Re: MOA base clarification
If I bottom out my scope it takes me 36.5 of elevation (up) to get to my 100 yard zero, so if I put a 30 MOA base on it then bottom it out (in theory) it will take 6.5 MOA of up travel to get to my 100 yard zero, if I'm not mistaken.
I just put a nice (to me) scope on my 700 with 65 MOA of internal elevationbecause I want to try long range shooting. After getting my scope mounted I learned I'm used 36.5 MOA of internal elevation to get to my 100 yard zero so I basically have 29.5 MOA remaining.
So my question or area I'm...
I am looking to spend between $500 and $750 on a scope to get into the long range target shooting. This scope will go on my 30-06 700, I would like the tactical knobs with atleast 50 MOA of internal elevation adjustment or equivalent in MIL and ideally would like to have a mil-dot reticle...
Re: Help buying a scope
Thanks for all of the input. Calculating my drop it looks like the Nikon would meet all of my needs and then some based off of this calculator I found unless I'm wrong?
http://www.jbmballistics.com/cgi-bin/jbmtraj-5.1.cgi
Incase my numbers don't work I entered a...
Sorry to beat a dead horse and ask the same questions over and over again but I have a budget of about $500 to spend. I currently have a Rem. 700 SPS in 30-06 that I purchased as a hunting rifle with a Leupold VX-1 3x9x40 scope. Since then I have been getting really interested in the long range...
What's the best way to do this? I am interested in a new rifle and can't decide on which caliber. What's the easiest way to do this with out looking up each caliber on a balistics program etc...
Sorry if this is in the wrong section.
I came across this website and wanted to hear from owners of these guns what they think. I really like the aluminum stock and am considering purchasing one of these. Thanks for the input/review and I did try to search before I posted this...
Re: How many rounds downrange in a typical day of shoo
7-10 and a good amount of dry fires. I like to go and spend about an hour really thinking about what I am doing, shoot slow, and get my groups as accurate as possible.
Re: Sniper Training and Certification
The "GPS" school just had an article about them published in the latest Maxim magazine that was pretty interesting.