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34 G&A February 2020 | rifles & GlAss
In addition to the easy-to-read CDS turret with zero stop, the VX-3i
is also available with a side-focus knob for parallax adjustment.
might argue that 10 MOA of wind hold in the reticle isn’t
enough. There’s a ton more windage adjustment available
if the shooter is willing to dial down from maximum magnification
and do some simple math.
For example, the scope I had was a VX-3i 4.5-14x40mm.
At 14X it has 10 MOA of adjustment in each direction. At
7X, that same scope and reticle has 20 MOA of adjustment
in either direction. These are second focal plane (SFP)
reticles, so when the magnification gets cut in half, the
The power-adjustment ring is tactile and offers fair amount of resistance
for precise magnification stops.
value of each subtension mark doubles. Further, if the wind
is howling, dialing the scope all the way down to 4.5X gives
approximately 30 MOA of wind hold on each side of the
reticle.
Even with the Wind-Plex reticle, knowing the correct
wind hold is either going to take a lot of time, attention
and field experience or some savvy use of a ballistic calculator.
Any free ballistic calculator app that’ll download
to a smartphone can calculate a wind hold given muzzle