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MOA and MRAD calculations for bullet drop
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<blockquote data-quote="jhfleming" data-source="post: 1035818" data-attributes="member: 45443"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Buying a scope for a new rifle (300 Win Mag) used Hornady's ballisticcalculator to get bullet drop of 54" at 500Y, 312" at 1000Y &921" at 1500Y. That's Nosler's 210g AccuBond Long Range Spitzer with a BCof .730 with a muzzle velocity of 2659 fps and a zero range of 100Y.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">What are the equations to get the number of MOA's & MRAD's needed forthese drops for a new scope? Trying to make sure the scope will have enoughelevation adjustment to out to 1500Y or if I need a 20 or 40 MOA base.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Yes I'll never shoot to 1500Y and I can site into a longer range, etc... I'm just using these numbers as a baseline for <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">comparison.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Need the Equations please. Thanks.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jhfleming, post: 1035818, member: 45443"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Buying a scope for a new rifle (300 Win Mag) used Hornady's ballisticcalculator to get bullet drop of 54" at 500Y, 312" at 1000Y &921" at 1500Y. That's Nosler's 210g AccuBond Long Range Spitzer with a BCof .730 with a muzzle velocity of 2659 fps and a zero range of 100Y.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]What are the equations to get the number of MOA's & MRAD's needed forthese drops for a new scope? Trying to make sure the scope will have enoughelevation adjustment to out to 1500Y or if I need a 20 or 40 MOA base.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Yes I'll never shoot to 1500Y and I can site into a longer range, etc... I'm just using these numbers as a baseline for [FONT="Times New Roman"]comparison.[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Need the Equations please. Thanks.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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