09-20-2013, 08:02 AM
Drifter Wrote:While I understand your line of thinking, realize that the principle is neither metric nor imperial. A more accurate description might be mil or moa (minute of angle), and both pertain to measuring arcs of a circle. One method uses measurements in mils and the other in minutes (a subset of degrees). As you alluded to, it's easier to use scopes where as reticle and turrets are in agreement, whether it be mil/mil or moa/moa. Hopefully, the apparent trend away from mil reticles coupled with moa turrets will continue.
I stand corrected, degrees and radians are not 'Imperial', more like Babylonian according to Google (you learn something everyday). As for Mils, Charles-Marc Dapples did however base his angular measurement on the Metric system (one Mil subtends one metre at a 1,000 metres).