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Which Vortex Scope do i need?
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<blockquote data-quote="Barrelnut" data-source="post: 1359345" data-attributes="member: 74902"><p>If you think in yards/inches the math for range estimation is easier with MOA. If you think in meters/cm the math is easier with MIL. I think in inches so I use MOA.</p><p></p><p>1/4 MOA is a little more precise than than 1/10 Mil. A lot of PRS guys like Mils because it is somewhat easier to communicate to someone and lots of times it is a team where you have a shooter and a spotter who communicats the info to the shooter. For example 12 MOA is just 3.5 Mils.</p><p></p><p>I practice most of my long range shooting at various rocks on cliff faces and boulder fields. If I use my range finder to measure the distance to the rock, I can then use the MOA reticle to measure the size of the rock in inches. So if I know a rock is 800 yards away and I measure it with my MOA reticle to be 1 MOA, I can determine that it is an 8" rock. Now I shoot three rounds at the rock, look in the scope and measure the distance between them and the they measure about 1/2 MOA apart. I can determine that it is a 4" group. A 4" group at 800 yards is acceptable to me. I can do all of this without ever having to hike to the rock and measure with a ruler. (1 MOA is actually 1.047" but for most purposes you can just round to 1" so the math is real easy)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Barrelnut, post: 1359345, member: 74902"] If you think in yards/inches the math for range estimation is easier with MOA. If you think in meters/cm the math is easier with MIL. I think in inches so I use MOA. 1/4 MOA is a little more precise than than 1/10 Mil. A lot of PRS guys like Mils because it is somewhat easier to communicate to someone and lots of times it is a team where you have a shooter and a spotter who communicats the info to the shooter. For example 12 MOA is just 3.5 Mils. I practice most of my long range shooting at various rocks on cliff faces and boulder fields. If I use my range finder to measure the distance to the rock, I can then use the MOA reticle to measure the size of the rock in inches. So if I know a rock is 800 yards away and I measure it with my MOA reticle to be 1 MOA, I can determine that it is an 8" rock. Now I shoot three rounds at the rock, look in the scope and measure the distance between them and the they measure about 1/2 MOA apart. I can determine that it is a 4" group. A 4" group at 800 yards is acceptable to me. I can do all of this without ever having to hike to the rock and measure with a ruler. (1 MOA is actually 1.047" but for most purposes you can just round to 1" so the math is real easy) [/QUOTE]
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