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Mil-dot vs. BDC
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<blockquote data-quote="Loner" data-source="post: 456764" data-attributes="member: 24560"><p>Ranging is based on angles and a circle. degrees, minutes and seconds have been </p><p>around for centuries. Much more accurate than milliradians or the slightly modified milliradian known as a mil. Star positioning theodolites were developed all the way to tenth seconds. 15 Seconds would be 1/4 moa. Mils were designed to make the math of the milliradian easier to use. The French had originally adapted the math of radians</p><p>to artillery ranging. As nato went to metric so did our military except for navigation.</p><p>If you think in yards iphy is much easier to do in your head if you have to. If you think</p><p>in meters mils is easier. I got all caught up in the mildot thing in the mid 90's and have</p><p>since switched to buying iphy on all my new scopes as I have done a fair amount of surveying so degrees, minutes and seconds are more natural. With charts and calculators there is little difference. I do not like using the original dot that was a result of wire</p><p>reticles being formed with the dots in them. They had no other way of marking them.</p><p>With the advent of etched reticles there is no reason to have an actual dot unless you</p><p>are already trained in their use and find it easier to use than to change. </p><p> True moa would be my last choice for a scope system. Why go through the extra step</p><p>in the math to bring you to your true yardage. </p><p> And to answer your question about scopes that dial under 500.00 I would be looking</p><p>at vortex or sightron. Both company's seem to offer a lot for your money these days</p><p>and have fantastic warranty service. Vortex being impeccable with their warranty. You</p><p>may have to go a little higher than 500.00 but not much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Loner, post: 456764, member: 24560"] Ranging is based on angles and a circle. degrees, minutes and seconds have been around for centuries. Much more accurate than milliradians or the slightly modified milliradian known as a mil. Star positioning theodolites were developed all the way to tenth seconds. 15 Seconds would be 1/4 moa. Mils were designed to make the math of the milliradian easier to use. The French had originally adapted the math of radians to artillery ranging. As nato went to metric so did our military except for navigation. If you think in yards iphy is much easier to do in your head if you have to. If you think in meters mils is easier. I got all caught up in the mildot thing in the mid 90's and have since switched to buying iphy on all my new scopes as I have done a fair amount of surveying so degrees, minutes and seconds are more natural. With charts and calculators there is little difference. I do not like using the original dot that was a result of wire reticles being formed with the dots in them. They had no other way of marking them. With the advent of etched reticles there is no reason to have an actual dot unless you are already trained in their use and find it easier to use than to change. True moa would be my last choice for a scope system. Why go through the extra step in the math to bring you to your true yardage. And to answer your question about scopes that dial under 500.00 I would be looking at vortex or sightron. Both company's seem to offer a lot for your money these days and have fantastic warranty service. Vortex being impeccable with their warranty. You may have to go a little higher than 500.00 but not much. [/QUOTE]
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