How far I can shoot with 65 MOA scope

[Broz]

Originally Posted by Napolke

I am considering S&B 5-25x56 PM II/LP on SAKO TRG .338 LM which has 65 MOA.

If you set it up with a 40 moa base so you can use all 65 moa up,and zero at 300 yards. With a 300 Berger at 2800 fps the 338 LM, with 65 moa up, will get you to a mile or just past depending on your altitude.

I had this set up when I had the 8~32 NXS on mine.

Jeff

[MontanaRifleman]

With a 40 MOA base, were you able to zero @ 200 yds?

[Broz]

Originally Posted by MontanaRifleman

With a 40 MOA base, were you able to zero @ 200 yds?

Can't remember. I only used the scope for practice one summer then went back to a 5.5~22 for the added 35 moa of elevation. It will depend on several things though when packing it all this tight.

1: the total real world elevation of the scope. Could be 65 or could be 68 or even 62. they very seldom land on the exact advertised number.

2: the accuracy of the base cant and the top of the receiver and how they bed together. Again, you could get 40 moa or you could easily get 43 or 37 or something like that.

3: the ring height would also come into play.

To the best of my memory I think I still had 1 or 1.25 moa below zero. I never max them out for a zero. So I probably could have zeroed at 250 but like I said I prefer to be off the bottom at least 1 moa.

Jeff

[CB11WYO]

Shooting a 6x47 Lapua with 95 grain Match Kings @3100 it usually takes me 60-62 MOA to get to 1 mile from a 200 yard "0."

...and boy it's fun!

[aroshtr]

I have a setup similar to what the OP is thinking of. I have a 338 Allen Xpress shooting a 300grn berger at 2975. I have a 20moa rail as well. With the nightforce 8-32 I can just almost get a mile (1740) at 3500ft elevation.