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Originally Posted by sheephunter
You could be right but I'd say that the drop difference in the two cartridges you mentioned would be significantly different (I'm guessing but likely 6-8" at 400 yards) so I doubt that both would be a 400 yard zero for the bottom dot...if either..... In fact, you could likely miss a pie plate as you only have a 5" margine of error unless you are talking about one of those really big Costco pies...lol Personally I prefer something more precise. Like everything else, long range reticles have developed. The Rapid Z is just the next evolution. Likely it will be antiquated one day too.
400 yards really isn't that far any more though with the right gear. I can see the nostalgia of holding on to old technology but truthfully, the new stuff works better. You can't get better than knowing that each yardage indicated reticle is indeed zeroed for that yardage. You can get worse though. Why use something that may be good enough when there is a precise option?
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Simplicity, thats why.
If the subtension of the 400 yard dot is for 20 inches of elevation and your 7mm is about 17 inches of drop and the 30-06 is 23, would you hit the plate? Better yet if I aim center mass would i kill the deer elk or whatever?
If I am stillhunting through the trees and i have my Zeiss scope dialed down to 6X and I come out in the open, spot a deer at 400 yards, put that crosshair on him would I hit him. Oops forgot to turn the power ring up to 12.25X before I pulled the trigger........
For the record I have both Leupold LR's and Rapid Z's in my arsenal. I zero the LR 400 yard dot for whatever rifle i have it on and the 200 yard crosshair might be 219 and the 300 yard dot might be 305 and the 500 yard might be 521 but who cares, deer at those ranges will be dead. Unfortunately i am not sponsored by Zeiss.