Rifle Scopes MilDot/MRAD vs MOA in competition & varmints

[Zatoichi66]

Is one system used more?
I understand the difference & leaning towards mildot since my brain “thinks” in inches & yards for distance.
Thank you

 

[ken226]

Mildot reticles are graduated in milliradian increments.

So, they are milrad.

Perhaps your asking about mildot vs mil hash?

Are you trolling??

 

[Zatoichi66]

https://www.tacticalclassroom.com/mrad-vs-moa-which-is-best-for-you/

It seems that there are reticle etched for either mildots or milrads.

No, i’m not kidding, just trying to understand

 

[Zatoichi66]

No, not trolling.

The best description is “uneducated” and trying.

 

[Zatoichi66]

I should have asked MOA vs MRAD, but don’t know how to edit

 

[Deleted member 113831]

https://www.tacticalclassroom.com/mrad-vs-moa-which-is-best-for-you/

It seems that there are reticle etched for either mildots or milrads.

No, i’m not kidding, just trying to understand

Mildots and MRAD is the same thing. You must mean MOA vs MRAD. There are bunch of posts, some just recently about this, as well as a Everyday Sniper Podcast (episode 104) There is much info for you to digest there.

 

[ken226]

Is one system used more?
I understand the difference & leaning towards mildot since my brain “thinks” in inches & yards for distance.
Thank you

Think angles instead of distances.

A milliradian is an angle, equal to the radius of of a circle wrapped around the outer edge of a circle. A milliradian is 1/1000th of a radian. There are about 6.2832 radians in a circle. So, there are 6283.2 milliradians in a circle.

A minute of angle (moa) is 1/60th of a degree. So, if there are 360 degrees in a circle, there are 21,600 minutes of angle in a circle.

If you prefer thinking in terms of distance rather than angles, youll always be trying to figure out what the distance is between the two radials of an angle, which varies with the distance from the vertex.

Its doable, just way harder.

But, if a man is insistant on thinking in terms of distance rather than angle, he would likely find MOA graduations a little easier to work out the subtension (distance between radials) within an angle.

 

[Lowlight]

Mil Dots and MRAD are the same exact things, Mil Dots are older and no longer used as much'

You have multiple options to use in terms of units of Adjustment,

MOA - Minute of Angle

Mils or MRAD - Milliradians

IPHY - Inches per Hundred Yards or Shooter MOA

The design of the reticle can be dots, hash marks, etc

Mils, MRAD, even CM marked scopes are all the same

TMOA - True MOA
SMOA - Shooter MOA or a rounded version of MOA

 

[Deleted member 113831]

I should have asked MOA vs MRAD, but don’t know how to edit

Go to the Everyday Sniper podcast episode 104. Frank goes into detail.

 

[Zatoichi66]

Skookum: i’m reading your posts from Aug with Bradu....

 

[Lowlight]

 

[Deleted member 113831]

Skookum: i’m reading your posts from Aug with Bradu....

Shit, I don't remember if I was an asshole in that thread or not! ??

Update: I was.?

 

[Zatoichi66]

Skookum—thanks! Listening now!

Lowlight—thank you too. Will watch after the Podcast.

This stuff is amazing! I’ve been reading it & did realize there were vidis & podcasts.

 

[308pirate]

I should have asked MOA vs MRAD, but don’t know how to edit

Have you tried clicking on the "EDIT" button below each of your posts?

 

[Zatoichi66]

Re: Editing—Now I did.

Lowlight & Skookum—thank you. I have my answer. I didn’t think about angles vs. measuring distance between points. Makes perfect sense.

 

[beetroot]

Utimate they do the same job with very slight pros and cons for each.
Provided your turrets, reticle and ballistic data are the same it doesn't matter.

 

[Zatoichi66]

Unless i’m Communicating at a match with someone using the other set up, but I suspect that’s as fanciful as me being nominated for president

 

[Bender]

Mils. And be done with it.

 

[Zatoichi66]

That’s my plan. My latest quandary is Schmidt & Bender PMII 5-20 vs Vortex Razor HD....likely S&B