Nomenclature. Harrumf.

[ShootDots]

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It was never on the rails! LOL!!!

 

[SmittyJon]

It was never on the rails! LOL!!!

It did start off the rails, SD. That said, in an earlier thread about a neighbor putting up a basketball hoop and driving someone nuts with the noise, poster Jackson1 famously said: "I believe all of us humans are hard wired to be pissed off about something." Copy that!

Chris Mitchell

 

[dcali]

Is it winter already?

 

[hogpatrol]

Nomenclature, mispronunciations, misspellings, bad grammar, poor reading comprehension don't bother me. I'm pretty much at this point in my life.

 

[Uthink Uknow]

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Maybe “they” need to be told how stupid “they” are.

 

[farmerjohn]

Good thread, made me spill my coffee......

 

[TheOtherZilla]

Creedmore shooters. Always overthinkin it..

 

[joshb]

Can I start a discussion about the Coriolis affect and the validity of including it in the math?

 

[C.E.Smith043]

If you want to bitch about petty sh%% you need to pony up and become a paying member!

Edited for mathematical correction.

Spot on!!!!!!

 

[Pwc]

My 10th and 11th grade English teacher once told me "Don't let the English language get in the way of what you want to say". I really didn't understand or appreciate that for several years.

 

[jr600yd]

And they wonder why old guys like me don’t give a s&^t.

 

[Danoh]

Can I start a discussion about the Coriolis affect and the validity of including it in the math?
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I’ve reached the age where the opposite is true. :-(

 

[miles13]

Magazines & Clips.

 

[Tommie]

Two things that irk me. This forum is better than some others, but I still see it here now and then.

VARIABLE POWER SCOPES
Are designated Minimum magnification "-" Maximum magnification "x" Objective diameter.
Too often I see people saying they have a 3x9x40 or somesuch. Which just makes me cringe when I read it.

Minute of Angle, MOA
One "minute" is one sixtieth of one degree (one degree being one three-hundred-and-sixtieth of a full circle)
This approximates to a LENGTH of 1.05 inches at one hundred yards. Only.

People say "I shot 2 MOA at 300 yards (or worse, 300 meters)" when they mean two INCHES.
2 MOA at 300 yards is a length of 6.3 inches.

Precision shooters should be precise in their language, I feel.
And just as a fun fact, I believe one MOA is also one nautical mile at the equator.

I feel better now that's off my chest.


(Edited for mathmatical accuracy, thanks guys )

And all this time I thought M.O.A. meant Minute of Arc. See the things we learn here?

 

[Gary in MD]

 

[jds holler]

Harrumf - Haf-kaf... Ahem.
Well, Major, I don't know if this thread is gonna give you much satisfaction. jd

 

[Ned Ludd]

 

[dolek]

Two things that irk me. This forum is better than some others, but I still see it here now and then.

VARIABLE POWER SCOPES
Are designated Minimum magnification "-" Maximum magnification "x" Objective diameter.
Too often I see people saying they have a 3x9x40 or somesuch. Which just makes me cringe when I read it.

Minute of Angle, MOA
One "minute" is one sixtieth of one degree (one degree being one three-hundred-and-sixtieth of a full circle)
This approximates to a LENGTH of 1.05 inches at one hundred yards. Only.

People say "I shot 2 MOA at 300 yards (or worse, 300 meters)" when they mean two INCHES.
2 MOA at 300 yards is a length of 6.3 inches.

Precision shooters should be precise in their language, I feel.
And just as a fun fact, I believe one MOA is also one nautical mile at the equator.

I feel better now that's off my chest.


(Edited for mathmatical accuracy, thanks guys )

 

[KMart]

Two things that irk me.

Control the things that you have control of.
Worrying about things you have no control of, will drive you nuts.
Besides, it is a waste of your time and effort.

 

[hogpatrol]

And all this time I thought M.O.A. meant Minute of Arc. See the things we learn here?

Acutally it's Mall Of America.