Mil vs Moa which do you prefer?

[steelholder]

Mil vs Moa which do you prefer and why? I'll be shooting at targets with a known distance 90% of the time.

[Preston-CLB]

My scope is MOA. Having used both systems, I find MOA easier to work with.

Perhaps this thread: Reticles-Mil vs MOA, will help you.
--P

[audiophil2]

I tried MIL. I just don;t think in metric. MOA is easy enough to round. 1" per 100 yards. I swapped my MIL scopes for MOA.

[kengotit]

If you’re shooting yards moa and if Meters then mills

[broadside]

If you are not ranging targets with the reticle, either is fine.

If you are shooting with a spotter, they just need to send corrections in MILs/metric or you do the quick math in your head.

Otherwise your impacts are off by the amount of hash marks in the reticle, so adjust the turrets the number of clicks to match. Just be sure the reticle and turrets match units.

[Preston-CLB]

A Minute of Angle (MOA) is an angular measurement. 1 MOA is 1/60th of a degree.

A milliradian, often called a mil or mrad, is an SI (Systeme' International) derived unit for angular measurement which is defined as a thousandth of a radian (0.001 radian). 1 pi Radian is equal to 57.3 degrees of angle

Neither of these angular measurements have anything to do with the linear

[audiophil2]

Neither of these angular measurements have anything to do with the linear measurement system in use.

of course they do. Unless your target is touching the end of the barrel.

no need to measure an angle if the bullet is not going anywhere.

[heidad01]

I tried MIL. I just don;t think in metric. MOA is easy enough to round. 1" per 100 yards. I swapped my MIL scopes for MOA.

Same here. Easy enough to think of 1" per 100 yards (football field). Most folks use this IMHO, unless if they grew up with metric system or got started with MIL, or were given such in service.

[nitroxdiver]

I tried MIL. I just don;t think in metric. MOA is easy enough to round. 1" per 100 yards. I swapped my MIL scopes for MOA.

[OlderThanDirt]

[Mute]

I've gone all mil. You should choose based on your personal needs. If you shoot with mostly people who uses one or the other, that could be important. As for the metric vs imperial nonsense, that should not affect your use of either mil or moa. Only two linear measurements are relevant when shooting, your distance to target and if you are using a legacy skill to get a target distance, size of target (or another object in vicinity of target). All other measurements you let your reticle tell you all the information you need.

[jsigone]

I'm all mil and friends are mil. Spotting for each other is so much easier. Math is math.

So how many that are running MOA dials have MIL DOT retical? like double math?

[Preston-CLB]

of course they do. Unless your target is touching the end of the barrel.

no need to measure an angle if the bullet is not going anywhere.

I should clarify my statement. An earlier post said...

If you’re shooting yards moa and if Meters then mills

My statement: "Neither of these angular measurements have anything to do with the linear measurement system in use." was in light of the fact that it doesn't matter which linear measurement system you are using, as long as one is consistent.

I hope this clears it up. I could have stated it better before.
-P

[FeuerFrei]

You can learn either or. Problems occur when switching between the 2 types.

I like the mil dot best for pranging varmints.

There are lots of tricks/cheats to range your targets as long as you know what size the targets should be relative to the reticle mark's size and spaces in between. KISS

"the ultimate sniper" is a good read.

https://ultimatesniper.com/free-books-articles/shooting-articles/

[NapalmCheese]

So how many that are running MOA dials have MIL DOT retical? like double math?

I am on my hunting rifle, but I don't dial in anything so I don't care.

A deer or antelope is roughly 1 meter tall from hoof to withers. If it measures at least 3 mil I can put the crosshairs on the shoulder and make meat.