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<blockquote data-quote="Damascus" data-source="post: 760765" data-attributes="member: 57878"><p>It really doesn't make a difference which you choose. Mil stands for "milliradian", or 1/1000th of a radian. A circle is 2000 π. </p><p>One Mil is one meter at 1000 yards, or 3.6" at 100 yards.</p><p> </p><p>MOA, or Minute of Angle (minute of arc is the proper term, but <em>angle</em> is used in the firearms family), is sort of like a clock.... there are "minutes" around a circle.. each "minute" is a different angle, one MOA is slightly over 1" at 100 yards, 1.047" to be exact. A degree is 1/360 of a circle, an MOA is 1/60 of a degree. </p><p> </p><p>Both require a little research and practice to learn and master, but I personally don't think one is any better than the other. I prefer the MOA system, because it's a little bit simpler for me to calculate in my head on the fly than mils. Some people are the opposite. Just make sure your drop card is in the proper format to your dials, and you'll be fine (if your scope is 1/10 mil per click, make sure your drop card shows "x" mils @ yyy yards, or if it's .25 MOA per click, be sure its formatted to show "x" MOA @ yyy yards). Even faster is to match the reticle to the turrets, like MIL turrets w/ MIL reticle, or MOA turrets w/ MOA reticle... For some reason unknown to me, most scopes will come with a MIL reticle and have MOA turret adjustments... Still not a problem, just makes the process need a little more thought required. Most of my scopes are MIL/MOA, but I have MIL/MIL and a MOA/MOA as well. I prefer Nightforce's MOA system, and recommend that. I've heard great things about Vortex's MOA system as well, but haven't used it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Damascus, post: 760765, member: 57878"] It really doesn't make a difference which you choose. Mil stands for "milliradian", or 1/1000th of a radian. A circle is 2000 π. One Mil is one meter at 1000 yards, or 3.6" at 100 yards. MOA, or Minute of Angle (minute of arc is the proper term, but [I]angle[/I] is used in the firearms family), is sort of like a clock.... there are "minutes" around a circle.. each "minute" is a different angle, one MOA is slightly over 1" at 100 yards, 1.047" to be exact. A degree is 1/360 of a circle, an MOA is 1/60 of a degree. Both require a little research and practice to learn and master, but I personally don't think one is any better than the other. I prefer the MOA system, because it's a little bit simpler for me to calculate in my head on the fly than mils. Some people are the opposite. Just make sure your drop card is in the proper format to your dials, and you'll be fine (if your scope is 1/10 mil per click, make sure your drop card shows "x" mils @ yyy yards, or if it's .25 MOA per click, be sure its formatted to show "x" MOA @ yyy yards). Even faster is to match the reticle to the turrets, like MIL turrets w/ MIL reticle, or MOA turrets w/ MOA reticle... For some reason unknown to me, most scopes will come with a MIL reticle and have MOA turret adjustments... Still not a problem, just makes the process need a little more thought required. Most of my scopes are MIL/MOA, but I have MIL/MIL and a MOA/MOA as well. I prefer Nightforce's MOA system, and recommend that. I've heard great things about Vortex's MOA system as well, but haven't used it. [/QUOTE]
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