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<blockquote data-quote="Charles A" data-source="post: 82940" data-attributes="member: 231"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p> </p><p> I am still confused about the MOA from a ballistic table that reads 4.60 at 500 yds. with it zeroed at 300 yds.(I may have plugged in something wrong)?? What do I do with this 4.6? Thanks again for the help, Laine </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ] </p><p></p><p>Alright you are trying to mix two different systems. With the adjustment system(M3LR) you have, you dont really want to use a MOA drop chart. You want to shoot the load that is the one the dial was made for, ie. 300win mag 190grSMK at 2900fps, or it might say, A191, or one that matches it. Then you shoot it and log the diffference at each range. The MOA drop chart is for scopes with true MOA adjustments. If you have a scope with 1/4MOA adjustments, the top is numbered, usually between 1-10 and 1-15MOA with three little lines between each number that represent .25MOA. If your drop chart calls for 4.6MOA, you would round to the nearest .25moa, in this case 4.5MOA, so you would adjust 4 and 1/2 MOA up on the turret.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charles A, post: 82940, member: 231"] [ QUOTE ] I am still confused about the MOA from a ballistic table that reads 4.60 at 500 yds. with it zeroed at 300 yds.(I may have plugged in something wrong)?? What do I do with this 4.6? Thanks again for the help, Laine [/ QUOTE ] Alright you are trying to mix two different systems. With the adjustment system(M3LR) you have, you dont really want to use a MOA drop chart. You want to shoot the load that is the one the dial was made for, ie. 300win mag 190grSMK at 2900fps, or it might say, A191, or one that matches it. Then you shoot it and log the diffference at each range. The MOA drop chart is for scopes with true MOA adjustments. If you have a scope with 1/4MOA adjustments, the top is numbered, usually between 1-10 and 1-15MOA with three little lines between each number that represent .25MOA. If your drop chart calls for 4.6MOA, you would round to the nearest .25moa, in this case 4.5MOA, so you would adjust 4 and 1/2 MOA up on the turret. [/QUOTE]
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