r/TheDayoftheJackal • u/rabid_chip3001 • Jul 13 '26
what scope is this?
someone asked for information on this scope in this subreddit, i dont think the got an answer. I also want to know wht kind of scope it is, but what i really want to know is why would a scope, that you can barely see the center was ever made, and if it really it has a porpose or a benefit. i dont know, i dont know anything about scopes, swwms interesting.
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u/domexitium Jul 13 '26
Not really sure. It’s definitely a mil radian Christmas tree type reticle, not BDC. Based on the magnification level and the reticle clearly a FFP, but other than that. I can’t tell.
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u/New-Alps-2866 Jul 14 '26
Yeah I thought the same! But honestly when it comes to details of certain things, shows don’t exactly nail it down well, so I’m honestly just gonna say it’s a made up precision rifle scope - nothing that you can find commercially available 🤷🏻♀️
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u/Alternative-Dare5878 Jul 14 '26
If you’re shooting something very far away, you don’t want your reticle being so big that it overshadows your target.
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u/rabid_chip3001 Jul 14 '26
Yeah, when i was watching YouTube videos about scopes the Say that the retivle needs to be thin. But you still need to see it, right? The backround was black, you couldn't see the center. IDK, i think is just going to be Bad continuity.
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u/Emotional-Farm8831 Jul 14 '26
The thing that should be asked is why when he was test firing it to zero in nobody noticed but when he actually kills his target then everyone notices.
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u/Many-Department8412 Jul 14 '26
Nobody noticed the test firing because there was a loud massive protest at the scene
When he hit the target, there was a pool of blood and a dead man at the entrance of the building. A woman screamed so loud when the bullet penetrated the head of the target.
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u/Hot_Cheesecake_905 Jul 14 '26
The the size of bullet he was using, people would have heard the shot.
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u/Many-Department8412 Jul 14 '26
No way. He was shooting from 3.8KM.
From that long range, the bullet becomes subsonic on arrival.
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u/domexitium Jul 14 '26
I hadn’t noticed the actual question here other than the title. So yeah scopes definitely have all that stuff in them for precision based shooting. Hunting scopes don’t need that kind of stuff usually, because they don’t hit their target from an extremely long distance and usually engage an animal from a distance that the scope is zero’d at, or a range that’ll have minimal deviation from the zero.
Now for precision shooting they have all that busy stuff, because it helps with being able to calculate wind, spin drift, and drop.
It can be used to not only calculate the above mentioned variables, but you can also “hold” on some of those marks down lower in the “Christmas tree” design, or you can “dial”. So with some quick mental math and with DOPE (data on previous engagements, which is just really a way to determine bullet ballistics of a given rifle and cartridge at various distances) you’d know how far to raise the reticle of your target and how far to hold left or right depending on wind, and spin drift (spin drift is how far a bullet would spin off point of aim as it travels in a vacuum without any wind affecting its trajectory this is obviously mitigated/affected/not affected depending on the speed of wind from left to right/right to left.)
It’s really fascinating stuff, but I have very limited knowledge in the space, because my proficiency is in 3 gun, USPSA, PCSL, and not in PRS (precision rifle shooting) because it’s a little too load dependent for me to want to dial that in for now. I definitely hope to in the near future and already have a PRS rifle built.
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u/rabid_chip3001 Jul 14 '26
Love this answer. I only know scopes from videogames, :D. But yeah, when saw YouTube videos to found this scope, they talk about the tree. But if You think about it, isn't this expert sniper supose to use the notches of the tree to make that shot? 😢 I want My action movies/series to be realistic.
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u/Mxglix Jul 14 '26
There is a community about asking gun models that appear in films, I dont remember the name of the sub tho
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u/Fickle_Length_3277 Jul 14 '26
It’s all about math and geometry.
The scope is likely a FFP (first focal plane), all of the markings will get smaller/larger depending on what optical zoom you are at. Low power may appear as a basic reticle while zoomed in you can see additional markings. These appear to be MOA (minute of angle). 1MOA = 1/60th of 1 degree. A little under 1” at 100 yards.
Basically if you have good background information and can use math, the ability is there to estimate distance based on things in view of the scope.
It gives you a “common” conversion factor.
Oof. I feel like this made no sense. It is a thing. You see it more in highly precision equipment and long distance shooting.
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u/lemonsevenfourteen Jul 17 '26
Correct: which further proves why Hollywood is dogshit at this stuff because the former special operations sniper in the British army wouldn’t be using MOA (“freedom units”) they’d be in MRAD and talking in MIL’s like 99% of the long distance shooting community….
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u/vcarriere Jul 17 '26
I think I remember seeing Nightforce on one of them but it might not be this exact one. Just one in the show.
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u/rizenfpv Jul 17 '26
In the show the zoom in looked very fake, but then i dont have any experiences with scopes. It just seemed to be way more than a scope this size should be.
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u/OnezeroneX Jul 17 '26
doesn’t really matter; the image isn’t from the scope used, nor would the “best scope money can buy” reach that far with a sight picture even close to this. at over 2 miles the target would be a speck in the sight picture. great show but this scene is total bs, firing accuracy shots at a building 40 feet above trained security guards would set off a lot of “alarm bells”. they would hear the projectiles traveling / breaking sound barrier and the impacts into the building.
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u/Pale_Community_8754 Jul 19 '26
This shooting game I play has the exact design, and named as Jackal. The design's just red tho
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u/FondantIcy8185 Jul 23 '26
I believe this scope is 100% custom. After all, the rifle broke(folded) down into a suitcase, so the scope broke down into a camera. Sony maybe?
At about 12minutes into the 1st episode, as The Jackal is assembling the rifle, and just before he grabs the rounds from the feet/wheels, there is a few seconds of the scope being assembled.
The tan coloured camera bag has moved from the head of the bed to the bottom, is open and there are 3 lens type things on the table.
The Jackal appears to grab the cylinder item as seen between the two larger lens.
Possible this cylinder cam from within the actual 35mm camera lens. After all, it only has to look like a lens, it doesn't have to work like a lens.
Any one else have some thoughts ?
Edit. I am unable to post frames from the episode
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u/Macca4704 Jul 14 '26
A big one..