140 A-Max drop

[chuck boyer]

I have found a range that is having a 600 yd benchrest shoot for hunting rifles. My 6.5 Swede load is pushing the 140 A-Max right at 2800fps. My question is this: How many quarter minute clicks do I need to add to my Meopta scope to obtain a 600yd zero from a 100yd zero? I am not confident with my math while taking in the consideration of the high BC of the 140 A-Max.

 

[camac]

Here is the table from JBM ballistics (online)
Range Drop Drop
(yd) (in) (MOA)
0 -1.5 ***
100 0 0
200 -3.5 -1.7
300 -12.7 -4
400 -28.4 -6.8
500 -51.4 -9.8
600 -83 -13.2
so it looks like you will roughly need to raise 13.2 moa - Meopta scope should be 4 clicks to minute so around 53 clicks should get you close.

 

[chuck boyer]

Since I made the post last night, I looked at Hornady's website and played with their ballistic calculator. Plug the numbers in and hit calculate and presto. Right on. Thanks

 

[Rem06]

measure your scope height to get even closer