The Mil-Dot system is exceptionally versatile – if you know how to use it. If you shoot a rifle, you can use mil-dot to hold the correct amount over a distant target. There’s a lot of fancy math behind the whole mil-dot thing, but we’re going to ignore most of that here and explain the concept, and more importantly, how you can use it, in plain English. There won’t even be a quiz at the end, I promise.
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Mil-Dot and MRAD Explained: The Mil Relation Formula and Ranging
Published: April 29, 2026 { 72 comments }
What Is MOA? Minute of Angle Explained for Shooters (Take the Quiz)
Published: April 12, 2026 { 4 comments }MOA, or minute of angle, is an angle equal to 1/60 of a degree. At 100 yards it covers about 1.047 inches, which shooters round to 1 inch. At 200 yards 1 MOA is about 2 inches, at 500 yards about 5 inches, and at 1,000 yards about 10.5 inches. Shooters use it two ways. [...]
Viridian SERAC 3.5-10×40 Review: Are Viridian Scopes Good?
Published: August 30, 2020 { 1 comment }Are Viridian scopes good? The SERAC 3.5-10×40 we tested is a solid budget scope: the glass was clear at 10x, parallax adjusts down to about 18 yards, and in a box test it tracked a hair off but came back to zero. The odd part is a mil reticle paired with MOA turrets, which slows [...]