20 MOA rail. Yes or no?

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Goona grab a 1 piece pic rail for my rem 700 HB 308 in magpul hunter. For now, I will be mounting a bushnell elite 6-24 until I get the funds together for something different. I plan to do a 100 meter zero, and stretch out to 4-500 on a regular basis, however most of the time, it will be a 100 meters paper punher. anyways, would you guys recommend a 20 MOA rail for a 100 meter zero and a maximum of 500 meters?

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It's probably not required if the max you will be shooting is 500 yards. That being said, if you ever wanted to stretch it out further, it never hurts to have.
 
The only time there is a down side to a plus 20 MOA rail is when the scope of choice has less than 40 MOA total elevation built into it. These are not common but some of the Zeiss and older Swarovski scopes have very little internal adjustment in them.

Is a plus 20 MOA rail required for 500 yards, not normally, but to have more use of the internal adjustment should you wish to shoot further out is never a bad plan. Normally there is no cost differential between an inclined rail and a flat 1.
 
alberta tactical rifle said:
None at all
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Thanks very much dude. Im actually not sure if my bushnell elite 6-24 has more/ less than 40moa in the elevation. Its a discontinued model so there really isnt much information about it. Even though it will be a temporary scope, it may sit on top of my rifle longer than I want it to so i want to make sure it all works out in the end
 
84wh1 said:
Thanks very much dude. Im actually not sure if my bushnell elite 6-24 has more/ less than 40moa in the elevation. Its a discontinued model so there really isnt much information about it. Even though it will be a temporary scope, it may sit on top of my rifle longer than I want it to so i want to make sure it all works out in the end
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Easiest way to see is to turn the turret right to maximum elevation then count the number of clicks until it bottoms out. each click "should be" 1/4 MOA. Simply divide the number of click by 4 to get the total MOA of travel.
Don't force things though.
 
alberta tactical rifle said:
Easiest way to see is to turn the turret right to maximum elevation then count the number of clicks until it bottoms out. each click "should be" 1/4 MOA. Simply divide the number of click by 4 to get the total MOA of travel.
Don't force things though.
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I got 240 clicks so it looks like I've got 60 MOA of elevation. Thanks for the tip. Make perfect sense now that I think of it.
 
84wh1 said:
Would I have any issues setting my zero at 100 meters if I am using a 20 moa rail?
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Actually it will depend on the scope, some have more horizontal adjustment than others. Two of my 308's are set up with 20 Moar ails and burris rings with inserts. This let's me fine tune it so I can zero at 100 and run it up to 1000 meters with no issues. Your mileage may vary. - dan
 
It would be nice if things didn't have pros and cons; if there was only positives and neutrals.

Can you sight in your 6-24 at 100 with a 20 MOA rail? Maybe or maybe not. Fact is you won't know til you try and neither does anyone else.

Rails frequently raise mounting height to the point that the user is scrambling for a adjustable cheek-piece. That may not affect you but it does to others. There's a certain irony in a bandaid solution to a cure for a problem that didn't exist in the first place.

Rails obstruct loading/ejection ports. Some more than others, and again that will bother some more than others. That is perhaps a fair trade if you needed the extra elevation in the first place. If you didn't, it's a pain in the butt for nothing.

Something that doesn't bring a downside is a scope with ample adjustments. You probably don't need that either, and they don't give them away.
 
Dogleg said:
It would be nice if things didn't have pros and cons; if there was only positives and neutrals.

Can you sight in your 6-24 at 100 with a 20 MOA rail? Maybe or maybe not. Fact is you won't know til you try and neither does anyone else.

Rails frequently raise mounting height to the point that the user is scrambling for a adjustable cheek-piece. That may not affect you but it does to others. There's a certain irony in a bandaid solution to a cure for a problem that didn't exist in the first place.

Rails obstruct loading/ejection ports. Some more than others, and again that will bother some more than others. That is perhaps a fair trade if you needed the extra elevation in the first place. If you didn't, it's a pain in the butt for nothing.

Something that doesn't bring a downside is a scope with ample adjustments. You probably don't need that either, and they don't give them away.
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Dammit Dogleg, using all that reason is muddying the waters. Did you have to remind us that difficult it is to find a clear cut easy to make decision in this life?
 
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