Leupld’s® Ballistics Aiming System™ is comprised of four specialized reticles – Boone and Crockett® Big Game, Varmint Hunter’s, LR Duplex®, and LRV Duplex® reticles – which take into account the variables crucial to accurate, long-range shooting. Both the Boone and Crockett Big Game reticle and the Varmint Hunter’s reticle are available in various models of the VX-7™. A special ballistics indicator ring allows users to customize their power settings for their cartridge’s ballistics, then saves that setting for easy reference in a hunting situation. With multiple aiming points for longer ranges and varying wind speeds, and infinite power selector settings to match your rifle’s ballistics, the Ballistics Aiming System can help you master the art of accurate, long-range shooting. With practice, the Ballistics Aiming System will teach you how to gauge the distance to your target, where to place your reticle for that distance, and even how to compensate for wind deflection. With the Ballistics Aiming System and some practice, you’ll consistently make shots you wouldn’t have attempted in the past.
Accurate, long-range shooting is probably one of the most difficult hunting skills to master. For many hunters, it remains a combination of hard-won experience, intuition, and a little luck. Together, the reticles of the Ballistics Aiming System give the hunter very useful tools for successful hunts with clean and efficient harvests. By practicing with the Ballistics Aiming System, all hunters can add science to the art of long-range shooting, and master this important skill.
The Ballistics Aiming System™ in the VX-7™
The Boone and Crockett Big Game reticle and the Varmint Hunter’s reticle use the same principles to help you hone your long-range shooting skills, though each has been tailored to meet the needs of big game or varmint hunters. With practice, using each will become a natural part of your shooting. Unlike other range estimating reticles, the calculations made here are incredibly simple, and take the guesswork out of long-range shooting.
Each reticle provides a series of aiming points. The first aiming point, the intersection of the Duplex® reticle, is to be used at 200 yards with most common cartridges, and 300 yards with several flatter shooting, longer-range loads. We gave the VX-7’s power selector ring a resettable ballistics indicator that you can use to create your own ballistics profiles. In other words, you aren’t limited to pre-set ballistics profiles, giving you the flexibility to truly fine-tune the accuracy of your rifle with your favorite load. In addition, using the notches on the ballistic indicator ring puts you at the precise magnification you need for accurate ranging, every time.
Verify the aiming points by shooting at the actual distances at which the hold points in the reticle are intended to work. With both reticles, remember: pratice, practice, practice!
