Recently a friend who had been sucked into the use of reticle hash marks, came to the conclusion (after a considerable amount of long range shooting) that because a combination of vertical hash marks and horizontal left him trying to hold on target with an unmarked quadrant of his field of view, that using his turrets was more effective and convenient. At my suggesting he adjusts his elevation turret for the distance that he has ranged, and adjusts windage for the average deflection due to the prevailing conditions, which leaves him only having to do slight hold offs for windage based on the variance from average velocity.