Hey guys, I'm rather new to the long-distance shooting, and I had a couple of questions to ask to see if I full understand how this works. I got the ballistics from my .223 ammo (I'm shooting it out of a R4 Tac Entry AR-15), and I have a P4 Sniper/Rangefinder Reticle. According to my scope's manual, each mark on the reticle represents 5 MOA. My rifle is sighted in at 100 yards, which means 1 MOA at 100 yards equals 1 inch, is that correct?
If that's correct, and I want to shoot a target that is 500 yards away, I do the math and figure out that my bullet is going to drop almost 43 inches. Ok so I figure since I'm 500 yards away, 1 MOA will be 5 inches. So does that mean I'm doing to point the gun up so it's about in between the 2nd and 3rd mark on the scope? Which would be about 8 MOA?
Am I doing this math correctly? Or am I doing something totally wrong?
Thanks in advance,
George
If that's correct, and I want to shoot a target that is 500 yards away, I do the math and figure out that my bullet is going to drop almost 43 inches. Ok so I figure since I'm 500 yards away, 1 MOA will be 5 inches. So does that mean I'm doing to point the gun up so it's about in between the 2nd and 3rd mark on the scope? Which would be about 8 MOA?
Am I doing this math correctly? Or am I doing something totally wrong?
Thanks in advance,
George