Rifle Scopes Paging Lindy!!!!! recticle problems here!!!!

[wjwill]

How can I tell if I have a MOA or MIL reticle dot scope?

Here is a picture looking at a feeder with my scope. The feeder was ranged at 418 yards right beside the scope. The scope is also a SFP and adjusted on 10x magnification. The cosine of the angle is about 2 degrees downhill to the feeder. Is there a certain way it can be figured out by the info I just gave you?

 

[mattsnuked]

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Never heard of a MOA dot.

 

[Lowlight]

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Why would you think a reticle with "Mil Dots" in it would be anything other than a Mil reticle ?

Who make it ?

 

[CopperCreekAmmo]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mattsnuked</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Never heard of a MOA dot. </div></div>

i'd have to say the answer is in the question...

 

[Shady_Jay]

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it is mil

 

[OFIS]

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mil dot is mil dot

 

[wjwill]

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Zeiss make the scope. It is a conquest 4.5x14x44

A guy told me today that sometime you think you might have a MIL scope and it will actually be a MOA scope.

 

[mattsnuked]

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I think he means the turret adjustments, not the reticle.

 

[Lowlight]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: wjwill</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Zeiss make the scope. It is a conquest 4.5x14x44

A guy told me today that sometime you think you might have a MIL scope and it will actually be a MOA scope.</div></div>

A quick search will show Zeiss doesn't make an MOA reticle you're guy has no clue.

 

[Lowlight]

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What a lard...

 

[wjwill]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mattsnuked</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I think he means the turret adjustments, not the reticle. </div></div>


so in other words I need to get mil turrets to match the reticle?

 

[wjwill]

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Better yet.... I'm just going to call SWFA tomorrow and see if they will let me trade in the conquest plus some cash for a nice FFP scope that is mil/mil.

 

[Impact]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lowlight</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What a lard... </div></div>

LOL

 

[Impact]

Re: Paging Lindy!!!!! recticle problems here!!!!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: wjwill</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mattsnuked</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I think he means the turret adjustments, not the reticle. </div></div>


so in other words I need to get mil turrets to match the reticle? </div></div>

no. MOA is fine. Most of the people been using it that way for a long time

 

[Lowlight]

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Get a mil / mil and call it a day. Just because it was being "done that way" for a long time doesn't mean it was right, just means it was, what it was and people adapted.

 

[paraman1]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lowlight</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Get a mil / mil and call it a day. Just because it was being "done that way" for a long time doesn't mean it was right, just means it was, what it was and people adapted. </div></div>

The other side of that coin is running what you have rather than chasing gear . I have been guilty of chasing gear for quite some time and have decided that what I currently own is what I am gonna shoot for the next year without changing anything .I haven't practiced enough with the gear I have to realize any benefits from changing my setup yet again .

I believe the Mil/Mil or MOA/MOA to be a better mousetrap but had my best finish ever at a match shooting an old Varmint rifle using a 6-18X40 Leupold with a duplex reticle and target knobs . It was a setup that I had been shooting for 4 years and was intimately familiar with and theres a lot to be said for that .

 

[Lindy]

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I'm right with you on gear familiarity. However, going from a mil/moa scope to a mil/mil scope makes life simpler, and there's a lot to be said for simplicity, too.