Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Optics What are the disadvantages of 1/8moa ?

I'm trying to ponder why the 1/8 moa scopes are not more prevelant.
Is not 1/8 more precise and exacting out to 600+ yards ?
Is it due to less overall windage/elevation adjustment or is it because it's twice as many clicks to your intended target, which could be considered tedious?
Late night pondering...............

With most scope applications I don't see much practical need for 1/8 min adjustments on a rifle scope, maybe in some of the precision shooting sports but certainly not in a hunting scope....Thats My .02 on the subject...........547.

Can you shoot well enough to take advantage of 1/8" adjustment per 100 yards?

If a person can, then can the rifle take advantage of the 1/8", maybe that's the secondary question.
On the flipside, what applications require or make us of 1/2"moa or even 1moa scopes? Close quarter situations?

some of the long range shooters like .5 or 1 moa clicks. going from 100 yard zero to 550 yards means about 10 clicks with the 1moa vs. 80 clicks from the 1/8 moa knobs. a lot easier to do without having to watch the knob. then think about how many 1/8 moa clicks it takes a .308 to get to 1K.

i have a MK 4 with the M2 (.5 moa) knobs on my most accurate rifle and don't see a downside in the field.

It depends on what you're shooting, and the range.

I have a Nightforce 5.5-22x, the Varminter model with 1/8" adjustments (which I believe is no longer made). I bought it primarily for shooting varmints--primarily prairie dogs--at range beyond 500 yards, out to however far I can hit them. Adjustmments of .5" just don't pack it when shooting 2" targets at, say, 600 yards, as each click is 3" at that range, while the 1/8' clicks are 3/4".

1/8" sucks IMO, I have 2 sightrons that I got a great deal on 6-24x42 scopes, the problem is you get such little adjustment in one turn of the turret, its only like 6 MOA. I bought one of the scopes as a load development scope, the other sits on a 204, I think 1/4 adjustments are great especially with a ziess that has 1/4 and 18 moa in one turn.

I have scopes with 1/8 min adjustments. I'd say that intended use would dictate whether or not you need 1/8 min, or 1/4 min adjustments. My 1/8 min scopes are for target shooting.
And, I would never complain of having 1/8 min adjustments on all of my hunting scopes.

I like 1/8th adjustments, why not, if I want to move it an inch then thats 4 clicks! whats the problem?? I always liked that about the Weavers, loud 1/8 inch clicks and they worked and held..I like 1/8th for any kind of shooting or hunting..I can live wiht 1/4 but why if I have a choice.

I agree with the 'why not' answers. I've noticed that some 1/8 scopes have limited adjustment or shorter circumfrence in the dial. But for long range, I would assume that 1/8 would be the standard, aside from the milradian lovers.

The "Why Not" is the number of clicks you need to make. If you need to adjust the scope 4 MOA, that's 16 clicks with 1/4 MOA adjustments, and 32 with 1/8 MOA adjustments. Maybe not a big deal, but it is easier to lose track of what you're doing counting up to 32 (and then back down.) For big game hunting it is simply not necessary. Other than that, no harm in having them. I have them on a big game scope. I'd prefer not to, but it's not a major issue.

I shoot most at 100 yards, at the range. All my scopes have 1/8 per click adjustments. Every 1/8 click is marked (not really sure if the clicks are in inches or MOA) with a number so altho a 5 inch movement requires 40 clicks I spin the dial from 0 to 5. Simple. It allows a finer adjustment to be made.

For a stictly hunting gun I would prefer 1/4 clicks. I have noticed that some scopes have 1/4 clicks for windage and 1 inch/MOA ckicks for the elevation. I guess these are for long range shooting.