Trying to use a Mil reticle like a BDC reticle is going to be frustrating.
If you want a “put the target here” reticle, a purpose-built BDC is going to serve you better.
The utility of a mil reticle is in precision and rapid ranging.
The above reticle is going to be ok out to about 300 meters using holds, but will rapidly diminish past that, requiring the user to either dial elevation and hold wind, or spend a lot more time guesstimating and celebrating luck than gaining real data (and data is the core need for successful, repeatable long range shooting).
Here are reticles that work out at 600-1,000m:
H27D
*Not the best representation, there is a very clear cross-hair in the center of the circle
H59
Notice that the main difference with these from the above is that they have lateral indicators. These are really important. So important, that the H58 (the previous champ in long-range “tactical” shooting) was changed in only 2 ways to make the H59; the primary intersection was changed to a floating dot, and an additional mil was added to the horizontal “christmas-tree” stadia. Why? The ever-present variable of the precision tactical shooter: Wind.
It is really important to have a consistent aiming reference, and that extra mil of reference makes shooting in the already demanding conditions of a 25 mph cross-wind significantly less miserable, even at moderate distances.
Only under the most calm of conditions will a reticle without distinct wind holds be useful past 300 meters or so. And let me be perfectly clear: that’s just fine for most users, that will rarely if ever actually shoot at 300 meters. They just learn that a 100 meter zero will put you about 1 mil low at 250, 1.5 mils at 300, and just a few inches low from 150 to just under 250 which is just a simple center reticle hold-over. Your reticle will do that very, very well.
As I said before, once you get past 350 or so, environmental factors will override the utility of the simple reticle. A 10 mph wind from left to right will push you about 1.5 mils right at 450. Yes, you can estimate about where you need to hold, but you will be hard pressed to make repeatable fine changes to that hold. The importance of this is data tracking so that you can take those numbers, log them, and re-use them for greater accuracy. It’s hard to learn if you don’t know what you did right, what you did wrong, and how to replicate success while avoiding failure.
Good contemporary BDC reticles take this into account:
Why would anyone bother with a mil reticle if a BDC reticle answers the mail?
Frankly, most people will be happier with a BDC than with a mil reticle.
Going to a mil reticle like the H27D, or H59 above will enable enhanced precision at distance in practical conditions using holds, but it requires an investment in hardware, software, and time.
The above quote applies to me. I guess application is important here. I’m not a soldier or a hunter. So I’m not shooting at unknown distances “in the moment.” The shooting ranges available to me in my area only go out to 200 yards. And this scope/reticle I have is more like a glorified 6x RDS. The turrets are capped and not really intended to be used for dialing in elevation/windage on the fly. They are more of a “set and forget” type of thing.