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What is the difference between a Horus Scope and a standard Mil Dot Scope?

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What is the difference between a Horus Scope and a standard Mil Dot Scope?

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All Horus scopes are in the first focal plane. With the exception of Schmidt & Bender and a few others, almost 95% of Mil Dot scopes are in the second focal plane. With the Horus scope/reticle, you are visually engaging the target. All corrections for elevation and windage are done visually. With Mil Dot scopes, you visually engage the target. You must then visually check your power ring on a vari scope to be sure it is in the correct position. You then adjust for elevation and windage by mechanically moving the elevation and windage knobs. With Horus you are visually engaging the target and making all adjustments visually. You will never experience sticking reticle problems or run out . In Mil Dot scopes with turret adjustments, you can experience sticking reticle problems and run out . This problem increase once you start adjusting beyond 30 MOA. The Horus reticle allows the rifleman to accurate range to 1/10 (0.1) Mil. With Mil Dot, the average rifleman is lucky to range to .2 or .3

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