School me on mils

J.B.

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So I drank the kool aid, and I ordered a Maven rs1.2 in mils. Ive shot moa all my life, but the proclaimed benefits of mils made me figure it was worth learning a new system.

I have a basic understanding of wind brackets, but what further benefits do guys get using mils? Explain it to me like I’m ten lol

Also, are most guys still using yards with mils, or did you switch to meters as well?
 

Zero at 100yds and all distances are in yards.
 
Another few pages to read through

 
I work in meters because I zero at 100 m with a cm-based grid, so 1 click corresponds to one square on my zero target. But otherwise, it doesn't matter at all which distance unit you use.

Where in AB are you located?
 
I work in meters because I zero at 100 m with a cm-based grid, so 1 click corresponds to one square on my zero target. But otherwise, it doesn't matter at all which distance unit you use.

Where in AB are you located?
Gotcha. Im in the Lethbridge area, you?
 
Gotcha. Im in the Lethbridge area, you?
I'm in Calgary. You should try to get out to a CDTSA or SAPRL PRS match, where you could ask questions and see how this stuff works in practice. That would fast-track your learning curve.
 
I'm in Calgary. You should try to get out to a CDTSA or SAPRL PRS match, where you could ask questions and see how this stuff works in practice. That would fast-track your learning curve.
Man Id love to. Unfortunately between work and young family its tough to get away. I try to save my away time for hunting haha. I do have a place I can shoot anytime close to home, so hope to get out a bunch before the season and put it all into practice.
 
Great choice for a scope. Just picked one up of the same flavor myself because of the Maven sale and this site's passive peer pressure to convert all who linger here to mils.... I had no idea before reading some of this stuff the advantages that come with it. Now its costing me a complete scope switchover.
 
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6 UM too fast for quick drop? Don't have the gun put together yet so I haven't tested it yet. Just went ahead and built a profile.


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I really haven't thought in "yards" in about 7 months now since I switched to the Revic binos. I don't even pay attention to the yardage number because it doesn't matter unless I'm shooting at big game and at the fringes of the bullets killing ability.

I get instant, trued elevation and base or vector wind data for that gun, in the current air I'm shooting in that day, in MILs, right on front of my face in real time. When solo (nearly all my mountain hunting) I already need to be determining a wind speed and wind direction, in real time, while getting setup for shot, and keeping eyes on a target that blends into terrain, while also determining vegetation movement/potential mirage feedback at the target and/or mid way point to determine wind at target, etc. Adding or subtracting from a full value spit out from the solver in front of my face, while doing all the aforementioned things simultaneously is easier for my pea brain to make fast and reliable (not always) wind calls.

No conversions, no "gun number" like I used forever, no flipping through hard dope cards, no pulling out phone and looking at screensaver for screenshot of dope, or any of the other ways I used to do it.

Is it the "be all end all". No way. Should one still be familiar with alternate quick/accurate methods. Absolutely. Shit can still happen fast out there sometimes, and maybe I need to grab a buddies rifle, etc. Or maybe a battery takes a crap, or the unit simply quits working when the ground feels like temps are over 125F (ask me how I know).

I don't see myself deviating from on-board, real time, reliable ballistics right in front of my face anytime soon for the vast majority of my shooting and hunting. Rock on with what has shown to work well/best for you while practicing in the mountains though.
 
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