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- Page 1 R e t i c l e m a n u a l APMr1 ffp ir mil...
- Page 2 ATHLON ® APMR1 FFP IR MIL Reticle APMR1 FFP IR MIL reticle is designed for long and mid-distance shooting with illuminated center cross and 0.5 mil hash mark, that can help you quickly lock in your target and set holdover positions and leads for a moving target.
- Page 3 Reticle Subtensions Example The APMR1 FFP IR MIL reticle is based on the milliradian, usually shorterned to mrad or mil. A “mil” is defined as “one thousandth”, or 1/1000. A mil is 1/1000 of a radian ( a unit of angular measurement).
- Page 4 Example Distance Ranging Equations for ranging distance to a target using mils Height of Target (Yards) x 1000 Distance to Target (Yards) Mils Reading on Reticle Height of Target (Meters) x 1000 Distance to Target (Meters) Mils Reading on Reticle Height of Target (Inches) x 27.8 Distance to Target (Yards) Mils Reading on Reticle...
- Page 5 Holdover For Compensating Bullet Drop Example To be able to use the elevation holdovers effectively, you have to know the distance to your target and bullet trajectory (bullet drop in inches or mils). Since most of bullet balistic chart highlight bullet drops in inches, you have to know that, 1mil equals to 3.6 inches at 100 yards, 7.2 inches at 200 yards, and 36 inches at 1000 yards, etc.
- Page 6 Holdover for Wind Correction Example The APMR1 FFP MIL reticle offers 8 mil span in hash marks from center to left and right, up (9 mils) and down. the APMR1 FFP MIL reticle provides great visual reference to allow you to spot your target in no time. The flying time of a bullet, the velocity and direction of the wind and the “slippery-ness”...
- Page 7 Hold lead correction for a moving target Use a virtual cross point for wind correction and bullet Distance to your target, moving speed of your target, bullet flying time, drop As an alternative, you can use a virtual cross point wind direction are the key factors that determine how much holdover formed by horizontal and vertical hash mark to holdover for you need to hold for a moving target.
- Page 8 THE ATHLON GOLD MEDEL LIFETIME WARRANTY Your Athlon product is not only warranted to be free of defects in materials and workmanship for the lifetime of the product. Athlon will also repair or replace, at no charge to you, your product if you should damage it through normal use.
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