Scoping CA Traverse 300 PRC

[Dooner]

I just purchased the above rifle. As many of you may know, this rifle comes with a 0-MOA optic rail. I plan on scoping it with a Leupold VX-5HD 3-15x44 FireDot Duplex that I use on my other hunting rifles. This scope has "W/E Travel at 100 Yds: 75/75 MOA".

I zero my rifles at 200yds. For me, long range is anything over 400yds, and don't plan on taking a shot much beyond 600yds. With the Hornady 215 Gr ELD-X, zeroed at 200yds, the dial-up for 700 yds is ~12.5 MOA. In fact the dial-up for 1000yds is ~ 22.5 MOA.

Am I correct in understanding that I don't need to install a 20 MOA rail for shots out to 700yds, or even out to 1000yds??

Thanks in Advance

 

[SPitty]

I guess it all depends. Most scopes are set in the center of the range of adjustment when they leave the manufacture. I say most because I just had an experience with a new scope that wasn't set in the center. Anyway, if it was set in the center, you had 37.5 dial-up and down when you started to zero your rifle. If you used any dial-up to zero your rifle at 200 yards, you would need to take that from the 37.5 dial-up you had to start with. So if you used 10 MOA, you should have 27.5 MOA of dial-up left which would allow you to dial-up to 1000 yards. As I mentioned, everything depends on where the turret was set when you started. If unknown, you could always dial-up counting the MOA until you hit the maximum elevation and then you will know exactly what you have available.

 

[Trm82]

Once your rifle is zeroed see many moa you have left on your dial.
I just put a VX5 HD on my 300 ultra and it doesn't seem like it has the the vertical adjust that a Zeiss V4 does. If I had to choose between the two scopes I'd take the zeiss but I'd thought I'd try one built in North America and support "local ".
I shoot 168 ttsx at 3475 FPS and I have 28 moa left on turret so I think you'd get well past 700 yards with a high bc bullet