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Cross post from did you go shooting section but what scope are you using on your 22 rifles to shoot from 100 to 300 yards? I have a 20 MOA base that I tried but had no luck with it.

I have the rifle zeroed at 100 yards and maxed out the elevation when I was shooting 200 yards. I had to use the first hash mark from the cross-hairs to hit an 8" steel.
 
I seem to recall there's around 120" of drop at 300 yards, so roughly around 40MOA. With a 20MOA rail you'd need at least another 20MOA of elevation to reach that far. So... an optic with a total elevation adjustment of 50MOA to be safe.

A Super Sniper 10x would get you there without the 20MOA rail and have elevation to spare: 140MOA of elevation.
https://www.swfa.com/swfa-ss-10x42-tactical-30mm-riflescope-6.html
 
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I have a leupold mk4 3.5-10 that's really the bees knees. Had a second one, but traded it a while back and wished I had kept it now...
 
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I have a swfa 3-15x on my cz 455.

It’s pretty awesome. I did add the 20 moa rail just because.
 
I was on a 300 yard range today and had my 455/Ares BTR/20 MOA rail. With a 50 yard zero, 300 yards was 47 MOA up. It was steel, breezy, and the Std+ wasn’t grouping well at that range but 47 is pretty close. I wasn’t out of adjustment, and have an additional 22MOA of drop visible in the reticle at 27x, so 400 should be no problem, so I am pretty happy with that. I will go back to test that out on paper on a calm morning with better ammo to get better data.


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About 2 or 3 months ago I pulled a 20 MOA rail off the gun. The scope has a 50 MOA adjustment. Now if I can remember where I put the rail, I should have a 45 MOA adjustment from the center of the scope. Been through my reloading bench, tool box and spare parts and not rail. Where did I put it??????
 
I have a SS 16x Fixed on my Annie. A Weaver 3x15 FFP on the Ruger.... Now... my daughter???

That crazy girl loves her Osprey 10x40x50 cheap scope that she picked out when she was 4. WTF??? The Eyebox is wackadoo sensitive, the "RangeFinding Reticle" is a a pain... and the glass sucks.....

But that sonofagun has tracked true for 10 years. Tracked to the 1/8" every. single. time. I don't know what to make of it, but it is a true tracking scope and probably the only one ever made. She loves it. I hate it, but she shoots it... and ranks well.

I think that as long as you have a scope that is repeatable and never changes zero... You are 80% there. You will have a better chance with higher end scopes with getting a true tracker and even then it is a 90% proposition on when it was assembled. If you find one that repeats zero over and over.. it's a keeper!
 
I have run an Athlon Helos and a Vortex Diamondback tactical on my CZ455 match rifle with a 50 yard zero - both on a 25 MOA rail. I have shot the Helos out to 500 yards and the Vortex out to 400 yards. Both have done very well at those distances. I could dial to 300 in both scopes with standard velocity ammo, and had enough left over dial that I could dial it up till it stopped (usually at around 45-50 MOA) and still easily hold over at 400 in the reticle. At 500 with the Helos, I ran out of holdover in the reticle and had to back off the magnification and get a little bit creative with the margins.
 
I am running a athlon argos 6x24x50 mil/mil scope on my savage b22 atm. Has burris signature zee rings with 20 moa built in to the rings and a 20 moa base so 40 moa total. Still have a few mils of adjustment left after dialing for 300yds. If I do my part I can hit a 8 inch steel target at 300yds with cci green tag.
 
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I have a SS 16x Fixed on my Annie. A Weaver 3x15 FFP on the Ruger.... Now... my daughter???

That crazy girl loves her Osprey 10x40x50 cheap scope that she picked out when she was 4. WTF??? The Eyebox is wackadoo sensitive, the "RangeFinding Reticle" is a a pain... and the glass sucks.....

But that sonofagun has tracked true for 10 years. Tracked to the 1/8" every. single. time. I don't know what to make of it, but it is a true tracking scope and probably the only one ever made. She loves it. I hate it, but she shoots it... and ranks well.

I think that as long as you have a scope that is repeatable and never changes zero... You are 80% there. You will have a better chance with higher end scopes with getting a true tracker and even then it is a 90% proposition on when it was assembled. If you find one that repeats zero over and over.. it's a keeper!
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I got that same style of the 10-40 scope but in 6-24. I tried my buddys 10-40 and you are right the eye relief is difficult but I used the 6-24 and it tracks great and the eye relief is a LOT better. Got mine at a gun show on sale.. but their prices online arent bad either...https://buyospreyglobal.com/tactical-6-24x50-mdg-irf/

Sure you spend 2 grand you increase your chances but i just cant spend 2 grand when my current stuff is dropping stuff just fine.
 
Just picked up a Vortex Viper to try a little longer shooting. We will see how she does. Actually it will prob be more how I do.
 
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