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What pitch base for Edge at a mile?
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<blockquote data-quote="Broz" data-source="post: 590878" data-attributes="member: 7503"><p>Lets start with what scope and how much elevation travel does it have total?</p><p> </p><p>You mentioned 55 in your post I will assume that is 1/2 of the 110 moa travel of a NF 3.5 x15 So with a zero base in a perfect world you would have 55 up and 55 down. So if you put a 40 moa base on you would now have 95 up and 15 down. That should be more than enough to zero at 100 yards.</p><p> </p><p>But lets say uou have a Nightforce 5.5x22 and it has 100 moa total of elevation. So that is 50 up an 50 down with a zero base, again in a perfect world. Then you add the 20 moa base you now have 70 up and 30 down and again more than enough adjustment to zero at 100 yards and room for any error.</p><p> </p><p>When I say "perfect world" I mean you probably will encounter some machining error from either the top of the rifle action, the base it self or even some in the scope too. So I say leave at least 10 to 15 moa at the bottom that will not be used but will allow you to reach the 100 yard zero.</p><p> </p><p>If you choose a cheap *** base, ( I will not mention names) you will find this error could be huge. I have seen the cheepies off by 30 moa. But if you choose a good base like NF you will be very close to what it is suppose to be.</p><p> </p><p>Oh, and for your edge zeroed at 100 yards and at about 4000 ft above sea level you will need 50 to 55 moa up with a 300 Berger or SMK at 1760 yards / 1 mile. </p><p> </p><p>Jeff</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Broz, post: 590878, member: 7503"] Lets start with what scope and how much elevation travel does it have total? You mentioned 55 in your post I will assume that is 1/2 of the 110 moa travel of a NF 3.5 x15 So with a zero base in a perfect world you would have 55 up and 55 down. So if you put a 40 moa base on you would now have 95 up and 15 down. That should be more than enough to zero at 100 yards. But lets say uou have a Nightforce 5.5x22 and it has 100 moa total of elevation. So that is 50 up an 50 down with a zero base, again in a perfect world. Then you add the 20 moa base you now have 70 up and 30 down and again more than enough adjustment to zero at 100 yards and room for any error. When I say "perfect world" I mean you probably will encounter some machining error from either the top of the rifle action, the base it self or even some in the scope too. So I say leave at least 10 to 15 moa at the bottom that will not be used but will allow you to reach the 100 yard zero. If you choose a cheap *** base, ( I will not mention names) you will find this error could be huge. I have seen the cheepies off by 30 moa. But if you choose a good base like NF you will be very close to what it is suppose to be. Oh, and for your edge zeroed at 100 yards and at about 4000 ft above sea level you will need 50 to 55 moa up with a 300 Berger or SMK at 1760 yards / 1 mile. Jeff [/QUOTE]
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