I also need a scope.
I just bought an AR15 and I aspire to shooting accurately to 600 to 900 meters, I am not particularly interested in tactical shooting.
I may never achieve 900 meters, but I will try.
I do not know what I need in the way of a scope.
I am happy to pay up to $1000, and I am willing to go to $2000 if that is necessary to do a good job.
I think that I want to use a metric reticle. I have viewed a few, and I like the very simple reticles with a few 'mil' marks to guide me.
Please advise me about suitable choices. I also need advice about the scope supports that link it to the rifle.
It has been a week, and I have received only two 'HaHas' and no constructive comments.
Did I say something wrong, or is it that obvious that I am a newbie?
I would think that your community would welcome newbies.
I am very disappointed in this site
I have now purchased a
Vortex Optics Viper PST Gen II Rifle Scope
and a
1 x Vortex Precision Extended Cantilever 30mm mount with 20 MOA cant
Did I do wrong? Will I regret this?
Well... I didn't want to destroy your optimism and burst your bubble, but, you asked, so... Let's break this down...
First, you're a newbie... And you expect to shoot to 600-900 yards with a rifle. I would start at 100, and then 200, and with enough time and practice, work your way out to your desired goal, while learning how to assess if your equipment is even up to the challenge the further out you progress... Why do I say this? Well, here's the cold hard facts...
A good scope is not going to do that for you, and magically give you the powers to make you shoot accurately and repeatably at 1000 yards. A good scope will help once you've started honing your skills at those distances, but it will never give you magical powers. You can have the most expensive rifle in the world, but if you can't shoot, or have no experience, you won't hit shit. Buying stuff to shoot better is not how it works. It takes inordinate amounts of practice, skill, and experience to be repeatable at those distances. You can't just slap a new top-tier scope on any basic-ass Wally World special .223 AR and go hit up the 1,000 yard range.
Second... You're talking about shooting a gas gun (AR) to 900 yards...Espeically an, I'm assuming a basic 16" M4 style "battle" rifle, chambered in .223... I would not use those hopes to hold up your rainbow. Shooting a 16" .223 AR at 600+ yards takes extreme discipline and experience, because it's a whole different animal than shooting a bolt-action...And typically the rifle itself is not going to be accurate enough to be up to the challenge...It's the nature of the beast. And shooting a standard basic AR15/M4 in .223 at those distances is probably not a good goal to set.
If you are wanting to shoot long range AR's, you'll need to build something custom with a big long heavy top-tier cut-rifled bull barrel (like a Krieger, Shilen, or Bartlein), expensive hand-fitted billet receivers with zero slop, custom and top-shelf parts, etc... We're talking a $3,000+ (not including optics) custom built precision AR15 to shoot to 1,000+ yards repeatably or on a competitive level.
Third... Shooting a .223 at those distances requires extreme skills, practice, and discipline. It has really light bullets (typically 55 to 77 grains) with a relatively low ballistic coefficient, and it starts losing steam REALLY fast after about 400 yards. And I'm assuming you're planning on shooting factory ammo out of it... There in-lies another problem with your desires. Factory ammo is inconsistent and typically has a high ES and SD, even from box to box out of the same production lot. Precision handloading will be the only way to get consistent enough loads to even start to hone those skills...Given if your rifle is even up to the task...Which has yet to be seen.
It's a decent scope and a good mount. We don't know about the gun, as you didn't list any details of it. But don't expect to slap the new scope on there, and instantly transform into the reincarnation of Chris Kyle or Carlos Hathcock...
