Calculate 1/4 MOA At 200 Yards

Post author:Ying
Post last modified:October 26, 2023

This quick reference guide goes over how to calculate 1/4 MOA at 200 yards in terms of how much it actually adjusts the reticle and how it affects a 1 MOA / click turret and 0.5 MOA click turret.

Calculating 0.25 MOA at 200 yards

0.25 MOA is about 0.25 inches at 100 yards, so at 200 yards, each 1/4 MOA adjustment equals to about 0.5 inches or 0.5 MOA.

MOA stands for "Minutes of Angle," and it is a unit of angular measurement often used in firearm optics to describe the accuracy or adjustment of sights and scopes.

At 100 yards, 1 MOA is approximately equal to 1.047 inches. When you double the distance to 200 yards, the size in inches covered by 1 MOA also doubles, so 1 MOA at 200 yards is about 2.094 inches. Rounded to the nearest practical fraction, this is typically referred to as 0.25 MOA being equal to 0.5 inches at 200 yards.

How To Adjust 0.25 MOA But With 0.5 MOA Click

If your scope has 0.5 MOA per click adjustments, but you need to make a finer 0.25 MOA adjustment, it's going to be difficult. The same goes for a 1 MOA per click turret.

If you are expecting to make fine turret adjustment, please go with a 0.25 MOA/click precision long range scopes

Quick MOA References

1/4 MOA:

@100 Yards: 1/4 inch
@75 Yards: 3/16 inch
@50 Yards: 1/8 inch
@25 Yards: 1/16 inch

1/3 MOA:

@100 Yards: 1/3 inch
@75 Yards: 3/12 inch (which simplifies to 1/4 inch)
@50 Yards: 1/6 inch
@25 Yards: 1/12 inch

1/2 MOA:

@100 Yards: 1/2 inch
@75 Yards: 3/8 inch
@50 Yards: 1/4 inch
@25 Yards: 1/8 inch

1 MOA:

@100 Yards: 1 inch
@75 Yards: 3/4 inch
@50 Yards: 1/2 inch
@25 Yards: 1/4 inch

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