Multi cross hair scope
Has there ever been made a rifle scope with multiple ADJUSTABLE horizontal cross hairs? Each cross hair below the main horizontal wire independently adjustable to be set for a specific aiming point. ?
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No, the adjustments to make that happen would be cost prohibitive 0 -
Not to my knowledge.
While I think something like that could be done, the internal mechanisms necessary would be rather complex (with all crosshairs in the same plane of focus), meaning that it would be much more expensive than a regular scope, more bulky, and likely considerably more fragile.
More to the point, I'm not really sure how necessary this is.
Mil-dots give you quite a bit in terms of multiple aiming points and ranging capability, and target knobs give you the ability to adjust your point of impact pretty quickly. If you have a good scope and you're skilled in using it, plus you know the dopes for your load(s) you should be able to quickly adjust your point of aim for any reasonable shot.
In practice, one horizontal adjustment and multiple vertical ones aiming points is good enough most of the time, and you can get effectively that with any ranging reticle (including mildots).
The closest you might come to one scope with multiple simultaneously adjustable aiming points NOT in the same vertical line is just a custom reticle. That you CAN get, if you want.
Edit: By the way, there is no "law" that says you can't put more than one scope on the same rifle, each in a different line of sight with a different point of impact.
Sounds a little cuckoo, but people run dual optic mounts on AR-15s for competition and such all the time: one red dot for close in work, and one magnified scope for longer shots. You can either stack the scopes on top of one another, or have one canted off to the side of the main one.
Like everything else, what's 'best' comes down to what you're trying to do with the gun0 -
I have never seen one, though there have been a variety of non-adjustable range finding reticles with mil dots, cross wires, little windows and other ways of adjusting sightlines for varying distances. 0 -
jaegermister,
There have not been any adjustable multi aming point scopes that I know of. There have been several with fixed, multi aiming points, that use the law of averages for several popular cartridges. There are other's, that offer special turrets for a given load also.
My experience has been in the past, to know your trajectory, and where to hold. My experience now has taken me to use a range finder, then dial in your turret, only after you have tested your loads on paper.
If there were such an animal as you describe you would like, it would be expensive, and very fradgile. It would be expensive enough, that most high dollar spender's, wouldn't even go for it, and fradgile enough, where it wouldn't be remotely dependable.
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The Shepherd scope has the mechanical capability, with two sets of W&E knobs. But the fancy multi circle reticle is meant for ranging, the intent is just to use the double crosshairs for a one-shot zero procedure. 0 -
Burris makes the Eliminator series that contains a rangefinder and a programable movable red dot that automaticaly ajusts for drop at diffent ranges. Just bought one for my wife. Will take it out this weekend and see well it works. 0
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