JUST A MINUTE

• When choosing a reflex sight, one of the things to take note of is the size of the dot, which is usually expressed• One MOA spreads 1.047” per 100 yards, but this figure is often rounded down to just 1” for simplicity.• Let’s take a sight with a red dot size of 3 MOA as an example. This means the dot will cover 3” at 100 yards. If we double the distance we double the area of the target covered by the dot, so in this case that would work out to 6” at 200 yards.• Similarly, if we reduce the distance we reduce the area covered by the dot. So our 3 MOA dot would cover 1.5” at 50 yards, and 0.75” at 25 yards. Just remember that the dot size remains the same throughout – it’s still 3 MOA.• It might appear as if the best size of dot to choose would be the smallest, as that would seemingly offer more precision. But that’s not necessarily the case. A larger dot will be easier to see, making the target quicker to acquire. It’s really down to personal preference, combined with the size of target you expect to be aiming at and the distance at which you expect to engage it.