conquest rapid z

[jaylow?]

bought a zeiss conquest rapid z 600 off another member here. got her mounted and bore sighted and took off to the range. and i must admit i was kind of sceptical how well the bdc would work in real life ... but wow! set it up at 200 then let it rip , the longest target was about 550 and was no problem. i think i might not be so much a leupold guy anymore!


ps, i realize i need more than a bdc to take an animal at that kind of distance. thought id throw that in before i get my ***** kicked here...lol

[LongBomber]

I do alot of "rock" hunting with several scopes with BDC reticals, once you get teh ranges they are "on" at they are very convient. The rocks around here will never be the same again...

[Tundra Monkey]

Originally Posted by jaylow?

ps, i realize i need more than a bdc to take an animal at that kind of distance. thought id throw that in before i get my ***** kicked here...lol

Not really.......strap it on a shooter and practice practice practice

tm

[LongBomber]

I shoot at tide liquid soap bottles. milk jugs and 2 litre pop bottles at up to 500 yards with my B&C retical on my 300wsm. If there is no wind and you can get a steady rest (ie bipod) blowing them up is no problem. Under the right conditions and with thousands of practice rounds I think a shot of 500 should not be a problem. You should know the conditions when this shot is possible to make and walk away when the condiditons aren't right.

Your right, you do need more. A good rangefinder, a windmeter, angle indicator...but most importantly is the practice, more practice and then just a little more practice. The wind is actually the biggest factor in hitting targets at long distance. I build my own little range with targets out to 1000yards...things get exponecially tougher past 600 yards.

[gunman300]

I was looking at getting one of these. Just wondering how it works with different calibres, bullet weight, muzzle velocity. Bullets do not all drop at the same rate so do you need a specific scope for calibre and bullet weight?

[LongBomber]

On the typical american scope (almost all are second focal plane reticals) you actually change the power setting of the scope. I have a Leupold VXIII4.5-14 with the B&C retical on my 300wsm, it calibrates pretty much bang on at 14X, with my 165 tsx handloads. I tried it on my 308 and it is dead on at 12X, I made a little white dot at that location with a white-out pen.

My VXIII came with 2 settings marked on the magnification ring and in the instructions it gives you some guidelines as to which calibers use each setting, but this needs to be confirmed at the rifle range. If you are shooting 500 yards with the 500 yard hashmark, and the bullet hits low you decrease the power setting on the scope, if it hits high you increase the magnification.

[jaylow?]

with the .270 win , i had the scope at 9x magnification. i imagine i could probably get a little more accuracy out of it by trying to shoot groups at the 400 and 500 yrd marks and adjusting the magnification.... but im incredibly lazy and just wanted to shoot the gongs.