Mil dot help

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OK - dumb question - how do you use a mil dot system..... :redface:

I have my first mil dot scope (Tasco 6 -24x, yeah I know, but am going to give it a whirl) and the instructions on using the mil dots are less than clear. Can someone help me out on how they are to be used or point me to a web site? I searched mil dot here and found some information, but not really the answer that I was looking for.

Thanks
 
Chas said:
OK - dumb question - how do you use a mil dot system..... :redface:

I have my first mil dot scope (Tasco 6 -24x, yeah I know, but am going to give it a whirl) and the instructions on using the mil dots are less than clear. Can someone help me out on how they are to be used or point me to a web site? I searched mil dot here and found some information, but not really the answer that I was looking for.

Thanks
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Hi Chas, there are no dumb questions, only dumb answers ;)

For an explanation and complete sniper manual, go here: http://www.giwera.pl/pliki/st.pdf

To practice, go here: http://www.shooterready.com/lrsdemo02.swf
 
Ranging with mil-dot is rather easy once you get used to it. The hardest part is learning the dimensions of your targets. If you have the dimensions of your target, take that dimension in inches and multiply it by 27.77(constant number) once you have that number divide that number by however many mils you read in the scope(you must figure out what power you are supposed to range on for your particular scope), and voila you have how many yards you are from the target. For example, a deer is around 18" from spine to belly times 27.77 equals 499.86, so say 500. Take that number and say you see it takes up 2 mils, so divide 500 by 2 =250yds, 1.5mils=333yds, 1mil=500yds etc.
 
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Check out mildot.com, there's a wealth of info there too. A friend of mine has the same scope you have and I believe the power setting for range estimation is 10x. Your number 10 on the scope may be red in colour.

For proper range estimation, you must make sure you are on the right magnification setting or the math won't work. If you draw a letter I on a piece of paper with the vertical line exactly 3.6 inches long, place this at 100 yards. Crank up your magnification until the "I" takes up one mil.....the distance from the "CENTRE" of one dot to the center of the one above or below . Check your magnification setting and thats the number you range with.

The easiest way to start learning is to break the mils into halves, then quarters, then right down to tenths.
 
sounds like you have the same scope i do.
I learned how to use mildot once, but now i forgot, so this thread has been very informative for me as well.
 
There are, to the extent of my knowledge, two different types of Mil-Dots: "USMC" and "US ARMY". USMC being the oval dots, and the rounds ones being the ones the US Army uses.

-Rohann
 
kell2784 said:
I've seen ads for 'mil-dot masters' for sale? What exactly is a mil-dot master?
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It's a sort of slide rule/calculator where you look through the scope and get the target's size in mils, then you slide the inside part until the size in mils matches the actual target size, then you read off the range.

Barks said:
For proper range estimation, you must make sure you are on the right magnification setting or the math won't work. If you draw a letter I on a piece of paper with the vertical line exactly 3.6 inches long, place this at 100 yards. Crank up your magnification until the "I" takes up one mil.....the distance from the "CENTRE" of one dot to the center of the one above or below . Check your magnification setting and thats the number you range with.
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Or, because the mils are set-up to use the metric system, if you make the "I" 100 mm tall, and set it at 100 metres, you'll get the same number.


The formula for ranging with mil-dots is as follows:

Target size in metres, divided by target size in mils, equals range in thousands of metres (kilometres).
E.G. #1, Target is 1 metre wide, through your scope it looks 1 mil wide, 1 divided by 1=1 therefore the range is 1000 m.
E.G.#2 Target is 1 metre tall, it looks 2 mils through your scope, 1 divided by 2 = 0.5, therefore 500m
E.G.#3 Target is 2 metres tall, it subtends 2.5 mils in your scope, 2 divided by 2.5 = 0.8km or 800 metres.
 
milling is easy but get yourself a Mil-dot master

for Yards target size in " x 27.77 divide by mils = range

Meters target size in " x 25.4 divide by mils = range


I use both I know the difernce in clicks to my Meter 0 I also have a Range Card for my rifle inboth meters and yards

I use meters for hunting all my maps are meters so if I know were I am on the map I can range with that,my GPS is in meters,my Car also does meter,and so does yours remember that 1000Meter is 1 kilometer

I only use yards for range use

here are some more Yards to Meter tips

This is to convert a yard distance of measure to a meter distance of measure in your head.

There are 91.44 meters in one yard.

To convert yards to meters we will use the 9 in 91.44 meters as the basis of multiplying.

Ok we are on a 200yd range. We need to know the meter range.

I take the 2 from the 200 and multiply it by 9 I get 18

I take the same 2 from the 200 and add it to the end of 18. So it now reads 182

200yds = 182 meters

Same thing for 300yds

300yds = 273 meters

Again at 400yds

400yds = 364 meters

Now going from a meter range and turning it in to a yard range.

We will use the 9 in 91.44 meters as the basis of multiplying again with a twist.

Ok I need to turn this 200 meter range in to yards to easy.

I go 2 from the 200 and I get 18. I keep the 2 from the 200

Drop the 00 and insert the 18

So the range looks like this.

200 meters = 218yds

300 meters = 327 yds

400 meters = 436 yds

To easy right?


Jamie Barkwell
 
RifleDude said:
To practice, go here: http://www.shooterready.com/lrsdemo02.swf
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Dude! That's awesome!

[Geekin'Out]I had written a program for my TI-89 calculator that would save me time doing all those calculations, and would draw a little 2D side view sketch of the fall of shot, but it got erased from the memory at one point. I may write it again just to see its results on this link.

Or maybe I'll just make a program for my PDA.[/Geekin'Out]
 
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