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Posted: 1/15/2008 5:30:58 AM EDT
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What really is a "mil" or "moa"? There's a lot of confusion on "mils" and "moa". That's why I wrote a paper on the subject. For American shooters, our scopes, made by the major tactical scope manufacturers (i.e. Leupold, Nightforce, Schmidt & Bender, U.S. Optics, S.W.F.A, Bushnell Optics etc...) are only calibrated in the real mathematical "milliradians" that are based on 6283.2 mils in a circle and NOT based on the "artillery" mil of 6400 mils. I also talk about "true" moa vs "shooters" moa, as well as discuss and derive the distance equations for both mils and moa. Because I couldn't find a one source document on all these, I wrote a paper that discusses mathematically all these things and more. It is a revision of one that I did last year but this time I incorporated "shooters" moa. Plus I derived all the distance equations. I also cleaned it up a bit. Plus the last page has a Quick Reference Chart. It's meant to be a one source document for any questions you might have and the whole thing doesn't have to be read front to back. files.thetallengineer.com/RangeEstimation_Rev1.pdf |
This is an excellant post (the link) and a must-read for anyone serious about accurate shooting and doesn't already know the terminology. |
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I tried to hot link, but... no workie... so click this link, then stick some more 77 at the end of the url and hit enter... should work. Link |
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This link works. Sorry about that. files.thetallengineer.com/RangeEstimation_Rev1.pdf
Wow! That worked. Thanks. I'm looking for a better website to post it on.This is the best I could do for now giving my limited web-site building skills. |
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I cannot pull up the web page from the link. Can you e-mail me a copy? I’m interested in what you have to say. Thanks for your time, Mike @ CSGW www.csgunworks.com [email protected] Here’s some testimonials about CS GunWorks What do YOU have to say about CS GunWorks What Do You Think Of Cs Gunworks? FEEDBACK about CSGUNWORKS.com |
Here's the link. files.thetallengineer.com/RangeEstimation_Rev1.pdf |
I just downloaded it to print & read later. Thanks for doing this, I look forward to the education. I've always known the basics, but a little more mathmatical history and seeing everything laid out as you've done would be very entertaining. I quickly scrolled through it, looks like it'll be a good read.
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Your welcome. Hope you enjoy it. Bags |
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Note: Updated first post. files.thetallengineer.com/RangeEstimation_Rev1.pdf |
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