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Need schooling on FFP and SFP
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<blockquote data-quote="westcliffe01" data-source="post: 1154938" data-attributes="member: 35183"><p>If the scope has 75MOA of travel, you will get some % of that number to use when set up on the rifle. As you noted, with a "straight" scope rail, it would be half of the total, less some amount to get it sighted in. If you use a 20MOA scope rail, you will get half of the total travel + 20MOA less an amount to get it sighted in. Buy good quality scope rails, not the $30 junk, or as several people on this site have found, the 37.5MOA may not be enough to get the sight zeroed. No joke !!</p><p></p><p>You are also correct that one can dial and use the reticle. But the only people why generally do that are the snipers taking mile and a half range shots on very bad people who are trying to kill them... If you use a 20MOA rail, you will generally have more than enough on the dial to take any reasonable long range shot. If you need more, the ballistics of your rifle are not likely to be conducive to humanely killing the target at that range. However, if you follow through on your scope on a long range shot, you may be able to spot where the hit (or miss) was at, and could then use the reticle to compensate for the difference.</p><p></p><p>You will generally find optical quality deteriorating as you move off the center, especially when the turret already has the optics off axis to begin with.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://jarootfarms.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/10001/normal_700_MATCH__11_09-15.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://jarootfarms.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/10001/normal_IMG_0564.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The above 2 images recently posted on the MGO forum <a href="http://www.migunowners.org/forum/showthread.php?344574-Re-barreling-and-rebuilding-a-Remington-700&p=2701630&viewfull=1#post2701630" target="_blank">Re-barreling and rebuilding a Remington 700?</a></p><p></p><p>Picture taken at the 300 yard line at the range...</p><p>I am definitely not capable of this with iron sights......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westcliffe01, post: 1154938, member: 35183"] If the scope has 75MOA of travel, you will get some % of that number to use when set up on the rifle. As you noted, with a "straight" scope rail, it would be half of the total, less some amount to get it sighted in. If you use a 20MOA scope rail, you will get half of the total travel + 20MOA less an amount to get it sighted in. Buy good quality scope rails, not the $30 junk, or as several people on this site have found, the 37.5MOA may not be enough to get the sight zeroed. No joke !! You are also correct that one can dial and use the reticle. But the only people why generally do that are the snipers taking mile and a half range shots on very bad people who are trying to kill them... If you use a 20MOA rail, you will generally have more than enough on the dial to take any reasonable long range shot. If you need more, the ballistics of your rifle are not likely to be conducive to humanely killing the target at that range. However, if you follow through on your scope on a long range shot, you may be able to spot where the hit (or miss) was at, and could then use the reticle to compensate for the difference. You will generally find optical quality deteriorating as you move off the center, especially when the turret already has the optics off axis to begin with. [IMG]http://jarootfarms.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/10001/normal_700_MATCH__11_09-15.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://jarootfarms.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/10001/normal_IMG_0564.JPG[/IMG] The above 2 images recently posted on the MGO forum [url=http://www.migunowners.org/forum/showthread.php?344574-Re-barreling-and-rebuilding-a-Remington-700&p=2701630&viewfull=1#post2701630]Re-barreling and rebuilding a Remington 700?[/url] Picture taken at the 300 yard line at the range... I am definitely not capable of this with iron sights...... [/QUOTE]
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