Shooting at 1000 yards....

[Dave S]

I see...
Anyway, Ross, aside from the self confessed patronising blurb, have you had any more thoughts on a scope?

[thibben]

Ross,

Also interested, you could throw in what rifle, load etc.

Cheers Terry

[sunshinedave]

I had a Zeiss Conquest on my 308 initially - the zero wasn't in the centre of the elevation range, and couple this with the fact it had next to no adjustment anyway, I really struggled to get on 1000yds with my 308, and that was with a 20moa rail! (Was using full elevation and the bottom mildot!)

Since then I've got a Nightforce with 115moa of adjustment, a little overkill I know, but still - lesson learned the hard way!

[thibben]

Dave,

Which model Conquest out of intereset? Do you know what your eventual come up was at 1000 yards taking into acount the mildots might not actually be 'mils' (as I do not know what setting on your scope a mil is a mil, being a SFP scope that is )

I can understand the zero not being in the centre of adjustment with a 20moa rail, some folks end up with a 28-30 mnute rail with a 308, also depends on your load as the 308 does become a bit 'baseball like' out at 1000 yards. My 308 using 175g SMK's required just over 10 mils (36+") of elevation to get to 1000 yards

Nightforce are nice, you can see why they are so popular for long range target work.

Terry