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Long Range Scopes and Other Optics
scope choice and 7WSM for 1000 yard gun ?...
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<blockquote data-quote="Dave King" data-source="post: 13701" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>MikeW</p><p></p><p> I've had several 6.5 x 20 LR Leupold scopes but have never had one 'boosted'.</p><p></p><p> If you anticipate using the central crosshair as your 500 yards Point Of Aim (POA) you should only need something like 8 or 9 MOA of elevation above your 100 yard zero. This seems to me to indicate that you will NOT need a tapered bases or 20 MOA scope rings as you are questioning.</p><p></p><p> In theory this sounds like a good system and for larger targets and shorter distances it should work sufficiently well. The problem with these dot systems is that they are limited to about a 3000 foot elevation zone and about 20 degrees of temperature variation. With your 9 elevation dots, 4 above and 5 below it sounds like your heading for 1000 yards without a scope adjustment. A significant temperature change or elevation change will make your 1000 yard aim point a rough guess, nearly a 'poke and hope' proposition. For the shorter ranges (500 yards and in) and I assume larger targets (deer) this system will work but beyond that I'd go back to the scope adjustment method.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave King, post: 13701, member: 3"] MikeW I've had several 6.5 x 20 LR Leupold scopes but have never had one 'boosted'. If you anticipate using the central crosshair as your 500 yards Point Of Aim (POA) you should only need something like 8 or 9 MOA of elevation above your 100 yard zero. This seems to me to indicate that you will NOT need a tapered bases or 20 MOA scope rings as you are questioning. In theory this sounds like a good system and for larger targets and shorter distances it should work sufficiently well. The problem with these dot systems is that they are limited to about a 3000 foot elevation zone and about 20 degrees of temperature variation. With your 9 elevation dots, 4 above and 5 below it sounds like your heading for 1000 yards without a scope adjustment. A significant temperature change or elevation change will make your 1000 yard aim point a rough guess, nearly a 'poke and hope' proposition. For the shorter ranges (500 yards and in) and I assume larger targets (deer) this system will work but beyond that I'd go back to the scope adjustment method. [/QUOTE]
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