I may need to contact Vortex, but figured I’d put it out to the collective wisdom here first. It may just be my ignorance, as I’m a relatively new distance shooter.
I have the above-referenced scope mounted to a Tikka T3x TAC chambered in 260 REM. I have the AD Recon mount and rings, which purports to be a 20 MOA mount. The Tikka has a 0 degree rail.
According to the specifications, the scope is supposed to have 65 MOA elevation adjustment.
I’ve zero’d the rifle at 100 yards and was able to hit back to back 1/4 MOA groups with my custom loads.
We went out to the desert last weekend to shoot longer ranges, and had targets set up between 788 and 1322 yards. I had good hits on the first, made the adjustments based on Strelock for the second and had a direct hit. I had to adjust out for the third target at 1205 yards and found myself very near the end of travel for the turret (which was 40 MOA adjustment). I topped out the adjustment for the last target and ended up having to hold over -3 in order to be able to achieve the 44 MOA required for that distance.
Something seems to be amiss, if my scope is supposed to have 65 MOA at 0 degrees, and I attach it to a 20 MOA mount - shouldn’t I have far more travel for elevation?
Mount is in correct orientation; scope is level in mount; CRS is set, and using 11 shims.
I realize that there is a 30 MOA mount available, but I shouldn’t be running out of elevation at 1300 yards with the 20 MOA mount, should I?
The other issue I am uncertain about, and which I’ve yet been able to find a satisfactory answer, is whether I should be able to set the indicator at 0-0 when it is zero’d at 100 yards? When I set the CRS to 0 on the turret, the bottom indicator on the turret is actually more than halfway between 0 and 1 vertically. I would think that you should be able to set the indicator to 0-0, but then again that likely could be the whole reason they implemented the CRS.
That would make sense, but also then seems to also be an indicator of a possible problem since my elevation travel is so limited once zero’d at 100. - it takes about 23 1/2 MOA elevation to zero at 100.
Thanks to all in advance. I’m trying to learn, and it is a real benefit to be able to learn from the collective here.
I have the above-referenced scope mounted to a Tikka T3x TAC chambered in 260 REM. I have the AD Recon mount and rings, which purports to be a 20 MOA mount. The Tikka has a 0 degree rail.
According to the specifications, the scope is supposed to have 65 MOA elevation adjustment.
I’ve zero’d the rifle at 100 yards and was able to hit back to back 1/4 MOA groups with my custom loads.
We went out to the desert last weekend to shoot longer ranges, and had targets set up between 788 and 1322 yards. I had good hits on the first, made the adjustments based on Strelock for the second and had a direct hit. I had to adjust out for the third target at 1205 yards and found myself very near the end of travel for the turret (which was 40 MOA adjustment). I topped out the adjustment for the last target and ended up having to hold over -3 in order to be able to achieve the 44 MOA required for that distance.
Something seems to be amiss, if my scope is supposed to have 65 MOA at 0 degrees, and I attach it to a 20 MOA mount - shouldn’t I have far more travel for elevation?
Mount is in correct orientation; scope is level in mount; CRS is set, and using 11 shims.
I realize that there is a 30 MOA mount available, but I shouldn’t be running out of elevation at 1300 yards with the 20 MOA mount, should I?
The other issue I am uncertain about, and which I’ve yet been able to find a satisfactory answer, is whether I should be able to set the indicator at 0-0 when it is zero’d at 100 yards? When I set the CRS to 0 on the turret, the bottom indicator on the turret is actually more than halfway between 0 and 1 vertically. I would think that you should be able to set the indicator to 0-0, but then again that likely could be the whole reason they implemented the CRS.
That would make sense, but also then seems to also be an indicator of a possible problem since my elevation travel is so limited once zero’d at 100. - it takes about 23 1/2 MOA elevation to zero at 100.
Thanks to all in advance. I’m trying to learn, and it is a real benefit to be able to learn from the collective here.
