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Member Section => Tactical Rifle & Carbine => Topic started by: twyacht on March 18, 2011, 07:19:37 PM

Title: MOA Explained. Great Video. Breaks It Down To Get On Target
Post by: twyacht on March 18, 2011, 07:19:37 PM
Great Vid.



Keep it in the 10 ring.

Title: Re: MOA Explained. Great Video. Breaks It Down To Get On Target
Post by: Hazcat on March 18, 2011, 08:39:45 PM
very simple explanation.
Title: Re: MOA Explained. Great Video. Breaks It Down To Get On Target
Post by: MikeBjerum on March 19, 2011, 09:42:50 AM
Very well done!

NSSF does a great job with their material, and they do it in a way that is not only task specific but with an overall educational point of view.
Title: Re: MOA Explained. Great Video. Breaks It Down To Get On Target
Post by: PegLeg45 on March 19, 2011, 10:31:15 AM
Great video.
Excellent explanation for those who might not understand MOA...and an exemplary refresher for any who do.

Title: Re: MOA Explained. Great Video. Breaks It Down To Get On Target
Post by: dipisc on March 19, 2011, 05:10:16 PM
Hi;

     Just wish I could download stuff like that !  All I get is a box with a little   x   in the upper left hand corner. What do I have to do to get it ?
Title: Re: MOA Explained. Great Video. Breaks It Down To Get On Target
Post by: Ichiban on March 19, 2011, 05:24:16 PM
Hi;

     Just wish I could download stuff like that !  All I get is a box with a little   x   in the upper left hand corner. What do I have to do to get it ?

Go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA2PZBD5Tjg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA2PZBD5Tjg)
Title: Re: MOA Explained. Great Video. Breaks It Down To Get On Target
Post by: Hazcat on March 19, 2011, 05:25:49 PM
Hi;

     Just wish I could download stuff like that !  All I get is a box with a little   x   in the upper left hand corner. What do I have to do to get it ?

Dipisc,

It is probably a plugin you need (active X I THINK)

In any case try this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA2PZBD5Tjg&feature=player_embedded
Title: Re: MOA Explained. Great Video. Breaks It Down To Get On Target
Post by: Ichiban on March 19, 2011, 06:49:29 PM
Too slow!   ;D
Title: Re: MOA Explained. Great Video. Breaks It Down To Get On Target
Post by: Hazcat on March 19, 2011, 07:18:31 PM
Too slow!   ;D

HEY!  I TRIED! (and isn't that the new standard? ;) )
Title: Re: MOA Explained. Great Video. Breaks It Down To Get On Target
Post by: Big Frank on March 19, 2011, 10:21:16 PM
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.
Title: Re: MOA Explained. Great Video. Breaks It Down To Get On Target
Post by: Timothy on March 20, 2011, 06:13:23 AM
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.
Title: Re: MOA Explained. Great Video. Breaks It Down To Get On Target
Post by: tombogan03884 on March 20, 2011, 10:39:17 AM
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.   ::)
Title: Re: MOA Explained. Great Video. Breaks It Down To Get On Target
Post by: PegLeg45 on March 20, 2011, 10:56:26 AM
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.  ;D
Title: Re: MOA Explained. Great Video. Breaks It Down To Get On Target
Post by: twyacht on March 20, 2011, 10:35:01 PM
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. 

Title: Re: MOA Explained. Great Video. Breaks It Down To Get On Target
Post by: kmitch200 on March 22, 2011, 09:39:24 PM
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.
Title: Re: MOA Explained. Great Video. Breaks It Down To Get On Target
Post by: fightingquaker13 on March 24, 2011, 11:37:38 PM
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 :P). 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! ;D
FQ13