Comments on: How to Use Mil-Dot Scope Reticles to Estimate Range

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 20:22:45 +0000

Since cheap Laser Range Finders came onto the market, this is school room stuff only. And 90% of hunting situations happen within 100 yards.

But as the first commentator said, the FFP stadia work supremely well for wind and holdover.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 11:37:19 +0000

What ever happened to RNG = (inches/dots) * 27.78? Much easier to type into a calculator or glance at a look up table for.

As for RNG’ing with a variable power SFP Scope – what’s the point? The moment you change the magnification away from the ‘default’ setting, its useless for RNG’ing. Not to mention the lack of confidence I’d have, just in case it got bumped or whatever.

If you’re RNG’ing with a Variable Power Scope, it HAS to be a FFP, as Kris pretty much said.

By: Clint

Clint — Wed, 27 May 2015 13:21:32 +0000

Yes, I just double checked: 1 Mil = 3.937″ @ 100 METERS. And 39.37″ @ 1000 METERS. NOT YARDS.

1 Mil = 3.6″ @ 100 YARDS… 36″ @ 1000 YARDS

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 26 May 2015 15:35:27 +0000

It’s probably worth noting that the ability to measure range is not unique to mil-based systems. A mil is just another unit for measuring angles, and any angular measurement will work. Considering that just about everybody knows that 1 MOA is about an inch per hundred yards, similar formulae can be developed for ranging with MOA marks.

The advantage with mils is the precise relationship between units — the MOA-inch measurement is imprecise (being off by 4.7% or so) — so in principle mils are a better unit.

By: Kris

Kris — Tue, 26 May 2015 15:18:51 +0000

Ranging is pretty low on the list of things tactical shooters use the reticle for. The reticle is used primarily for wind hold-offs, hold-overs, hold-unders and leads on movers. This is why tactical shooters favor FFP scopes, they want to be able to do these things at any magnification.