What is MOA?
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Zach Vonler
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Means Minute of Angle. It's a way of measuring the distance between points that doesn't matter what distance they are measured at. I.e., a spread of 1in at 100 yards is the same as a spread of 2in at 200 yards. Thus when people talk about rifle accuracy they just say what multiple of an MOA it can hold so that don't have to say what distance they fired at. For reference, one minute of angle is about 1.3in at 100yds.
the Moa was a 10 foot tall flightless bird
it used to stomp unwarry Maoris natives to death
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~adzebill/moa/intro/gallery.html
this is what confuses me about gun terminology,
wouldn't having a 10 MOA gun be better if you are attacked by a bevy of these monsters?
dZ
it used to stomp unwarry Maoris natives to death
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~adzebill/moa/intro/gallery.html
this is what confuses me about gun terminology,
wouldn't having a 10 MOA gun be better if you are attacked by a bevy of these monsters?
dZ
Jeff Thomas
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http://www.thefiringline.com:8080/forums/showthread.php?threadid=31171
Robert, check that link out for a thread we had on this topic back in January. It was one of my earliest 'lessons', and I think it should help you. You can find similar discussions with TFL's Search feature.
Take care. Regards from AZ
Robert, check that link out for a thread we had on this topic back in January. It was one of my earliest 'lessons', and I think it should help you. You can find similar discussions with TFL's Search feature.
Take care. Regards from AZ
Zach Vonler
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mbott: Right you are, but my calculator says 1.05in actually 
I'll check my math _before_ posting next time.
I'll check my math _before_ posting next time.