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Rifle Scopes IOR with MOA reticle?

alpha6164

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I spoke to Scott and Liberty Optics about six months ago and he mentioned that he had heard news about IOR coming out with an MOA/MOA scope. All my scopes are MOA/MOA variety and i would like to stick with that setup. I just wish there were more options besides NF and USO. Any updates or news on that?
 
Re: IOR with MOA reticle?

Since no one has answered your ?? heres the answer and it will surprise allot of people!!

MOA in an IOR already has it and let me explain......

On some of their SFP scopes like the 3-18x42 yes it has a MIL reticle on 10power and that number is circled,,,,,,BUT it is also a MOA reticle on 18power which is BADASS because I am NOT a MIL shooter. This is because it has a 6x zoom ratio so you can have a MIL reticle and 10power and a MOA reticle on 18power again not many people know this, On the 6-24 the reticle MILs at 12 power and the reticle is a MOA reticle at 21.5power again BADASS!!!! Do your research Call Val and ask him about it and he will tell you the same thing. To me having a MIL reticle and MOA Knobs is Stupid and thats why I stayed away from scopes that had miss matched knobs/reticles until the IOR came out with the 6x zoom ratio which turns the MIL reticle into a MOA reticle. Now my NightForces have went down the road and I now have IORs and couldnt be happier the glass is amazing and tracks as good as the 4 Nightforces Ive sold!

Push the buy button on a 3-18x42 or the 6-24x50 both 35mm tube that HAVE MOA reticles, they both are amazing scopes, and the MP8 Dot reticle WOW is all I can say my all time favorite reticle with the floating dot very BadAss

Chris

3-18x42 scope MILS and MOA reticle in the same scope!

RETICULE SETTINGS:
10x reading....................................1 MIL and 1/2 MIL
18x reading....................................1 MOA
Magnification..................................3x-18x
Objective.......................................42mm
FOV @ 100yds................................61' to 8'
Eye Relief.......................................3.5 in
Diopter...........................................+4 to -4
Elevation Adj. Range....................... 65 MOA
Click Value..................................... 1/4 MOA
Adjustment per knob complete turn....25 MOA
Clicks per knob complete turn...........100 cliks in one revolution
Coatings......................................... MC-7 Fully Multicoat with Antireflex
Tube.............................................. 35mm DURAL alum. alloy
Length............................................ 13.5 in
Weight............................................ 28.8 oz
 
Re: IOR with MOA reticle?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Smokin99</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Since no one has answered your ?? heres the answer and it will surprise allot of people!!

MOA in an IOR already has it and let me explain......

On some of their SFP scopes like the 3-18x42 yes it has a MIL reticle on 10power and that number is circled,,,,,,BUT it is also a MOA reticle on 18power which is BADASS because I am NOT a MIL shooter. This is because it has a 6x zoom ratio so you can have a MIL reticle and 10power and a MOA reticle on 18power again not many people know this, On the 6-24 the reticle MILs at 12 power and the reticle is a MOA reticle at 21.5power again BADASS!!!! Do your research Call Val and ask him about it and he will tell you the same thing. To me having a MIL reticle and MOA Knobs is Stupid and thats why I stayed away from scopes that had miss matched knobs/reticles until the IOR came out with the 6x zoom ratio which turns the MIL reticle into a MOA reticle. Now my NightForces have went down the road and I now have IORs and couldnt be happier the glass is amazing and tracks as good as the 4 Nightforces Ive sold!

Push the buy button on a 3-18x42 or the 6-24x50 both 35mm tube that HAVE MOA reticles, they both are amazing scopes, and the MP8 Dot reticle WOW is all I can say my all time favorite reticle with the floating dot very BadAss

Chris

3-18x42 scope MILS and MOA reticle in the same scope!

RETICULE SETTINGS:
10x reading....................................1 MIL and 1/2 MIL
18x reading....................................1 MOA
Magnification..................................3x-18x
Objective.......................................42mm
FOV @ 100yds................................61' to 8'
Eye Relief.......................................3.5 in
Diopter...........................................+4 to -4
Elevation Adj. Range....................... 65 MOA
Click Value..................................... 1/4 MOA
Adjustment per knob complete turn....25 MOA
Clicks per knob complete turn...........100 cliks in one revolution
Coatings......................................... MC-7 Fully Multicoat with Antireflex
Tube.............................................. 35mm DURAL alum. alloy
Length............................................ 13.5 in
Weight............................................ 28.8 oz
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IF what you say is true that would be pretty bad ass. The only down side is that with the MP8 reticle it would only give your "10" Moa of come ups since the reticle only shows 10mils. I wonder what power the MOA would work out on their 2-12x model. That would be a perfect AR10 scope.
 
Re: IOR with MOA reticle?

+1 on the IOR beeing a badass!!. Just ordered a 6-24x50 yesterday from SWFA (after I cancled my PST order). But that reticle and scope combo does seem like the perfect ar10 scope. And it looks like a killer.
 
Re: IOR with MOA reticle?

You don't need a 6x zoom ratio to achieve MOA on the reticle. If the mil reticle is calibrated at 10x, you can simply dial down to about 9x and get 4 MOA per mil.

I say about 9x because the reticle will actually be subtending 4 IPHY (Inch Per Hundred Yards) at 9x. To get true MOA, you would need to be around 8.5 power.

Similarly, the numbers quoted by Smokin will actually make the reticle subtend 1 IPHY for each 1/2 mil mark. If you wanted the reticle in true MOA, you would need to be around 17.2x for the 18x, and around 20.5x for the 24x models.
 
Re: IOR with MOA reticle?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kombar</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You don't need a 6x zoom ratio to achieve MOA on the reticle. If the mil reticle is calibrated at 10x, you can simply dial down to about 9x and get 4 MOA per mil.

I say about 9x because the reticle will actually be subtending 4 IPHY (Inch Per Hundred Yards) at 9x. To get true MOA, you would need to be around 8.5 power.

Similarly, the numbers quoted by Smokin will actually make the reticle subtend 1 IPHY for each 1/2 mil mark. If you wanted the reticle in true MOA, you would need to be around 17.2x for the 18x, and around 20.5x for the 24x models. </div></div>



I am assuming that this would only work with the SFP versions correct? So with the standard MP8 reticle if u dial to 17.2x then every 1mil=2MOA which would give you 20MOA of reticle elevation and 30MOA with the modified MP8 A5 reticle?
 
Re: IOR with MOA reticle?

Yes to both. This will work only with SFP versions, and you would have 20 MOA of holdovers if you have 2 MOA per mil (at ~18 or ~21 power).

Obviously, if you dialed to a lower power you would have more angular distance between each hash mark and could get a lot more than 20 MOA of holdovers. Assuming the advertised magnification range was correct for the 3-18, you could get up to 11 MOA per mil at about 3.1 power, yielding 110 MOA of holdovers. This would be extremely useful for shooting subsonic loads at long range.

All of these numbers I'm giving are just rough estimates calculated using the inverse scales on a slide rule. You would have to take the time to mark your scope at the appropriate magnifications where the reticle subtends the angle you wanted. I think Lindy has some links that explain how to do this.
 
Re: IOR with MOA reticle?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: grayskate</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If anybody interested in MOA/MOA FFP IOR system ,find details on www.ior.ro , "NEWS "-scope 3.5-18x50 catalog with all details and is allready available. </div></div>



Thanks for that link. The scopes look real nice with the digital illumination. I also like the fact they offer the Moa/Moa in both SFP and FFP versions. We finally have another option besides NF and USO.
 
Re: IOR with MOA reticle?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: alpha6164</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Smokin99</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Since no one has answered your ?? heres the answer and it will surprise allot of people!!

MOA in an IOR already has it and let me explain......

On some of their SFP scopes like the 3-18x42 yes it has a MIL reticle on 10power and that number is circled,,,,,,BUT it is also a MOA reticle on 18power which is BADASS because I am NOT a MIL shooter. This is because it has a 6x zoom ratio so you can have a MIL reticle and 10power and a MOA reticle on 18power again not many people know this, On the 6-24 the reticle MILs at 12 power and the reticle is a MOA reticle at 21.5power again BADASS!!!! Do your research Call Val and ask him about it and he will tell you the same thing. To me having a MIL reticle and MOA Knobs is Stupid and thats why I stayed away from scopes that had miss matched knobs/reticles until the IOR came out with the 6x zoom ratio which turns the MIL reticle into a MOA reticle. Now my NightForces have went down the road and I now have IORs and couldnt be happier the glass is amazing and tracks as good as the 4 Nightforces Ive sold!

Push the buy button on a 3-18x42 or the 6-24x50 both 35mm tube that HAVE MOA reticles, they both are amazing scopes, and the MP8 Dot reticle WOW is all I can say my all time favorite reticle with the floating dot very BadAss

Chris

3-18x42 scope MILS and MOA reticle in the same scope!

RETICULE SETTINGS:
10x reading....................................1 MIL and 1/2 MIL
18x reading....................................1 MOA
Magnification..................................3x-18x
Objective.......................................42mm
FOV @ 100yds................................61' to 8'
Eye Relief.......................................3.5 in
Diopter...........................................+4 to -4
Elevation Adj. Range....................... 65 MOA
Click Value..................................... 1/4 MOA
Adjustment per knob complete turn....25 MOA
Clicks per knob complete turn...........100 cliks in one revolution
Coatings......................................... MC-7 Fully Multicoat with Antireflex
Tube.............................................. 35mm DURAL alum. alloy
Length............................................ 13.5 in
Weight............................................ 28.8 oz
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IF what you say is true that would be pretty bad ass. The only down side is that with the MP8 reticle it would only give your "10" Moa of come ups since the reticle only shows 10mils. I wonder what power the MOA would work out on their 2-12x model. That would be a perfect AR10 scope. </div></div>


who is Cal and where can I get ahold of him?