Hi guys,
I have a ruger precision rifle (.308) on its way to me that has a 20moa (non removable i think) rail on it, and I plan to put my Vortex Razor HD gen 2 on it (3-18xffp ebr-2 moa model).
But that scope is mounted on a Spuhr ISMS 20moa mount. so when it goes on the rifle i'm going to have 40 moa just in the bases. In the past I had the scope on a lapua rifle with 30 moa in the bases and the scope zero'd at 100 Meters just fine, but the added 10 moa I'm not sure about.
What I'm wondering is, does anyone have an idea with a 40 moa base will I be able to zero it at 100 meters? the scope has 120moa in elevation so I think it might be able to go low enough but also is that good for the scope? like having the turrets dialed so far down are there any springs that i'm leaving compressed or anything like that?
This rifle is going to be my main rifle this year for long range gong shooting, varmint hunting and big game hunting so I plan to use it between 0-1200 yards. not sure on the specific load i'll use yet but I tend to shoot on the heavy side, atleast 178's.
I know I can flip the scope mount arounf and the two 20 moa cants will cancel each other out to make 0 moa, but my preference is to have atleast 20moa in the bases but I've never done 40.
Is that okay zeroing a scope way down at its bottom end like that? I know it will give me more use of the rest of the elevation in the scope my concern is, is that a normal thing people do or is that bad for some reason?
thanks for the assistance
I have a ruger precision rifle (.308) on its way to me that has a 20moa (non removable i think) rail on it, and I plan to put my Vortex Razor HD gen 2 on it (3-18xffp ebr-2 moa model).
But that scope is mounted on a Spuhr ISMS 20moa mount. so when it goes on the rifle i'm going to have 40 moa just in the bases. In the past I had the scope on a lapua rifle with 30 moa in the bases and the scope zero'd at 100 Meters just fine, but the added 10 moa I'm not sure about.
What I'm wondering is, does anyone have an idea with a 40 moa base will I be able to zero it at 100 meters? the scope has 120moa in elevation so I think it might be able to go low enough but also is that good for the scope? like having the turrets dialed so far down are there any springs that i'm leaving compressed or anything like that?
This rifle is going to be my main rifle this year for long range gong shooting, varmint hunting and big game hunting so I plan to use it between 0-1200 yards. not sure on the specific load i'll use yet but I tend to shoot on the heavy side, atleast 178's.
I know I can flip the scope mount arounf and the two 20 moa cants will cancel each other out to make 0 moa, but my preference is to have atleast 20moa in the bases but I've never done 40.
Is that okay zeroing a scope way down at its bottom end like that? I know it will give me more use of the rest of the elevation in the scope my concern is, is that a normal thing people do or is that bad for some reason?
thanks for the assistance