Re: [Emc-users] gcmc - G-Code Meta Compiler

[Stephen D. <smd...@gm...>]

a mil dot on a gun sight is one milliradian.  It works out to 1m offset at
1000m (or 1yd @ 1000yd if so inclined but metric is easier.)


On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 1:52 PM, andy pugh <bod...@gm...> wrote:

> On 31 October 2013 17:18, Marius Liebenberg <ma...@ma...>
> wrote:
> > I always understood a mil to be a measure specifically for angular
> > measurements. It is widely used by military all over the world.
> > Many gun sights are calibrated in mils as a choice for better resolution.
> > 1deg = 17.7mil.
>
> Not 17.45? That would be a milli-radian.
>
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