I just want to say Hello to everyone! I am excited to be joining Sniper's Hide and look fwd to a lot of great reads.
I went shooting with my father-in-law today. We set up a 130yrd range (130yrd is what we measured this barrel thing at so it ended up there and not @100yrds) Background Experience: I typically only handle handguns but I have owned several .22LRs and a fairly decent 5.56 AR-15 setup. I really wanted to move into some hunting possibly and a bit of longer range target shooting so I went ahead and built myself a nice Rem 700 setup. After reading this forum it sounded like one of the higher model .308 Rem700s was where I wanted to be. I purchased a Rem 700 .308 AAC-SD and shaved the tip a bit to make it truly free-floating like they "claimed" it was. I went with the Burris MTAC 4.5-14x-42mm (Went Burris because Sportsman's Warehouse made an Ut-Oh and marked it down $200 - Wrong scoped marked but my happiness haha!) Purchased the KRG oversized knob (LOVE IT!) and a couple other things. Let me get to the point of the post.
--> THE REASON FOR POST: I tried shooting but wasn't hitting anything. So I zero'd in @30yrds give or take. I ended up having to make a good bit of rotations for the windage (Right/Left) adjustment for some reason. I don't know if this was due to the mounting but I couldn't imagine it was. I have a basic 2 piece Weaver picatinny rail with Warne 30mm rings. I wanted to know a couple things. I didn't have a lot of time to make many adjustments but for a 1st time longer range shooter I wanted to know if my approx 1.25" groups @130yrd were acceptable and if the amount of adjustment I had to make with the scope was reasonable and shouldn't cause any problems in the future? I was a bit weary when I saw how far out I had to unscrew the rings. Please advise me if I should have the scope worked on or replaced asap. It is still within the 30days return policy. (Rail/Rings/Gun has been properly torqued with a 1/4" wrench if wondering)
**Pictures because THIS THREAD IS USELESS WITHOUT THEM =) ***
The Gun
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Zero'ing @30yrds after I finally figured out how far off the scope really was - It was crazy off to the right side so I adjusted accordingly and ended up to the left a bit.
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The Scope
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The adjustments I had to make. Elevation out to the #1 line & Windage out to the #3 line.
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The quick 3 shot group I took after a couple warm up rounds. I didn't have time to really adjust because we had no spotting scope to see exactly where I was hitting so I had to walk (private property - Not formal range)
<a href="http://s98.photobucket.com/user/southkhaki19/media/Remington%20700%20AAC-SD/5.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l272/southkhaki19/Remington%20700%20AAC-SD/5.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 5.jpg"/></a>
I went shooting with my father-in-law today. We set up a 130yrd range (130yrd is what we measured this barrel thing at so it ended up there and not @100yrds) Background Experience: I typically only handle handguns but I have owned several .22LRs and a fairly decent 5.56 AR-15 setup. I really wanted to move into some hunting possibly and a bit of longer range target shooting so I went ahead and built myself a nice Rem 700 setup. After reading this forum it sounded like one of the higher model .308 Rem700s was where I wanted to be. I purchased a Rem 700 .308 AAC-SD and shaved the tip a bit to make it truly free-floating like they "claimed" it was. I went with the Burris MTAC 4.5-14x-42mm (Went Burris because Sportsman's Warehouse made an Ut-Oh and marked it down $200 - Wrong scoped marked but my happiness haha!) Purchased the KRG oversized knob (LOVE IT!) and a couple other things. Let me get to the point of the post.
--> THE REASON FOR POST: I tried shooting but wasn't hitting anything. So I zero'd in @30yrds give or take. I ended up having to make a good bit of rotations for the windage (Right/Left) adjustment for some reason. I don't know if this was due to the mounting but I couldn't imagine it was. I have a basic 2 piece Weaver picatinny rail with Warne 30mm rings. I wanted to know a couple things. I didn't have a lot of time to make many adjustments but for a 1st time longer range shooter I wanted to know if my approx 1.25" groups @130yrd were acceptable and if the amount of adjustment I had to make with the scope was reasonable and shouldn't cause any problems in the future? I was a bit weary when I saw how far out I had to unscrew the rings. Please advise me if I should have the scope worked on or replaced asap. It is still within the 30days return policy. (Rail/Rings/Gun has been properly torqued with a 1/4" wrench if wondering)
**Pictures because THIS THREAD IS USELESS WITHOUT THEM =) ***
The Gun
<a href="http://s98.photobucket.com/user/southkhaki19/media/Remington%20700%20AAC-SD/7.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l272/southkhaki19/Remington%20700%20AAC-SD/7.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 7.jpg"/></a>
Zero'ing @30yrds after I finally figured out how far off the scope really was - It was crazy off to the right side so I adjusted accordingly and ended up to the left a bit.
<a href="http://s98.photobucket.com/user/southkhaki19/media/Remington%20700%20AAC-SD/6.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l272/southkhaki19/Remington%20700%20AAC-SD/6.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 6.jpg"/></a>
The Scope
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The adjustments I had to make. Elevation out to the #1 line & Windage out to the #3 line.
<a href="http://s98.photobucket.com/user/southkhaki19/media/Remington%20700%20AAC-SD/3.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l272/southkhaki19/Remington%20700%20AAC-SD/3.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 3.jpg"/></a>
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The quick 3 shot group I took after a couple warm up rounds. I didn't have time to really adjust because we had no spotting scope to see exactly where I was hitting so I had to walk (private property - Not formal range)
<a href="http://s98.photobucket.com/user/southkhaki19/media/Remington%20700%20AAC-SD/5.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l272/southkhaki19/Remington%20700%20AAC-SD/5.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 5.jpg"/></a>