Author: RifleDude
Subject: Mil/Mil or MOA/MOA
Posted: March/30/2014 at 13:18
It's personal preference. Both systems are based on angular measurements, so it's not an "imperial vs. metric" decision, its a degrees vs. radians decision. Though shooters will prefer one over the other, neither is really superior to the other. The only reason you think of MOA as an Imperial "inches/yds/ft" type measurement is because 1MOA happens to be very close to an inch at 100 yds. 1MIL (milliradian) = 3.44 MOA or 3.6" @ 100 yds, 18" @ 500, 36" @ 1000, etc. With the many good ballistic apps available for smart phone, you don't even have to do the math in your head anymore.
Subject: Mil/Mil or MOA/MOA
Posted: March/30/2014 at 13:18
It's personal preference. Both systems are based on angular measurements, so it's not an "imperial vs. metric" decision, its a degrees vs. radians decision. Though shooters will prefer one over the other, neither is really superior to the other. The only reason you think of MOA as an Imperial "inches/yds/ft" type measurement is because 1MOA happens to be very close to an inch at 100 yds. 1MIL (milliradian) = 3.44 MOA or 3.6" @ 100 yds, 18" @ 500, 36" @ 1000, etc. With the many good ballistic apps available for smart phone, you don't even have to do the math in your head anymore.