BINGO! You are just confusing yourself. Run your data in MOA and then dial it on. No need for inches anywhere. Worrying about clicks and inches is just useless conversions.
in the end it all comes down to inches on paper, down, up, left or right..
Wasting your time trying to correlate angular to linear measurements is probably how you ran out of time.
I'm also going to tell you that you are wrong in your approach to managing dope and comeups, but what do I know, only been shooting precision rifle in one form or another for the past 15 years and ended up as NRA Master in rifle disciplines including LR Prone.
You come here asking for help then tell us we're wrong when we tell you what you don't want to hear. Good luck.