Shooting Times & Country – 17 July 2019

SHOOTING TIMES & COUNTRY MAGAZINE • 71

needs a lot of patience and precise
shot placement in darkness at
realistic ranges. Error increases as
a multiple of the zeroing range. No
matter how clearly understood these
things are, they always come back
to haunt you when that split-second
shot opportunity is off ered. Misses
in darkness are hard to follow up and
extending the range increases risk.
Laser rangefi nders have been
key to extending confi dence when

Range

“Needs mustif aninjuredanimalhastobere-engaged,

and that is theonlytimeI havepusheddistance”

Swarovski’s cutting edge

dS optic is a ballistic computer

and rangefi nder rolled into one

This 180m rabbit gives some idea of reticle subtension, considering the size of a fox in comparison