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Will I loose my 100 yard Zero?
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<blockquote data-quote="Eaglet" data-source="post: 207796" data-attributes="member: 3756"><p>scsims,</p><p> </p><p>With the new information you provided here are my conclusions:</p><p> </p><p>ArcTang(0.020/3.5) = 0.3274° = 0°19' = <span style="color: darkred">19 MOA's </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: black">That means (assuming you zeroed at 100 yards) that with the shim you could have your "0" at 100 yards and have 21 MOA's left for vertical adjustment. At 3000 ft of altitude, using the factory bullet you mentioned, you would need 16.75 moa. I would say it would be about the most you want to push it, maybe up to 19 that would allow you to shoot at that altitude at about... 19.25 moa would put you at 650 yards.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 10px">This is what's bothereing me. I have never used shims before and I would think that if you base is a single one piece base, a 0.020" shim would be alright to place at the rear of the base; but if you have 2 separate pieces as base I would not use shims. In my mind you would mess up the scope. Would be putting too much stress on it.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eaglet, post: 207796, member: 3756"] scsims, With the new information you provided here are my conclusions: ArcTang(0.020/3.5) = 0.3274° = 0°19' = [COLOR=darkred]19 MOA's [/COLOR] [SIZE=4][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]That means (assuming you zeroed at 100 yards) that with the shim you could have your "0" at 100 yards and have 21 MOA's left for vertical adjustment. At 3000 ft of altitude, using the factory bullet you mentioned, you would need 16.75 moa. I would say it would be about the most you want to push it, maybe up to 19 that would allow you to shoot at that altitude at about... 19.25 moa would put you at 650 yards.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][SIZE=2]This is what's bothereing me. I have never used shims before and I would think that if you base is a single one piece base, a 0.020" shim would be alright to place at the rear of the base; but if you have 2 separate pieces as base I would not use shims. In my mind you would mess up the scope. Would be putting too much stress on it.[/SIZE] [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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