

Posted: 8/23/2017 10:16:31 AM EDT
In particular on a AR10 platform with a 3x18 scope (vortex razor hd 2). I'm starting to play around with the long rang stuff but also looking to to hunt with it. I am planning to buy a Geissele in 20 MOA but want to hear about the cons.
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I don't think so.
Seems necessary with most scopes that domt have enough elevation adjustment. I bought a fairly expensive Nikon monarch 6-20x mildot a long time ago before I knew much about that stuff (still don't know a ton). It only has 50 moa adjustment. So 25 up, if centered at start.(can only dial a max of 775 yards for ahot). 45moa adjustment wiith a 20 moa base, which allows dialing out to almost 1100 yards. |
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If you already have a 0 MOA base, there is the con of having to buy a 20 MOA base that you might not get any benefit from.
If you have no base, there is no reason not to get the 20. |
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At low magnification and close up the 20 MOA base can make the image look fucky or so I've heard.
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No cons using a 20 MOA base on my 700 in .308. I hunt with it no problems. I use that particular rifle on a farm where I can take longer shots but I've also used it to take critters from 15-50 yards.
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I don't see any con's.
If you are going to shoot at long ranges you will absolutely want/need the 20 moa base, and the scope will have enough elevation adjustment to counter the base for closer in shooting. |
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Guy next to me last week at the range was popping off a S&W m&P 10. After a while I heard the RO spotting for him and they are saying that he is shooting low and out of adjustment. Had a nice Nikon on the rifle and a one piece base (M308) that was backwards. First think I thought of was a 20moa base. I recommended that he turn it around because that might be a LR range base. 20 minutes later he was on paper...
I ended up wasting a lot of ammo myself.... |
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He's saying at 1X the image from one eye won't jive with the image from the other eye due to the scoped image being at a canted angle. I'm not saying it does/doesn't happen as I have no idea, I've never tried it, but I've heard the same thing.
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At low magnification and close up the 20 MOA base can make the image look fucky or so I've heard. ![]() |
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At low magnification and close up the 20 MOA base can make the image look fucky or so I've heard. View Quote All actions are different and their mounting geometries, when things are bolted down, aren't uniform across the board. Also, just because you have a scope with say 50 MOA of travel, doesn't mean that it get's split in half. If fact, you're more apt to have less than 25 MOA of UP after everything is said and done. It's just Murphy's Law. I've got four target grade bolt guns and they all have 30, 20, 20 and 20 MOA rails, so I'm a fan. Chris |
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Damn near bought a 20MOA mount for my .22-250
But I really don't think I'll push it that far. ![]() No, it will still zero just fine at 100 yards. |
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Why limit yourself to 20 MOA, you may run out of adjustment if you have to make a 3,450m shot in a pinch. I personally like about 250 moa http://www.beowulfx.com/files/includes/images/wp-content-uploads-2013-09-beowulfx_deluxe_closeup-1280x720.jpg View Quote |
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Why limit yourself to 20 MOA, you may run out of adjustment if you have to make a 3,450m shot in a pinch. I personally like about 250 moa http://www.beowulfx.com/files/includes/images/wp-content-uploads-2013-09-beowulfx_deluxe_closeup-1280x720.jpg View Quote |
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In particular on a AR10 platform with a 3x18 scope (vortex razor hd 2). I'm starting to play around with the long rang stuff but also looking to to hunt with it. I am planning to buy a Geissele in 20 MOA but want to hear about the cons. View Quote What is the range you are shooting? Even if you shoot 1,000 meters, based on what you have (7.62 X 51), 10 MOA base will be more than enough. The down side of 20 MOA mount is, if you have a large objective, a 20 MOA base will lower the objective enough to touch or interfere with your forward rail, or you might need higher rings. Yes, the +MOA bases tilts the scope down wrt rifle. I have 20 MOA + NF ATAC on my DTI SRS, and I wind up adding a 1/2" spacer between the optics base and the rifle, because the objective touches the front rail. |
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What am I missing here? That base is ridiculously high, but it looks fairly level. It's not even 20MOA, much less 250. ![]() Too much effort to let others in on the joke? |
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The only issue with a 20moa base is that it's not a 30moa base
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If you install it backwards you'll never be able to sight your gun in further than a foot and a half.
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What is the range you are shooting? Even if you shoot 1,000 meters, based on what you have (7.62 X 51), 10 MOA base will be more than enough. The down side of 20 MOA mount is, if you have a large objective, a 20 MOA base will lower the objective enough to touch or interfere with your forward rail, or you might need higher rings. Yes, the +MOA bases tilts the scope down wrt rifle. I have 20 MOA + NF ATAC on my DTI SRS, and I wind up adding a 1/2" spacer between the optics base and the rifle, because the objective touches the front rail. View Quote |
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Its really only necessary on guns that you want to zero at long ranges.
If you're using a scope with capped turrets that you zero at 100 or 200 yards, you don't gain any advantage from using a canted base. If you dial elevation into the scope then a 20 MOA base gets you 20 MOA closer to the at-range zero. This is really only useful at or near the limit of the scope's travel. I wouldn't bother with a 20 MOA base on a hunting rifle or anything that I don't intend on having a scope with exposed turrets. |
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At low magnification and close up the 20 MOA base can make the image look fucky or so I've heard. View Quote ![]() 0 moa, if you are going to zero at 100 and rarely, if ever, shoot beyond 300. Shooting beyond that? 20 moa will give you more elevation adjustment at longer ranges. That's it. Don't over think it. |
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It moves the zero away from the center of the glass. On cheaper or older scopes the edges don't have as good of clarity as the center. On good, modern quality scopes it's a non issue. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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haven't made it to 1,000 yet but that is the plan. I'm shooting a 6.5 Creedmoor. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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What is the range you are shooting? Even if you shoot 1,000 meters, based on what you have (7.62 X 51), 10 MOA base will be more than enough. The down side of 20 MOA mount is, if you have a large objective, a 20 MOA base will lower the objective enough to touch or interfere with your forward rail, or you might need higher rings. Yes, the +MOA bases tilts the scope down wrt rifle. I have 20 MOA + NF ATAC on my DTI SRS, and I wind up adding a 1/2" spacer between the optics base and the rifle, because the objective touches the front rail. I shoot a Ruger Precision Rifle that has a built in 20 MOA rail, my scope is a Vortex 6-24x50 HST. I really appreciate the 20 moa rail! If you are planning on routinely shooting those long ranges you will want the 20 moa rail, but at the same time I can easily dial down to a 100 yard zero if I want. |
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At low magnification and close up the 20 MOA base can make the image look fucky or so I've heard. View Quote I have two bolt guns that I run 40 moa bases on, each with a scope that has 32 mils of elevation or over 100 moa. I can zero both at 100 and dial them out to 2200 without holdovers. Both scopes are in the 4.5 to 30 range, one Bushnell XRS and one Athlon Cronus. With my bases if I dial back to 4X I can see a light blur in the bottom of the field of view from my suppressor. If I increase the magnification to between 6-7X it goes away and stays gone with any higher mag power. That's my attempt at trying to figure out wtf he is talking about. |
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Well that was 10 pounds of fail in a 5 pound bag.
I recall a thread about 20 MOA bases on scopes at 1x or lower magnification settings (3x or less) making it difficult to get a clear image through the scope especially at closer ranges. I don't remember if it was just the offset making both eyes open shooting difficult or the angle making it hard to get a non-shadowed round sight picture at low magnification. Holy shot you guys are hard to please! He was asking about negatives of a 20 MOA base. I did a piss poor job of explaining something I read about a potential negative. Isn't that the idea? ![]() |
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