MOA Explained. Great Video. Breaks It Down To Get On Target

[Timothy]

Most everyone with a gun knows 1 MOA is ~1 inch at 100 yards but if I was explaining it I'd just say that a MOA is 1/60 of a degree and a second of angle is 1/60 of a minute. End of story.

True Frank but, I was explaining that to an engineer I work with and got a blank stare out of him!

In order to get his degree, he had to take calculus for goodness sake but high school geometry/trigonometry must have been a class he stumbled through.

[tombogan03884]

True Frank but, I was explaining that to an engineer I work with and got a blank stare out of him!

In order to get his degree, he had to take calculus for goodness sake but high school geometry/trigonometry must have been a class he stumbled through.

Typical of to many of the engineers I have worked with, years of college , yet they are challenged by things like clocks and compasses.   

[PegLeg45]

I get blank stares out of a lot of 'seasoned' shooters when discussing MOA.
Like Jumbo said, most recognize the 1"=1 MOA concept, but when it comes to the actual calculations and application for the sake of scope adjustments they seem to veer off course and treat it like voodoo. Most I've encountered seem to loose it at the "two lines emanating from a single point on an ever-widening-but-consistent angle" thing. Believe it or not, a simple grade school protractor helped me explain it better to them than anything else.
I wish I'd had this video then. 

[twyacht]

I find I am the only shooter that brings a 3x5 spiral notecard to the rifle range....Nothing fancy, nothing special, just weather, wind, and POI. Any corrections are noted, as it's only a 100 yd range. However,...the vid didn't cover windage, but the lesson of MOA makes sense and is certainly a plus. 

[kmitch200]

I find I am the only shooter that brings a 3x5 spiral notecard to the rifle range....Nothing fancy, nothing special, just weather, wind, and POI.

You're not alone....except for the other guys I see using chonos, NOBODY seems to keep shooting notes.

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[fightingquaker13]

Guilty! Thing is, I don't really "need to". 4" at 200 yards is good enough. Still, I know my rifle can do a whole lot more. It makes me wish I'd gotten the mil dot reticle with my scope (it would have set me back a whole fifty bucks ). It would be worthwhile going and playing at moving groups up and down, even though I am stuck at 100 yards. Damn, another money waster. Damn you TW!
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