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Hi Guys
I'm thinking of buying one of these scopes.

They only have 40moa of elevation which seems small to me. I shoot at Bisley mainly at 300 and 600 yards but I would like to shoot from 300 to 1000. The elevation rise form 300 to 1000 is 33 moa which means that when I mount the scope the 300 zero will need to be very close to the bottom of the elevation range. Will this scope work for me?

Thanks for any help.

Quarters wrote:Hi Guys
I'm thinking of buying one of these scopes.

They only have 40moa of elevation which seems small to me. I shoot at Bisley mainly at 300 and 600 yards but I would like to shoot from 300 to 1000. The elevation rise form 300 to 1000 is 33 moa which means that when I mount the scope the 300 zero will need to be very close to the bottom of the elevation range. Will this scope work for me?

Thanks for any help.

If a scope has only 40MOA adjustment, you will, in theory, lose half of this when you mount it (assuming everything is correctly aligned). The trick is to use a 20 or 30 MOA scope-rail to 'recover' the lost elevation.
Third Eye Tactical make Picatinny rails with built-in taper for most modern rifles. Osprey Rifles keep a decent selection in stock.

Hi
Losing moa when I mount the scope is what I'm afraid of. Thanks for your help!

I have the 8-32, and I use a 20 moa base and Burris signature select rings for 10 more. The scope is nearly bottomed out but works nicely thereafter. My dislike is 6 moa per revolution on the turrets.

Not strictly on topic, but I have one of these mounted on a 20MOA rail:

https://www.marchscopes.co.uk/index.php ... ange-scope

It has 60MOA elevation adjustment. I zero at 200yd and need +38MOA at 1,000 yards.

I don't like winding a scope to the edge of its adjustment.

It's a fantastic scope.