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Reasonable Expectation(s)???and left and right?
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<blockquote data-quote="Rifleman97" data-source="post: 1419280" data-attributes="member: 103996"><p>NXS series as well as the beast and ATacR are excellent at tracking. Schmidt is even better. (Never had a march but I hear they're good too) </p><p>The nightforce SHV series is not tested for tracking so don't trust them. SFWA is the cheapest scope I'd ever trust to track well all the time, and one of the few under a grand I'd trust. At 1100 yards you should be looking at a 20-25 power scope unless you've got an F class gun where getting 10 shots in 3" is the goal with a super fine reticle. Some people say 10-15 is enough for 1000 and they're right, but I have bad eyes so a little extra (20-25x) is what I prefer.</p><p>Check your rings, and also you don't need to shoot the gun to test tracking. Get an MOA grid target and put it at a measured distance (for example. 25, 50, or 100 yards) and lock the gun down on a bench so it can't move. You can move the turrets to the top left corner, down to the bottom left, over to the right, and back to the top right and then to center. If the reticle doesn't move in accordance with the moa, or when it does it isn't consistent, it's the scope. If it is consistent, then do the Same test, and then shoot the gun at the center. Do it again, shoot at center, if your groupings changed position From the first group to the last, but the reticle moved the correct amount along the moa (or mil) grid, it's something else, most likely your mounting solution.</p><p>My test might be a little flawed but it's worked well for me in the past.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rifleman97, post: 1419280, member: 103996"] NXS series as well as the beast and ATacR are excellent at tracking. Schmidt is even better. (Never had a march but I hear they’re good too) The nightforce SHV series is not tested for tracking so don’t trust them. SFWA is the cheapest scope I’d ever trust to track well all the time, and one of the few under a grand I’d trust. At 1100 yards you should be looking at a 20-25 power scope unless you’ve got an F class gun where getting 10 shots in 3” is the goal with a super fine reticle. Some people say 10-15 is enough for 1000 and they’re right, but I have bad eyes so a little extra (20-25x) is what I prefer. Check your rings, and also you don’t need to shoot the gun to test tracking. Get an MOA grid target and put it at a measured distance (for example. 25, 50, or 100 yards) and lock the gun down on a bench so it can’t move. You can move the turrets to the top left corner, down to the bottom left, over to the right, and back to the top right and then to center. If the reticle doesn’t move in accordance with the moa, or when it does it isn’t consistent, it’s the scope. If it is consistent, then do the Same test, and then shoot the gun at the center. Do it again, shoot at center, if your groupings changed position From the first group to the last, but the reticle moved the correct amount along the moa (or mil) grid, it’s something else, most likely your mounting solution. My test might be a little flawed but it’s worked well for me in the past. [/QUOTE]
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