While watching a show about snipers I learned that shooters use mil dots to help them fire at long distances. I did further research with videos and various websites and found out that mil dots can be used effectively for targets at long ranges. Once your scope and weapon system are in sync, it is important to know and understand the specific the mil-dot system of your scope. A mil, or milliradian, dot is a small dot that is placed on both the X and Y-axis of the crosshairs. These dots allow the shooter to estimate certain ranges by offering a known length at a certain distance. Ten of these dots are placed on both axis and can be used very efficiently in a grid-like fashion if you know what you are doing. For example, the length between two mil dots (one mil) at 100 yards is about 3.6 inches. Therefore 10 dots, or the total length of either the X or Y-axis is 36 inches or 3 feet. So if you are looking at a target through your scope that you already know is 18 inches across, and it measures 5 mils, you know that that specific target is 100 yards away. If the same target measured only 2.5 mils across, it would be 200 yards away and so on. Mil dots can be used very well if you know what you are doing, but this takes much practice. The video and link below help to show how mil dots are used.
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