Are you mildot ranging?

Hi Paul,
It’s a Pulsar Thermion something something 50.
Amazing unit. I know there is a version 2 now out, but I think this one is still amazing.
There are different reticles I can choose from, the one I use seems to act like a FFP.
I keep it at 16x mag (picture in picture) and try to use the dots as a range finder against the size of a rabbits head.
I’m not sure if the dots are spaced exactly the same as mil dots, but I’m trying to find out about “the principle” of ranging with mil dots and see if I can adapt it to this thermal.
I do have another “normal” optical scope which has little lines (not dots) and I believe they are correctly space for mil dots. I’ll play around with that one too and see if I can make sence of it all 😂

I’ve never “dialed” turrets, never had a scope that could do that.
I’ve always just worked out what the drops were at each distance, made my self a little cheat sheet, estimated (or used a range finder) and held over. Always worked for me, dropped countless mynas and squirrels.
But now shooting mostly at night for rabbits, my range finder dosent work in the dark. (We it does, but I cant see jack 😂).
So learning how to range with mill dots in the thermal will be very useful 👍🏻

Set to 10x mag for mildot ranging. My advice would be to work out the mildot distance then set out a 8cm target at various distances (I did every 5m for hares) and scope them up and write down actual mildots as you see them. (I used an actual hares head on a post for this) I also divided the distance between two mildots mentally into quarters but also 1/3, 2/3 for quick recognition. Any thing less than those I personally find to small to recognise.
The further out your ranging the more critical the right reading is.
I shoot out to 60m so not to far.
Its also why it's a good idea to shoot the actual distances to see what the drop is in reality compared to paper.
I would like to get a differnt scope with a busier retical for this reason.
On the tx I had it pretty sussed out.
I haven't spent as much time as I should have on the sig sorting this out.
I use the mildots to get me on range then fine tune from experiance with the gun.
This is for mildot not moa though there is a way to calculate for moa to turn onto mdot measurement.
I have been donated a range finder by billbob and will try it out properly at some stage. As of this far I've only used it for ranging off markers prior to going shooting at night and birds in trees (which weren't on areas I can shoot) I can see the range finder coming into its own for birds as it will give me the actual strait line distance. For possums I've just held 4 mildots under on average for the sig.
With the 1322 it's usually hold over, it doesn't have a mildot retical and pellets drops very fast.

That's length, height of ears is about the same. A hare is 10cm wide, ears about the same. You'll have to judge if it's young or fully mature as there will be a size difference and make slight adjustments on where you hold which may be just above or below your aim point and is usually not much at 50m. I just guess that. Seems to work.
Ears standing up are more reliable as height is not affected by angle, where as a turned head is.

Why range finder broken?