Mirage and its effects on the ability to see the target well

[bartman007]

I was at 1000 yards on the weekend, and got blown away with mirage. I was lucky to get my first two sighter's in, 6 then a 5 which I promptly cut, as I could see the target clearly. Then I went for my first business shot, and looked down the scope to find that the lines had disappeared, and the black was a wobbly blob

I have a Nightforce 12-42 x 56 BR, and while I backed down the power so I had a black blob, I could no longer see the white lines in the black. As for knowing where the Center was, that was a bit GREY too???

Does anyone have some suggestions on how we tackle this scenario?

Mirage can be a good thing, but this is the first time I've seen it that BAD!

Is there something like filters for the scope, or some other options for dealing with this maybe?

A polariser?

 

[Killshot]

Can't buy your way around Mirage or Wind - just takes scope/trigger time...

Much has been written about it though; some good info to be found by searching within this subforum and, of course, via Google.

 

[Lbart]

bartman007,
Take a look at this thread - http://benchrest.com/showthread.php?80733-45x-Leupold-too-much-power-for-F-Class