How many 1/4 MOA clicks elevation/windage on my scope to move rifle's point of impact one inch at 25 yards?

Question

Please help settle a friendly argument. Scope brand, caliber, ring height etc. is irrelavent. Simple matter of how many clicks........Thanks

Answer 1

16 clicks at 25 yards will move the shot approx. 1".
A minute of angle (MOA) is actually slightly more than an inch at 100 yards but so close that most people call 1/4MOA clicks 1/4" clicks. At 200 yards a MOA is approx. 2", 3" at 300 yards, etc. 2 clicks would move the bullet impact an inch at 200 yards. 1 click =1" at 400 yards and so on. Hope this helps with the disagreement. BTW, if you are right, don't rub it in too much.

Answer 2

The simple answer is: based on 1 click will move the POI 1/4 inch at 100 yards (4 clicks = 1 inch at 100 yards)
16 clicks at 25 yards will move the POI one inch
4 clicks at 100 yards will move the POI one inch
2 clicks at 200 yards will move the POI one inch
1 clicks at 400 yards will move the POI one inch

At 300 yards 1.3 click will move the POI one inch, which your scope will not allow you to turn 1.3 click. But you may calculate it as 4 clicks will move the POI 3 inches and 5 clicks will move the POI 4 inches at 300 yards.

Answer 3

Minute Of Angle At 100 Meters

Answer 4

1/4 MOA will change the POI 1/4" at 100 Yds.
It's an ANGLE change, so at 25yd.s, (!/4 of 100 Yd.s),
it will move POI 1/16", (!/4 of 1/4"). ..Get it?
to move 1' at 25 Yd.s is a change of 4 MOA
or 16 'clicks'.

Answer 5

Sixteen clicks, in theory. Practice may be different.
One inch at 25 should spread to four at 100, which is close enough to four minutes that nobody's counting closer. Four minutes, and quarter-minute adjustments, makes for sixteen clicks of the dial. In practice, of course, it's better to adjust only about halfway, shoot again, and adjust again.

Answer 6

Sixteen (16)*