MOA Used Incorrectly

shooter1niner said:

Next up: How about educating people on what " point blank range " is. I hear people using that term describing the exact opposite of what it actually means...

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In a hunting context Point-Blank Range or more correctly Maximum Point-Blank Range (MPBR) is the distance a projectile can travel without rising or falling more than a predetermined measurement above or below the point of aim.



Many ballistic calculators will have a section that using your inputted bullet's BC, velocity, sight height, etc will calculate MPBR for you and even suggest the range at which you should zero your gun to maximize your MPBR.

When my Dad explained what MOA was when I was a kid, I don't recall having trouble understanding it. I think some people just never had it explained and just don't know what it was.

mcb said:

In a hunting context Point-Blank Range or more correctly Maximum Point-Blank Range (MPBR) is the distance a projectile can travel without rising or falling more than a predetermined measurement above or below the point of aim.

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Many ballistic calculation software will have a section that using your inputted bullets BC and velocity will calculate MPBR for you and even suggest that range at which you zero your gun to maximize you MPBR.

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Subjects like that are one of the reasons it is good to teach kids to shoot with something like a Red Ryder BB gun. The BB is slow enough you can see it in flight and see the trajectory versus aiming point.

mcb said:

In a hunting context Point-Blank Range or more correctly Maximum Point-Blank Range (MPBR) is the distance a projectile can travel without rising or falling more than a predetermined measurement above or below the point of aim.

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Many ballistic calculation software will have a section that using your inputted bullets BC and velocity will calculate MPBR for you and even suggest that range at which you zero your gun to maximize you MPBR.

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I understand it to mean this: " In simpler terms it is the maximum distance at which you can hit a target without holding over it "...

Most people, especially those reporting shootings use it to mean up close and personal...

I like things simple and I have been shooting for a looooong time . Over thinking adds complexities where there should be none. Threads like this can be
helpful or misleading, confusing novice shooters to the shooting sports world.

My grandfather explained it simply to me, if a group measures one inch at 100 yards for simplicity sakes it is a MOA shooter. If it shoots 2 inches at 200 yards and 3 inches at 300 yards it is an MOA shooter. If you are shooting 10 inch groups at 1000 yards it is still a MOA shooter. If the group measures smaller than 1 inch than it is sub MOA.

After more than 58 years of shooting and putting a lot of venison, elk, and caribou on the table I will not argue with my grandfather's explanation. The rest is just noise to me, when I ask for a glass of water I do not want to know how many hydrogen atoms and oxygen atoms are in the glass of water I just want to drink it.

The reason it can be confusing for the new shooter is that many disagree on the same thing you agree about. Who's on first..............