I recently mated my new TRG 22 with a S&B 3-12x50 PMII. Here's a pic of the rifle and a target from my first and latest range trip:
9 shot group:
My point isn't to chest thump or boost my ego by posting the pics. Rather, it's to give you a better idea of the rig I'm speaking of.
I do not have a canted rail on this rifle (it's the factory Sako rail. using Talley medium rings). My intended purpose for this rifle is range/bench shooting and hunting. I never intended this rifle to be a 1k yard rig, 900 at most (hence the 20" barrel choice).
To the point! I do not know how to properly measure the scope height to input proper data into a ballistics calculator. I've always been taught that the closer to the barrel the scope sits, the better and I always leave that input data at the default 1.5".
Even without the canted base and medium rings with a 200 yard zero, I still have 13.5 mils of upward adjustment left on the scope (according to the ballistics data, I'm more than good enough to reach out to 900 yards).
Here comes the stupid question! How does the scope height affect bullet drop/ballistics info (long range) and which is more beneficial to long rang shooting, less or more than 1.5" scope height? Why is 1.5" always the default scope height?
9 shot group:
My point isn't to chest thump or boost my ego by posting the pics. Rather, it's to give you a better idea of the rig I'm speaking of.
I do not have a canted rail on this rifle (it's the factory Sako rail. using Talley medium rings). My intended purpose for this rifle is range/bench shooting and hunting. I never intended this rifle to be a 1k yard rig, 900 at most (hence the 20" barrel choice).
To the point! I do not know how to properly measure the scope height to input proper data into a ballistics calculator. I've always been taught that the closer to the barrel the scope sits, the better and I always leave that input data at the default 1.5".
Even without the canted base and medium rings with a 200 yard zero, I still have 13.5 mils of upward adjustment left on the scope (according to the ballistics data, I'm more than good enough to reach out to 900 yards).
Here comes the stupid question! How does the scope height affect bullet drop/ballistics info (long range) and which is more beneficial to long rang shooting, less or more than 1.5" scope height? Why is 1.5" always the default scope height?
