Understanding Minute of Angle (MOA) - Rifle Shooting Technique - NSSF Shooting Sportscast

NSSF's Ryan Cleckner explains the measurement term "minute of angle" (MOA) and how to use MOA adjustments on your scope for sighting in and to compensate for bullet drop at varying distances. For more information visit http://www.nssf.org/video/facts/MOA.cfm
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[clutchcrazy888]

@TheNSSF This is by far the absolute best explaination and demonstration of MOA I've yet to come across on the internet. Thank you very very much! I'm off to create my first drop chart :)

[crreon]

I am a 4 year law enforcement sniper and you explained that perfectly!

[edwardwills]

Damn all this math, I need a Trijicon Acog to tell me what to do, haha

[LongIslandicedteaaa]

The MOA explaination is flawless! If you dont wanna spend too much time figuring your bullet trajectory get a scope with BDC which they have everything figured out for the ammo you use so you dont have to

[stainless1911]

@ClecknerNSSF thanks. thats what I needed to know.

[ClecknerNSSF]

@stainless1911 Your crosshairs will be whever you aim them. :) Now the serious answer - I can not tell you exactly what your set-up will do - you need to check for yourself. This answer also depends on the distance at which you have your rifle zeroed. As an example, my .308, when zeroed at 100 yards, shoots 4 moa low at 25 yds since the bullet has not had a chance to travel up to the line of sight at 100 yds. To compensate for this, I can dial up 4 moa, or hold 4 moa high (above target).

[medusa210562]

easy way to explain------ the bullet starts to go up because if it is zerod at 100 yeads, we must send the bullet up to begin. Because the bullet is in reality dropping all the time.

[stainless1911]

confused. At 25 yrds, will my crosshairs be 4 moa above the prairie dog, or 4 moa below the prairie dog?

[ClecknerNSSF]

@TheRaptor06 Yes. 1 mil = 1 decimeter per 100 meters. So, 1 mil at 200 meters is 20 centimeters, at 500 meters is 1/2 a meter and so on. For scopes which adjust in 1/10th mil incriments, each click is 1 centimeter per 100 meters.

[wellerd379]

Real simple and so easy to understand. Thanks!

[TheRaptor06]

Is there a simple way to convert these rules into the metric system?