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Rem 700 VS w/ 20 moa mount question
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<blockquote data-quote="NZZYTB" data-source="post: 15981" data-attributes="member: 1011"><p>Milanuk,</p><p></p><p>The 8-32 Nightforce allows about 65 moa total elevation adjustment. I am using 30 of the 65 just to get to zero with the 20 moa 1-piece Badger mount. My buddy's 5.5-22 has 90 moa of elevation, but we both thought that dialing 30 moa into the scope with the 20 moa mounts seemed like a lot of elevation. That is why we were wondering if we should be using the Nightforce 40 moa 1-piece mount instead of Badger's 20 moa.</p><p></p><p>I hand-loaded Winchester cases with 42.0 grains of RE 15 using 168 grain Sierra Match Kings. I seat the bullets .010" from the rifling which gives me an over-all length .110" longer than the factory-recommended 2.800". I know the Black Hills ammo is seated at 2.8" to fit in the magazines, but I load one round at a time. My groups are tight, but I'm wondering how much I'm giving up in velocity by seating my bullets out near the rifling (lots of extra case volume with the bullet seated so long). I don't have a chronograph to test my loads, but my groups are great. I'm hitting 20" x 40" siloettes in the center of the chest from 400 out to 1000 yards with half-value wind. </p><p></p><p>My friend with the 5.5-22 Nightforce uses the Black Hills 168's and has to dial in a similar amount of elevation to get out to 1000 yards. He had 50 moa dialed into his scope with 20 moa additional on the scope mount. I had to use the NP-R2 reticle's additional 20 moa to get the total of 52 moa I needed, plus the 20 moa in the mount to get to 1000 yards. My buddies Black Hills ammo is 2.800" over-all length. We both use the Davidson Comparitor to determin our over-all lengths (bullet ogive).</p><p></p><p>Any thoughts or concerns would be appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NZZYTB, post: 15981, member: 1011"] Milanuk, The 8-32 Nightforce allows about 65 moa total elevation adjustment. I am using 30 of the 65 just to get to zero with the 20 moa 1-piece Badger mount. My buddy's 5.5-22 has 90 moa of elevation, but we both thought that dialing 30 moa into the scope with the 20 moa mounts seemed like a lot of elevation. That is why we were wondering if we should be using the Nightforce 40 moa 1-piece mount instead of Badger's 20 moa. I hand-loaded Winchester cases with 42.0 grains of RE 15 using 168 grain Sierra Match Kings. I seat the bullets .010" from the rifling which gives me an over-all length .110" longer than the factory-recommended 2.800". I know the Black Hills ammo is seated at 2.8" to fit in the magazines, but I load one round at a time. My groups are tight, but I'm wondering how much I'm giving up in velocity by seating my bullets out near the rifling (lots of extra case volume with the bullet seated so long). I don't have a chronograph to test my loads, but my groups are great. I'm hitting 20" x 40" siloettes in the center of the chest from 400 out to 1000 yards with half-value wind. My friend with the 5.5-22 Nightforce uses the Black Hills 168's and has to dial in a similar amount of elevation to get out to 1000 yards. He had 50 moa dialed into his scope with 20 moa additional on the scope mount. I had to use the NP-R2 reticle's additional 20 moa to get the total of 52 moa I needed, plus the 20 moa in the mount to get to 1000 yards. My buddies Black Hills ammo is 2.800" over-all length. We both use the Davidson Comparitor to determin our over-all lengths (bullet ogive). Any thoughts or concerns would be appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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