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<blockquote data-quote="Brad7348" data-source="post: 2533153" data-attributes="member: 70334"><p>I always found that it was easier for me (If I were using a linear representation for drop) to think in terms of centimeters of measurement instead of inches when using Mil scopes. 1 Mil would be 10cm at 100 meters so a click (1/10 Mil) would be 1cm at 100m (I know we almost always think in yards), but if you are talking short-mid (sub 500 yd) distances I think it is fair to say that you can substitute 1 click = 1cm per 100 yards knowing there is only about a 10% variance 100yd vs 100m. That means you would only be off by 5cm or 2 inches at 500 yards (plus your group size variation) if you use this mode of thinking, which is likely accurate enough for hunting. But I agree with [USER=36951]@bengineer[/USER], why not just build a drop chart for that rifle/cartridge noting "clicks" and ignore the linear measurement all together. The nice thing about Mil scopes is that typically they are 1/10 Mil clicks so if your chart says 23 clicks that is 2.3Mil on your turret. If you are using your reticle to range, however, you would be better off thinking in terms of cm/meters if you are doing math in your head. All that being said, I have moved completely to MOA scopes these days since they make just about every scope in a MOA version now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brad7348, post: 2533153, member: 70334"] I always found that it was easier for me (If I were using a linear representation for drop) to think in terms of centimeters of measurement instead of inches when using Mil scopes. 1 Mil would be 10cm at 100 meters so a click (1/10 Mil) would be 1cm at 100m (I know we almost always think in yards), but if you are talking short-mid (sub 500 yd) distances I think it is fair to say that you can substitute 1 click = 1cm per 100 yards knowing there is only about a 10% variance 100yd vs 100m. That means you would only be off by 5cm or 2 inches at 500 yards (plus your group size variation) if you use this mode of thinking, which is likely accurate enough for hunting. But I agree with [USER=36951]@bengineer[/USER], why not just build a drop chart for that rifle/cartridge noting "clicks" and ignore the linear measurement all together. The nice thing about Mil scopes is that typically they are 1/10 Mil clicks so if your chart says 23 clicks that is 2.3Mil on your turret. If you are using your reticle to range, however, you would be better off thinking in terms of cm/meters if you are doing math in your head. All that being said, I have moved completely to MOA scopes these days since they make just about every scope in a MOA version now. [/QUOTE]
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