I use: target size in yards times 1000 divided by size of target in mils equals yards to target. It’s accurate enough and fast enough to actually be useful.
After watching and being disappointed by so many of these mildot videos, I commend you for the simple explanation you've presented here. You've presented the essentials without any of the irrelevant and confusing details usually presented. However, I think formula #1 is always going to be better than formulas #2 and #3, which involving a constants and a calculator. In the latter example using a 12 inch target, that is best converted immediately to 1/3 yard, which results in a simpler calculation of 1/3 X 1000 / 3 , or 333 yds / 3 = 111yds. It seems to me that relying on your memory for the 25.4 and the 27.8, and on your calculator or your mental arithmetic for doing the calculation is just too risky, as well as being entirely unnecessary. Most people don't have the skills in mental arithmetic to do this quickly and reliably, and stopping to use you calculator is going to let your trophy animal disappearing into the next county. Keeping it simple is always a good idea, and formula #1 is as simple and risk-free as it gets. My other comment has to do with measuring the mils covered by your target. These classroom illustrations always assume that this can be done easily and accurately, but that's not so. Your target will seldom be a convenient whole mil, and conditions will seldom allow you to measure your target accurately to a tenth. The reasons for this will be clear to anyone who has tried it in the field. Your target may be moving, or obstructed by grass, or unclear against a coarse background, or poorly lit, or distorted by mirage. Also, it may not be the actual size you assume it to be. Under such conditions, your assessment of mils will not be accurate. For these and other reasons, it is incorrect to think of optical ranging as CALCULATING your range, as stated early in your video. You are only ESTIMATING your range, even under the best of circumstances, and shooters must recognise this. And this is as true of moa scopes as mildot scopes.
I use: target size in yards times 1000 divided by size of target in mils equals yards to target. It’s accurate enough and fast enough to actually be useful.
Nice simple explanation. Thanks!
Thanks for the info. Nice and concise. I am just learning, or trying to learn to use a PA 4x14x44 FFP and need all the simple explanations I can get.
+David Longacre Sure thing. I appreciate you watching. I try to explain everything as simply as I can. let me know if you need anything.
After watching and being disappointed by so many of these mildot videos, I commend you for the simple explanation you've presented here. You've presented the essentials without any of the irrelevant and confusing details usually presented.
However, I think formula #1 is always going to be better than formulas #2 and #3, which involving a constants and a calculator.
In the latter example using a 12 inch target, that is best converted immediately to 1/3 yard, which results in a simpler calculation of 1/3 X 1000 / 3 , or 333 yds / 3 = 111yds. It seems to me that relying on your memory for the 25.4 and the 27.8, and on your calculator or your mental arithmetic for doing the calculation is just too risky, as well as being entirely unnecessary. Most people don't have the skills in mental arithmetic to do this quickly and reliably, and stopping to use you calculator is going to let your trophy animal disappearing into the next county. Keeping it simple is always a good idea, and formula #1 is as simple and risk-free as it gets.
My other comment has to do with measuring the mils covered by your target. These classroom illustrations always assume that this can be done easily and accurately, but that's not so. Your target will seldom be a convenient whole mil, and conditions will seldom allow you to measure your target accurately to a tenth. The reasons for this will be clear to anyone who has tried it in the field. Your target may be moving, or obstructed by grass, or unclear against a coarse background, or poorly lit, or distorted by mirage. Also, it may not be the actual size you assume it to be. Under such conditions, your assessment of mils will not be accurate. For these and other reasons, it is incorrect to think of optical ranging as CALCULATING your range, as stated early in your video. You are only ESTIMATING your range, even under the best of circumstances, and shooters must recognise this. And this is as true of moa scopes as mildot scopes.
My question is how do I know how many mils to holdover or dial in on the turret after I find the distance of the target
Use a ballistics calculation from JBM for your bullet’s velocity.
just received my mil-dot master. it has mil dots on one side on others has yeard $ 34 bucks
The reticle on my scope only has one vertex. Bummer.