Comments on: Angular Measurement — Mil vs. MOA — What You Need to Know

By: mark

mark — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 10:18:27 +0000

mil for tactical, 1/8 moa for sport, 1/4 moa for hunt

some even have 2,5mm/click, 1/10 moa, 1/6 moa, 5mm…

By: Chris-NZ

Chris-NZ — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 18:42:33 +0000

Why is this topic done to death on a regular basis? In essence, they’re just a different unit and both are proportional to distance. What’s the big deal?

By: David Lawson

David Lawson — Sun, 25 Mar 2018 04:48:59 +0000

At our shooting range you are considered silly if you have a mil scope. MOA is so much handier and more useful there is no comparison.
Scopes that use left-hand screw direction are another pain in the bum.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 20:58:43 +0000

Not the best explainer in the world.

However… I suppose one of the key messages I have taken away from scope developments over the past decade or so, is the rise and rise of useful high magnification scopes.

The days of cross hairs blocking out the target are over and that calls for a rethink in how we approach scope use.

There is also a global divide here, where the metric system offers more precise and easier to calculate hold offs based on a decimal system that translates nicely into the the MIL system’s subtensions. Having that same subtension throughout the power range is a massive simplifying step.

By: steve

steve — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 14:55:22 +0000

a radian is also a measure of angle. One radian =57.3 degrees or one milliradian is 3.44 minutes. or one click on a scope with .1 mils turrets is .344 moa. versus the usual one click.25 moa turrets.

By: MH

MH — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 14:14:01 +0000

My advice is to pick one or the other and stick with it for all your scopes, because once you get used to MOA, it’s hard to think in MILS and vice versa.

For hunting it makes little difference.

For tactical competitions, MILS are faster and it’s probably what your fellow competitors are using.

For precision based competition like F Class or bench rest MILS are very rare at least from my experience, and MOA with 1/8 click are popular, as competitors are looking for the most precise aiming point.