Ever wonder about MOA ? CMP says.....
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Acer-m14
20×102mm Vulcan
if you want to have mental fun get a scope with mil dot raticle and moa turrets .. kick up your mental math ,..
Being a math guy MOA makes the most sense in my head, but I always seem to mil-dot. I know, I'm an idiot.
Eddie Gunks
.338 Win Mag
hahah ya I knew that would kick the hornets nest a little. Angles make more sense to me, but I know I'm wired differently.
Eddie Gunks
.338 Win Mag
uuuummmm? it is all angles......one system is very hard (mathmatically) the other is a divisible by 10......
edit to add:
see what a math nightmare MOA is? may as well have everything divisible by 10!
from the above article:
"1. 360 degrees x 60 minutes per degree equals 21,600 minutes in a circle. Next, we need to know how many inches are in a particular circle, based on the distance to the target.
2. The circumference of a circle calculates as: Pi (3.14) x circle’s diameter.
3. We get the diameter from 2 x radius (distance to the target) … so, from 100-yards (radius), the diameter is 2 x (100 yards x 36 inches) or 7,200 inches.
4. (From step 2) 3.14 x 7,200 = 22,608 inches in the circumference of this circle.
5. A circumference of 22,608 inches divided by 21,600 minutes = 1.047 inches on the circumference (target) for each MOA, in this case, at a radius (shooting distance) of 100 yards."
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True I should have been more specific. One deal with the true aspect of angles and circles. I know radians are scary, when I fist introduced to them I HATED them with a passion. The more I use them the more I understand and like to use them.
Like I said I'm in a little different of place than most mathematically. I use trig everyday of my life. I also use calculus a few times a week. To me using PI and breaking up a circle to it's segment lengths just makes sense to me. I know this doesn't hold true to most people. Like I said before I'm wired differently, which I never knew until college. I watched people struggle with the subject while I just got it(aced calc one and two with my eyes closed). Please don't think I'm bragging because I'm not, it's the way I'm wired that's all.
Like I said I'm in a little different of place than most mathematically. I use trig everyday of my life. I also use calculus a few times a week. To me using PI and breaking up a circle to it's segment lengths just makes sense to me. I know this doesn't hold true to most people. Like I said before I'm wired differently, which I never knew until college. I watched people struggle with the subject while I just got it(aced calc one and two with my eyes closed). Please don't think I'm bragging because I'm not, it's the way I'm wired that's all.
Eddie Gunks
.338 Win Mag
just for fun:
ARMY: 3.375 moa
USMC: 3.43 moa
more fun reading here:
How To Use Milliradian-Adjustable Scopes | OutdoorHub
The Truth About Mil Dots
ARMY: 3.375 moa
USMC: 3.43 moa
more fun reading here:
How To Use Milliradian-Adjustable Scopes | OutdoorHub
The Truth About Mil Dots
Eddie Gunks
.338 Win Mag
yeah! no one like math....you need to get checked out....
i like math and do it and understand it well too.....
weirdos!
kev74
20×102mm Vulcan
Can't I just hold over a bit?
Math is hard!
Math is hard!
yeah! no one like math....you need to get checked out....
i like math and do it and understand it well too.....
weirdos!
Have you been talking to my wife? She was checking up on my studying last weekend and asked how it was going. I said, "Good only fun subjects left all math heavy!" She told me I was weird and left me to myself.
Eddie Gunks
.338 Win Mag
yes. this is what you need to know.
sight in at 100.
target at :
200 hold over a bit.
300 hold over a bit more
400 hold over a lot.
500 hold over big time (man height)
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at 900 hold at the top of the trees.
see? easy. no math
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Robin
.475 A&M Magnum
Geeze, we always used MOM at all ranges.
Robin
Robin
