Rifle Scopes What is....

[Milan metal]

So I am new and need to help with the following:

What is first and second focal plain? Good and bad on both?

What is zero stop and resettable? Which is better?

Power needed to hit 600-700yrds consistently?

Thanks,

 

[BasraBoy]

Re: What is....

Google is your friend!

Some light reading/viewing to start with:

http://uk.ask.com/wiki/Reticle

http://www.premierreticles.com/pdfs/2009-HowToFFP-SFP.pdf

http://nightforceoptics.com/videos-2/

Any scope that cannot have it's turrets reset to "0" after you have zeroed at your preferred distace is not worth buying (IMHO)

What power you want/need, will be determined by the type of shooting you'll be doing and what it is you want to see....meaning if you want to see individual bullet holes at 700yds or your trying to pick up small targets you're going to need something pretty powerful (x25?).

FWIW I use a x10 or x12 out to 1000yds on simple target shooting.

 

[Milan metal]

Re: What is....

Thanks for the info!

 

[Enough Said]

Re: What is....

Simply put, a FFP reticle expands and contracts in appearance as you dial your magnification up or down, therefore it is accurate as a measuring tool at all magnification settings.

A SFP reticle is only accurate as a measuring tool at one setting; usually the highest.

Zero Stop will allow you to shoot at various ranges throughout a session and return to your shorter range "Zero" by simply dialing the elevation turret back down until it stops. In the sight-in process you are basically telling the scope where zero is and asking it to return to that spot on demand and stop there. For closer distances you will hold under using mil dots or stadia lines.

Hope this helped.

 

[Milan metal]

Re: What is....

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Enough Said</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Simply put, a FFP reticle expands and contracts in appearance as you dial your magnification up or down, therefore it is accurate as a measuring tool at all magnification settings.

A SFP reticle is only accurate as a measuring tool at one setting; usually the highest.

Zero Stop will allow you to shoot at various ranges throughout a session and return to your shorter range "Zero" by simply dialing the elevation turret back down until it stops. In the sight-in process you are basically telling the scope where zero is and asking it to return to that spot on demand and stop there. For closer distances you will hold under using mil dots or stadia lines.

Hope this helped. </div></div>

Sweet...everything helps!