horus vision scope

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Hi there does anyone know how good the horus vision scope is? thanks Oliver

-- Oliver (homer98@hotmail.com), November 13, 2003

Answers

Ok, Hours vision is great if you have to make "quick" follow up shots at known distance targets. If you are a true sniper and stalk for days and sit in the muck for hours after ranging to wait for "the" shot it is far far better to use a mil dot scope. Hold overs are no where near as accurate as come-ups from zero. There is no way a hold over scope can be accurate due to the differences in ammunition and what not. Hours vision are great for competition like Rifles Only, or others where you know the distances and have a time limit, but in the real world of long range sentry or varment removal, there is only one way MILDOT, know it, use it, love it!

Good luck,

Sniper X

-- (vaughn777@cs.com), March 09, 2004.


Err.....save your money, they are a flash gimmick in my opinion. Buy a good scope with quality optics, a simple unclutterd reticle and repeatable click setings (zero at 100yds, then go up 25 clicks and right 25, shoot 2 rounds, click back to zero, shoot 2 more. You can then repeat but move up and left. From there click 50 to the right and you should be back on the two high right shots). If your scope cannot do this it is not going to be good enough for long range precision shooting. Then get some cheap software (pcb1.8 by Odd Havard Skevik is the best in the world as far as i am concerned, and it's free), chrono your loads and run the ballistics. Make yourself a range table at 25yd increments to 1000yds. Run the same for various full value side winds. Ping the target with a range finder, check table, click up and shoot to desired POI (point of impact). That's the easy bit - technology can hold your hand all the way more or less. The hard bit is learning what the wind does to your rounds - this is skill or art, there is not much technology to help you here. By clicking in the range you have far fewer variables to worry about and can concentrate on learning the wind effect. Hope this helps some... Adam . . . (out)

-- Adam (fireforcefour@yahoo.co.uk), December 28, 2003.

I've heard the Horus scopes are excellent. I know (if I could afford one), I'd get one right away. Probably the H3 Medium distance site. But from what I an tell, they're great for long range stationary targets, but not so hot for moving targets.

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