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<blockquote data-quote="lancetkenyon" data-source="post: 1609820" data-attributes="member: 68875"><p>If you already have, or plan to have in your future, other high power rifles, it is nice to keep similar mounting systems on each. </p><p></p><p>I always take 2-3 rifles on a hunt. All of my rifles have a Seekins alloy 20MOA Picatinny rail, and Seekins alloy rings hold each scope I own. If, for some reason, I ever damaged a scope, it is quick and easy to swap.scopes from one rifle to another. Zero will need to be readjusted from one rifle to the next, but are always fairly close. Most rifles and cartridges do lot need 20MOA rails to get to 1000 yards. In fact, probably none that would retain the energy and velocity needed to take game at 1000 yards need 20MOA rails unless you have some oddball scope that has very little elevation adjustment.</p><p></p><p>The Vortex PST Gen 1 4-16×50 has 21MIL of elevation. Meaning approximately 10.5MIL if you went with a 0MOA Picatinny rail. Most cartridges will easily get to 1000 in 10.5MIL. If you go with a 20MOA rail, that adds about 5.8MIL of elevation adjustment. Meaning you would have about 16MIL of elevation to use. That should get you to 1500 yards in a lot of cartridges. Probably not for hunting, but for ringing steel or smacking rocks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lancetkenyon, post: 1609820, member: 68875"] If you already have, or plan to have in your future, other high power rifles, it is nice to keep similar mounting systems on each. I always take 2-3 rifles on a hunt. All of my rifles have a Seekins alloy 20MOA Picatinny rail, and Seekins alloy rings hold each scope I own. If, for some reason, I ever damaged a scope, it is quick and easy to swap.scopes from one rifle to another. Zero will need to be readjusted from one rifle to the next, but are always fairly close. Most rifles and cartridges do lot need 20MOA rails to get to 1000 yards. In fact, probably none that would retain the energy and velocity needed to take game at 1000 yards need 20MOA rails unless you have some oddball scope that has very little elevation adjustment. The Vortex PST Gen 1 4-16×50 has 21MIL of elevation. Meaning approximately 10.5MIL if you went with a 0MOA Picatinny rail. Most cartridges will easily get to 1000 in 10.5MIL. If you go with a 20MOA rail, that adds about 5.8MIL of elevation adjustment. Meaning you would have about 16MIL of elevation to use. That should get you to 1500 yards in a lot of cartridges. Probably not for hunting, but for ringing steel or smacking rocks. [/QUOTE]
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