Need help deciding between MOA and MRAD

Go with what your friends use.

I prefer mils.

But nothing is worse than someone saying 17 moa when you are working in mils... or 4.6 mils when you have MOA
 
Bartok5 said:
I was not referring to the fractions of each unit of measure that a typical acope "click" adjusts. Rather, I was referring to the fact that as a unit of measure, there are 6400 mils in a circle vice 360 degrees - hence the mil is more precise than the degree. That would be why the Army uses mils for direction measurement rather than degrees....
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Except there’s 6283mils in a circle. NATO militaries round to 6400, while Eastern block equipment was (maybe still is?) built rounding down to 6000, and I’ve heard of 6300 being used by somebody though I don’t remember who......so much for accuracy.

MRAD and MOA will both work. I gravitate to MOA but I also only hunt; no PRS, benchrest, etc.
 
Bartok5 said:
Huh. I've been called a lot of things in the past 55 years, but "intellectually lazy" is a new one. Being fully retired, I think that it is probably more accurate a descriptor these days than I'd care to admit! My Wife would undoubtedly agree with you....

Besides which, math and geometry were never my strong suit. That"s why I became an nfantry soldier and not a.gunner....
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Daver_II said:
Go with what your friends use.
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To me this is the best response - the main reason to go MOA is if you have friends who are already shooting together who are frequently using MOA.

If you have no friends who shoot, then I'd suggest you go with mils. Math preference for decimals vs fractions aside, it's easier to meet new friends who shoot with mils because it's more common in Canada and in the PRS community.
 
Recce21 said:
Each “click” of an moa adjuster is typically .25 inch/100m and each “click” of a typical mil adjuster is .36 inch/100m. Moa adjusters offer a more precise adjustment.
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Each (0.1mrad) click of a mil adjuster is 1cm at 100m.

edit: each 0.1mrad click of a mil adjuster is exactly 1/1000 of the distance-to-target
 
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