HuntingNet.com Forums - View Single Post - Readying for 400 Yard
View Single Post
Old 03-01-2015, 11:35 AM
  #9  
ronlaughlin
Nontypical Buck
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Rapid City, South Dakota
Posts: 3,732
Default

Originally Posted by WV Hunter
Ron, help me understand the MOA adjustment.

Are you saying that the calculator says that if you are sighted in dead on at 100yds, that you need to crank the scope up 33 moa from that point - and if 1moa=4 clicks, then crank up 132 clicks and in theory you should be on target for 400yds?
Yes, exactly!

Originally Posted by WV Hunter
On the dial, is 1 tick line 1 click? How many ticks between numbers? I see the number 12.
Twelve ticks between numbers. One tick is one click. Zero, Three, six, nine, and twelve moa are numbered. Fifteen moa per revolution of the dial.

Originally Posted by WV Hunter
Sorry if this sounds dumb, but I've never done any long range target shooting other than some at 300yds with a hp rifle with no scope adjustments, etc. I don't fully understand all that MOA speak.
Actually, you answered each question you asked, with no wrong answers, so it appears nothing was dumb.

Last edited by ronlaughlin; 03-01-2015 at 12:40 PM. Reason: forgot zero
ronlaughlin is offline