12 June 2019

55 Mils?

The sight on the Savage 99EG raises 0.478" for 11 graduations.  There's 31-1/16" sight length.

That's an angle of 0.8816˚ or ≈ 53 moa

The sight on the Winchester Model 54 raises 0.451" for 55 minutes.  28-7/16" from sight to sight.

That's 0.9086˚ or 54.52 moa.  55 moa should be 0.9167˚

The sight on the Marlin 30AS doesn't go to 55 minutes as marked, it stops at 45...  But 40 clicks past 45 mils is 55 because it's 4 clicks to the minute...  And that is 0.460" and 22-1/2" from peep to blade.

The 1.17121722˚ calculates to ≈ 70 MOA!

Don't trust the 66LA on a Marlin with a 20" barrel!  I think it's calibrated for a longer barrel.

What you're supposed to do is to fire at several ranges and note where the sight reads...  But the instructions say minutes.

It's close with the older sights and guns.



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