Rifle Scopes Mil Ret w/ MOA knobs: Any advantage?

[03psd]

At the advice of many here, I looked at several scopes today, including NF. The one 5.5-22 they had in inventory was one with mil-dot reticle and MOA knobs. The price was right but I cant see any advantage to mismatched reticle and knobs. I am fairly well set on mil/mil as that is what my other scope is but want to consider all options. To save an extra $100, is this scheme something you could deal with and adapt too? If the manufacturers make it, there must be some up side to this arrangment. I just dont know what it is.

 

[Rob01]

Re: Mil Ret w/ MOA knobs: Any advantage?

No advantage to it. Actually it's a disadvantage. It's left over from when that was the only way scopes were offered and some people like to keep it that way but I'd recommend going mil/mil like you want.

 

[GearboxRacquetball]

Re: Mil Ret w/ MOA knobs: Any advantage?

I'd also only go mil/mil FFP from now on, they are that good.

 

[coldboremiracle]

Re: Mil Ret w/ MOA knobs: Any advantage?

+1 to the all mentioned above.

 

[jwp475]

Re: Mil Ret w/ MOA knobs: Any advantage?

Keep them either Mil/Mil or MOA/MOA and life will be simpler. I prefer Mil/Mil

 

[sobrbiker883]

Re: Mil Ret w/ MOA knobs: Any advantage?

If you are paying the cost of a NF 5-22 I wouldn't skimp on the adjustments. Matching reticle/adjustments makes life much easier.
I run 2/3 of my scopes mil/moa just because I can't afford to switch them all over right now. Like Rob said, mil/moa was the standard for a long time and is functional, but not optimal.

 

[NukeMMC]

Re: Mil Ret w/ MOA knobs: Any advantage?

I agree with Rob....stay mil/mil if that's what you have. I was trained mil/moa and that's what I have and am used to. I haven't used mil/mil, but I can see the practicality of it.