DV from United States, MN Public Profile

I started long range target shooting a few years ago and when I started out I decided to get reasonably inexpensive glass and go with an out of the box remington 700.

Once I was pretty confident out to 600 yards with an entry level scope it was time for some upgrades but good glass was out of my price range. I waited for a year or so and was finally able to make the jump to the Nightforce (in addition to upgrading most of the parts on the 700 as well). Took it out to the range and sighted it in with three shots. After about twenty warm up shots I was able to shoot a .51" group bench rest/bipod with sandbag at 100 yards.

It was really nice to not need a spotting scope and to be able to see the target crystal clear. The eye relief is really good for this level of zoom which is great because the 308 kicks "a little".

I tracked the turrets to the bottom left of the target, upper right and straight back to zero. Then I set the zero stop and tracked to the top left, top right and right back to zero. Amazing and really nice to know that if I ever get out and have to move things I can get right back to zero in a jiffy.

I needed a QD set-up for my AR10 so that I could switch from long range with my Leupold Mark 4 and short range with the Trijicon MRO. I bought two solutions from American Defense, this for the Leupold and the MRO mount.

This mount is easy to adjust to the rails (read the instructions!) and once I mounted the base to the rifle, getting scope on was pretty straightforward. The side mounted screws are little bit of a hassle compared to top mount as the scope doesn't want to stay in place until you get the screws loosely mounted. Once that was done I put a level on the rifle to be sure it was all square and level and then the scope. A little tinkering later and it was solid as a rock.

Mounting and unmounting is super fast and easy and nice return to zero. I imagine I won't have to mess with this set up now that it's all dialed in and locktite (blue) secured.