Nikko sterling panamax.... When is a mil dot a mil dot!!??

[TORNADOS7]

Usually 10X which is completely useless on a 3-9X, don't for the life of me understand why they do that...

[Geezer]

Don't know about the Panamax, but I gather that a fair few of the cheaper "mil-dot" scopes aren't true mil-dots, they are just scopes with dots on the reticle.

[rhyslightnin]

Usually 10X which is completely useless on a 3-9X, don't for the life of me understand why they do that...

Works with chairgun... This will show the target on any mag of a "10x" mil dot scope.

[imorik]

Checked my panamax and it's true at 9x mag (well as near as i could tell with a bit of scope wobblle). It makes no difference anyway, use scope at whatever mag suits and stick to it. Paper targets set out at distances you shoot at and make note of impact point in mildots. You can download targets with half mil dot reticle on it which is true at the distance stated on the target. Simply set target at that distance and alter your mag until it matches

[lensman57]

When a mildot exactly measures 36" at 1000 ( the height of a 6' tall man would cover 2 mildots ) or 3.6" at 100 yards @ 10X or more accurately 3.44 Minutes Of Angle then it is a true mildot. All this has been handed down from the US military.

A.G

[Turnup]

When a mildot exactly measures 36" at 1000 ( the height of a 6' tall man would cover 2 mildots ) or 3.6" at 100 yards @ 10X or more accurately 3.44 Minutes Of Angle then it is a true mildot. All this has been handed down from the US military.

A.G

Ahem.....milliradians as a measure of angle existed long before the US.