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MRAD vs MOA. Which one?
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<blockquote data-quote="PNWdude67" data-source="post: 1937047" data-attributes="member: 110615"><p>If you don't have experience with either and want to invest in a scope with turrets capable of tracking and dialing elevation to engage targets out to 1000 yards. I would suggest considering a milradian system and FFP. Why? Most of the calibers and projectiles we use in LR hunting are capable of velocities and BC that will have a dial up of less than 8 mils at 1000 yards. The 109 berger moving at 2800 FPS is 8.2. Dial up From a 6 BRA chambered barrel. The 150 grain class bullets and the 180 class in my 6.5 and 7 short mags have about a 6.5 mil come up. (100 yard zero). Wind holds with the milradian reticle are at .10 increments and calculating wind hike based on a 10 MPH baseline for any distance between 300-1000 and beyond is pretty easy to do in your head. Finally, and this is for old guys like me who need readers to see things less than a yard away. The engraving on the milradian turret is bolder and easier to see simply because it can be larger. There is no logic to the fallacy milradian works better with meters than yards and the opposite is true for MOA. Both systems are easily applied with meters or yards. The only time that would be a consideration is measuring a known size target with your reticle. Even then it's still mental gymnastics to convert inches, feet to centimeters or meters to make the milradian system work out too I meter is 1 milraidian at 1000 meters distance. Why?? If you look at a target and think, hey that's 36" or a yard Tall. Guess what? 36"/1 milradian x 27.77 = 1000 yards (999..72). Yep, a 1 yard target at 1000 yards measure 1 mil just like a 1 meter target at 1000 meters does. MRAD works fantastic with meters or yards. Either system is accurate and effective, my preference is milrad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PNWdude67, post: 1937047, member: 110615"] If you don’t have experience with either and want to invest in a scope with turrets capable of tracking and dialing elevation to engage targets out to 1000 yards. I would suggest considering a milradian system and FFP. Why? Most of the calibers and projectiles we use in LR hunting are capable of velocities and BC that will have a dial up of less than 8 mils at 1000 yards. The 109 berger moving at 2800 FPS is 8.2. Dial up From a 6 BRA chambered barrel. The 150 grain class bullets and the 180 class in my 6.5 and 7 short mags have about a 6.5 mil come up. (100 yard zero). Wind holds with the milradian reticle are at .10 increments and calculating wind hike based on a 10 MPH baseline for any distance between 300-1000 and beyond is pretty easy to do in your head. Finally, and this is for old guys like me who need readers to see things less than a yard away. The engraving on the milradian turret is bolder and easier to see simply because it can be larger. There is no logic to the fallacy milradian works better with meters than yards and the opposite is true for MOA. Both systems are easily applied with meters or yards. The only time that would be a consideration is measuring a known size target with your reticle. Even then it’s still mental gymnastics to convert inches, feet to centimeters or meters to make the milradian system work out too I meter is 1 milraidian at 1000 meters distance. Why?? If you look at a target and think, hey that’s 36” or a yard Tall. Guess what? 36”/1 milradian x 27.77 = 1000 yards (999..72). Yep, a 1 yard target at 1000 yards measure 1 mil just like a 1 meter target at 1000 meters does. MRAD works fantastic with meters or yards. Either system is accurate and effective, my preference is milrad. [/QUOTE]
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