Not enough "up" clicks...

[Boomer454]

I was out at dads farm this afternoon and the wind died right down after dinner. I grabbed a make shift target out of the junk pile and ran it out into a stubble field about 600 yards and set up behind the barn with my 223. It's a rem VTR in an HS Precision stock. I have an old ( early 90's) Weaver V-16 on it in Redfield rings and bases.

I had it zeroed at 100 yards, so i checked iSnipe and it said to go up 65.7 clicks to be dead on. The thing is I ran out elevation at 50 clicks...

If it matters I'm shooting 70 grain Bergers over 21.5 grains of bench mark for s muzle velocity of 2700 fps. Not fast by any means, but accuracy is very good at that speed.

Will a 20 minute base give me enough to push out that far?

I'm thinking if upgrading the optics any way and will have about a grand to spend when it's time. I'm looking at a Vortex or a sightron. What are your guys' thoughts? Wil either of these give me enough elevation to hit 800 yards with a 223?

 

[Dogleg]

A 20 MOA rail will give you the equivalent of 80 clicks up, plus what you have now. The next question is whether you will then have enough adjustment down to zero it. I'm not familiar with that particular scope and don't know how much adjustment range it has.

 

[ultimate_monkey]

Rule of thumb for shooting LR - you want 1/2 the amount of travel in your scope to be built in to your mounting system - so if your scope has say 70MOA adjustment you want 30-35moa in your rail. I've never not been able to zero at 100 doing this except(and this is a big exception) I mounted a 40moa single pieces scope ring/mount onto a 30moa rail .

But short answer yes 20moa will get you to that 600 with your current set up

 

[icedragonmx]

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