We just returned from stretching our .22s out to 300yds. This was our first attempt at that distance. It was a definitely pleasant way to spend the morning. It’s just too bad that we ran out of scope adjustments. I thought a 25 moa rail would handle that distance but my p.o.i. ended up 8.75” low.
Long range .22
- Thread starter Topwater
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I'm curious about that also. The two rifles that I shoot at 300 yds. are zeroed at 50. With a 40 gr. bullet going about 1070 fps I dial up somewhere around 45 moa. One rifle has a 20 moa rail, the other has a 30 moa rail.
I have a Vortex Golden Eagle mounted on a 25 MOA rail atop a CZ 457 MTR. The Ammo today was SK Match (red box) and Aguila. I’m not sure how much we’ll be shooting at that distance. If I mounted a 30 MOA, I’m sure it would give enough elevation for the 300 yard range. I checked around online today and it seems as if the price of rails has risen dramatically. I think $100 is pretty exorbitant for a rail.
dstoenner
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Whisky Tahoe Foxtrot
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@Topwater Consider keeping your rail and getting Burris Signature XTR rings.
I have the DIP 25 MOA rail and the Signature XTR rings can change inserts to go out to 300 and beyond.
If you wanted to have 50, 100, 200 and beyond covered, you could consider two setups.
The XTRs will go back on the rail with minimal readjustment required as long as you leave the rings around the scope set.
I have the DIP 25 MOA rail and the Signature XTR rings can change inserts to go out to 300 and beyond.
If you wanted to have 50, 100, 200 and beyond covered, you could consider two setups.
The XTRs will go back on the rail with minimal readjustment required as long as you leave the rings around the scope set.
I had no problems reaching out past 300yds with my 457 MTR, and it was equipped with a BScar 25 MOA rail. But, I had an Athlon Cronus 4.5-29x56 mil scope mounted, which has plenty of internal elevation adjustment to reach 300. However, IIRC, I had to use the reticle to hold-over to reach 400yds. My come-ups with a 50yd zero are 1.4 mils@100, 7.8 mils@200, 13.7 mils@300. SK LR Match & Lapua Polar Biathlon both chrono at 1100fps or a tad faster, and will get me out to these distances with a couple of tenths fewer mils. I used SFP scopes with MOA adjustments for 40+yrs, but when I started shooting PRS-style matches, it didn't take long for me to convert to ffp mil scopes, for both CF & RF shooting.
This setup has Burris Pos-Align ring inserts that are shimmed with a calcd. thickness of plastic credit card to maximize up turret adjustment beyond 50-yd. zero, and have shot it at cow pies beyond 400 yds. (2X Nikon actually-rated at 120 MOA total adjustment. Yeah I cried when Nikon went out of the scope business).
Another handgun is a Kidd-barrelled Ruger Charger with a Horus Vision Predator H-70 SMOA reticle that nets me about 140 MOA of up turret + reticle.
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(on my Picuda at the time)
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