Mils or MOA ???

[Acer-m14]

 

[Uninformed and Compliant]

Rex with a kid is hilarious, lol

 

[dsdmmat]

I prefer MOA, just because it is what I am use to.

 

[Xae289]

Same. MOA is what I'm used to. Conceptually, 1 inch per 100 yards is easier for me to visualize than 10 cm at 100 meters.

 

[Robin]

MOA
Robin

 

[meketrefe]

Most people do fine with tbe MOB (minute of barn)

 

[Robin]

MOM works for some guns.
Robin

 

[Jezman]

Mils logicly are easier to compute.

 

[Mosinitis]

I prefer MOA, just because it is what I am use to.

Most of wind charts and distance come ups are in MOA. More popular system by far.

 

[holdover]

Mils logicly are easier to compute.

I cant compute, Im left brained.

 

[meketrefe]

I cant compute, Im left brained.

Try compote instead.

 

[Acer-m14]

Rex with a kid is hilarious, lol

yeah i was cracking up . lol ..

 

[holdover]

Try compote instead.

 

[Acer-m14]

i got a wacky scope on my savage axis .223 .. mil dot radicle and MOA turrets ..

lighted radicle also .. .. now it has a green flashlight on it.. .. yote gun .. still haven't got one yet ..

 

[SmallGameAddict]

MOA for me.

 

[GTN]

Ok I’m sure I’ll take a beating for this.
Mils?
MOA?

 

[Will556]

Ok I’m sure I’ll take a beating for this.
Mils?
MOA?

Milliradians (MRAD) vs Minute Of Angle (MOA). Different units of measurements for adjusting for the angle while shooting.

 

[Xae289]

Ok I’m sure I’ll take a beating for this.
Mils?
MOA?

They're angle measurements used to measure accuracy and correct for bullet trajectory.
MOA stands for minute of angle, and is the American system. Roughly it works out to 0.5" at 50 yards, 1" at 100 yards, 2" at 200 yards, and so on.
MILs stands for milliradian, and is metric. It's 5cm at 50m, 10cm at 100m, 20cm at 200m, and so on.

So you can use them to talk about accuracy. Shooting "sub-MOA" at 100 yards means you're holding a group smaller than 1 inch at 100 yards. A lot of shooters consider being able to do that very good. Some competitive shooters will throw their barrel away if it shoots 0.5 MOA.

You also adjust scopes that way. Most scopes adjust ¼ MOA per click. So for every click, you'll move the point of impact by ¼" if you're zeroing at 100 yards, or by ½" if you're zeroing at 200 yards.

Lots of red-dots I've seen adjust by ½ MOA per click, so every click will move the point of impact by ½" at 100 yards, or ¼" at 50 yards.

You can use it to hold over also. Lots of scopes have reticles with lines that denote MOA or MIL increments. So say you know your bullet will have dropped 20" at 400 yards. That means if you have a reticle with MOA markings, to compensate for drop, you would line up the reticle on the line marked "5" under the crosshairs to hit the target.

 

[Will556]

They're angle measurements used to measure accuracy and correct for bullet trajectory.
MOA stands for minute of angle, and is the American system. Roughly it works out to 0.5" at 50 yards, 1" at 100 yards, 2" at 200 yards, and so on.
MILs stands for milliradian, and is metric. It's 5cm at 50m, 10cm at 100m, 20cm at 200m, and so on.

So you can use them to talk about accuracy. Shooting "sub-MOA" at 100 yards means you're holding a group smaller than 1 inch at 100 yards. A lot of shooters consider being able to do that very good. Some competitive shooters will throw their barrel away if it shoots 0.5 MOA.

You also adjust scopes that way. Most scopes adjust ¼ MOA per click. So for every click, you'll move the point of impact by ¼" if you're zeroing at 100 yards, or by ½" if you're zeroing at 200 yards.

Lots of red-dots I've seen adjust by ½ MOA per click, so every click will move the point of impact by ½" at 100 yards, or ¼" at 50 yards.

You can use it to hold over also. Lots of scopes have reticles with lines that denote MOA or MIL increments. So say you know your bullet will have dropped 20" at 400 yards. That means if you have a reticle with MOA markings, to compensate for drop, you would line up the reticle on the line marked "5" under the crosshairs to hit the target.

One very large misconception is that people believe MRAD (Milliradian) is metric, it’s not at all. What Milliradian does is essentially give you a 1:1000 ratio. It does not matter what unit of measurement you are glassing at, be it metric or imperial. 1mil at 1,000 yards is 1 yard. 1mil at 1,000 meters is 1 meter. 1mil at 1,000 feet is…you guessed it 1 foot. When you really start looking into how to us MRAD and you study it a little bit, your brain clicks and it makes total sense. It’s really nice.

 

[Jaywmustang]

Hunting rifle, I use mostly moa. Target rifles get mrad.

 

[Xae289]

One very large misconception is that people believe MRAD (Milliradian) is metric, it’s not at all. What Milliradian does is essentially give you a 1:1000 ratio. It does not matter what unit of measurement you are glassing at, be it metric or imperial. 1mil at 1,000 yards is 1 yard. 1mil at 1,000 meters is 1 meter. 1mil at 1,000 feet is…you guessed it 1 foot. When you really start looking into how to us MRAD and you study it a little bit, your brain clicks and it makes total sense. It’s really nice.

I knew it wasn't actually metric, just used with metric, but wow, thanks for explaining it that way. That instantly makes a lot of things about that system make way more sense.

 

[northny]

I started long distance shooting (400 to 1000 yards) with a vortex scope that had MOA turrets and a MIL retical. I always thought elevation in inches but always held windage in MILS so it worked for me. but I did switched it out for a scope that had a zero stop that is Mils for retical and turrets, which made things easier.

For hunting, 300 yards and under, I use moa scopes.

For PRS work I use MILS