I am new to the long range shooting. I have been shooting 100 yards for a long time and finally broke down and bought a low end to you guys but the best to me, rifle. I bought a Savage PC10 and put Leopold one piece base with Leopold twist in rings. The scope is a Nikon Monarch 6x24x50 along with the harris bi-pod that swivels. I am a beginner and don't really know where to go with it. I am only looking for 500 yards in range but I want to be very precise. I have been figuring drops from Federals ballistics charts along with what my scope can to on the adjustments and they are crazy huge. I have been thinking of sighting in at 300 zero to minimize the adjustments but is this like being bottle fed to be able to adjust the scope? I want to learn to shoot accuratly within the 500 yard range. This might seem like a breeze for most but for me right now I am so confused on what to do. I want to shoot Gold Match 168 BTHP rounds that were suggested to me from a local guy that I know. If you have a setup that is similar to what I have and have any suggestions please let me know, I would appreciate the input on where to start. I don't have the money for the cosign/angle thing but I did put the rifle on some calibration equiptment for theodolites (Land Surveying) and got the vertical axis perfect to the rifles bore if leveled and perfectly projected on a vertical plane to the scope. Main thing is what should my zero be and should you ajust scope for range? I don't have a BDC or mil dot just a Nikoplex crosshair.