Rifle Scopes Understanding mRad

[mrbooks10]

So heres what i already know,
1 mRad is 1/1000 of the distance.
so at 100 yards (or meters ?) one mRad is 10 cm?
I dont want any hate comments or use the search comments, but would love some links to help.
Im looking at getting a swfa ss 16x with the mil-quad reticle and the .10 mrad adjustments. I can use all the help i get.

Heres some stuff im not so sure about, so if i shoot 4cm low at 100 meters would it be 40 clicks or 4 clicks? As you can see im pretty confused. Thanks for any help -Joey

 

[Lowlight]

Re: Understanding mRad

A mil is like you said, 1/1000th of the distance... regardless of yards or meters.

One Mil is 10cm at 100 meters, but it is also 3.6 inches at 100 yards ... so 1/10th of a mil which is how these scopes adjust is .36" at 100 yards per click.

But the beauty of a scope with a matching reticle and turrets is, you don't have to worry about that.

Read the reticle, if you see 1 mil on the reticle you dial 1 mil on the scope at any distance. If you see .2 mils you dial .2 mils, etc. could be 100 yards, or 333 yards, or 857 yards, if you see 1 mil you dial 1 mil.

 

[--BLACKOUT--]

Re: Understanding mRad

As Lowlight wrote it, it is that easy. You basically have a ruler in front of you... measure, dial, shoot.

 

[mrbooks10]

Re: Understanding mRad

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lowlight</div><div class="ubbcode-body">A mil is like you said, 1/1000th of the distance... regardless of yards or meters.

One Mil is 10cm at 100 meters, but it is also 3.6 inches at 100 yards ... so 1/10th of a mil which is how these scopes adjust is .36" at 100 yards per click.

But the beauty of a scope with a matching reticle and turrets is, you don't have to worry about that.

Read the reticle, if you see 1 mil on the reticle you dial 1 mil on the scope at any distance. If you see .2 mils you dial .2 mils, etc. could be 100 yards, or 333 yards, or 857 yards, if you see 1 mil you dial 1 mil. </div></div>
So lets say im at 100 meters 1/10 mrad would be 1 cm per click?
And at 50 meters it would be 5cm=1mrad witch would be 0.5 cm per click?
im using the scope for 50 meter benchrest and long distance so thats why im asking about a 50 meter shot

 

[fdkay]

Re: Understanding mRad

Yes, but once again, don't worry about the range.

Read your shot by using your scope, adjust by what your scope tells you.

 

[mrbooks10]

Re: Understanding mRad

Thanks for all the help guys, hopefully this thread can help some other newbies in the future

 

[NoFail]

Re: Understanding mRad

Hell yeah it's helping me!!! Dude, thanks for this thread. The brown truck dropped off my SS 12x42 today

Thanks for the answers to this thread, guys!!!

By the way, NICE scope!!!!

 

[Alaskaman11]

Re: Understanding mRad

It is easy, overall the challenging this is learning to call it if that is 1.7 mil or 1.8 mil maybe even 1.9 ect. Also learning to determining the size of the target in inchs or in yards. You will be sitting in your truck and start looking at signs afew hundred yards away and woundering if that sign is 24 inch high or 18. Good mind games.

 

[PRKmachinist]

Re: Understanding mRad

More intuitive once it clicks for you than the MOA setup IMO.

 

[CajunAR]

Re: Understanding mRad

if you're getting any of the mil based scopes i recommend any of the .2 subtended reticles. When i first started i had a regular mil-dot and always found my self playing the .2 vs .4, .6 vs .8.

I ended up moving to an H59 and i must say my confidence with mil/mil systems and making the correct adjustment went sky high because there was no guess work even on minute adjustments. There are many other reticle choices, but for me having the extra information made it easier.

 

[billyburl2]

Re: Understanding mRad

The biggest problem is trying to convert to a linear measurement. You don't have to that. As already stated, read the reticle, correct from there.

The only time I use any linear measurement is if I am explaining to a non-shooter. Everything else is in mils.

 

[SouthernGunner]

Re: Understanding mRad

Here is an in depth explanation of mils and the math behind it.

 

[0V3RC10CK3D]

Re: Understanding mRad

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: fdkay</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Yes, but once again, don't worry about the range.

Read your shot by using your scope, adjust by what your scope tells you.
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You'd still need to know the range though to account for windage right? If you don't know how far it is it's hard to compensate for windage and bullet drop.

 

[jcal73]

Re: Understanding mRad

This helped me to get my newb head around the topic.

NSSF

Jeff

 

[fdkay]

Re: Understanding mRad

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 0V3RC10CK3D</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: fdkay</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Yes, but once again, don't worry about the range.

Read your shot by using your scope, adjust by what your scope tells you.
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You'd still need to know the range though to account for windage right? If you don't know how far it is it's hard to compensate for windage and bullet drop. </div></div>

No.
Providing the wind is constant (or nearly so), bullet drop is a not a constant but is a variable that can be accounted for.

If the scope says you are 1.5 mils off target, adjust 1.5 mils. Providing you are using a FFp or fixed power scope, 1.5 mils is 1.5 mils.

Does not matter if it is 15 yards, 250 yards or 933.337 meters.

Read the scope, dial the correction. Does not get any easier.