this, just to help you and some others out. Can you help me with just a bit more information? Do you know exactly what kind of reticle the scope has? Are you talking about 4x and then a 30mm objective? I'm trying to find which scope you have, so I know what reticle it has in it, then I can help you out. There are differences in how scopes adjust, what their ranging reticle is like, whether it adjusts in MOA, mil's etc. The more information that I have on the scope, the more I can help you out.

[Shawn.L]

I believe the one he has has the lines through the crosshairs so that if you zero at 100 then the next line down is your zero at 200.

could be wrong, but thats my guess.

[Tomcat088]

Well, there are ALOT of different reticles that fit that description. There are true BDC reticles that are calibrated for a particular load, meaning it has a certain bullet (weight, bc, etc), moving a certain muzzle velocity, and then it will hit on the hashes. There are lots of other reticles like Tactical Milling Reticles, that people can make loads that hit at certain lines, or they know which line it hits at, at what distance. Either way, this isn't exactly what I'm asking man, that's not necessarily how a Tactical Milling Reticle, Mil dot Reticle, etc are supposed to be used. Even so, there are reticles that measure in milliradians, IPHY (inches per hundred yards), True MOA (minute of angle), etc. These are reticles that have evenly spaced lines, true BDC reticles do NOT have evenly spaced lines in the reticles. Either way, I need to know how the sight is calibrated in order to help the OP with using the ranging marks in the scope.

[Tomcat088]

Does the reticle look like this one?
http://www.kapowwe.com/Merchant2/mer...t-rifle-scopes

Or does it look like the reticle in this one?
http://www.kapowwe.com/Merchant2/mer...t-rifle-scopes

[Shawn.L]

Originally Posted by Tomcat088

Well, there are ALOT of different reticles that fit that description. There are true BDC reticles that are calibrated for a particular load, meaning it has a certain bullet (weight, bc, etc), moving a certain muzzle velocity, and then it will hit on the hashes. There are lots of other reticles like Tactical Milling Reticles, that people can make loads that hit at certain lines, or they know which line it hits at, at what distance. Either way, this isn't exactly what I'm asking man, that's not necessarily how a Tactical Milling Reticle, Mil dot Reticle, etc are supposed to be used. Even so, there are reticles that measure in milliradians, IPHY (inches per hundred yards), True MOA (minute of angle), etc. These are reticles that have evenly spaced lines, true BDC reticles do NOT have evenly spaced lines in the reticles. Either way, I need to know how the sight is calibrated in order to help the OP with using the ranging marks in the scope.

I dig that, and I know you are a precision shooter and know what you are talking about while I patently do not.

The OP asked for laymans terms, and in all honesty he has got a maybe ~$75 scope. He has already said he doesnt understand the mumbo jumbo instructions that came with it, so i doubt he will understand what you are saying. And i doubt highly this is on a precision rifle shooting hand loads of specific weight and FPS, or else he wouldnt have this cheapo scope and be asking this Q in this way. I further doubt he will be shooting out past 300 yards.

These are all asumptions, and I can totally be wrong.

[Tomcat088]

Lol, oh I'll explain it in layman's terms, I just kind of need a little more info. Since I found some photos of what the reticles might be like, I think I'll be able to help him. Yeah from what you've said so far, it sounds like it might not quite be ideal situations for distance shooting. Either way, if he's willing to listen, I'll try to help him learn with that reticle.

[mikey0086]

Originally Posted by Tomcat088

Does the reticle look like this one?
http://www.kapowwe.com/Merchant2/mer...t-rifle-scopes

Or does it look like the reticle in this one?
http://www.kapowwe.com/Merchant2/mer...t-rifle-scopes

this is it, you both got it right, i am by no means a sharpshooter, just hungry for knowledge on how to work it for my own sake, so that i can have more fun shooting and hitting something downrange that i actually aimed at lol.
other than the pic, the only info i have is Nxstar 4X30 scope(bought a gun that it was mounted to, all the paper work on it was one page with a pic of a guy in the crosshairs and all that mil, moa mumbo jumbo
thanks for your patientce and help guys,
mikey

[mikey0086]

antsy for the info guys and thanks in advance for your time to try and explain it to a block head like me!
mikey