Can an ordinary deer rifle in a caliber like .308 (or .30-06, or 7mm-08, .270, etc.) wearing an ordinary deer rifle scope (1" tube, 3x-9x variable power, 40 mm front lens) be zeroed to hit dead-on at 600 yards?
What about coming close to zero, but having to hold "Kentucky elevation" a few feet above the target?
I tried to research this online, but I am not finding much info on the range of adjustment motion for ordinary hunting scopes. Is a total of 80 MOA a reasonable ballpark figure for most scopes from most makers, built over the last 30 years? That would mean once you mount it and zero it at a normal range of maybe 100 yards, you can still go UP another 40 MOA, or 160 clicks. ThaT should get you zero at 600 yards. Does that sound reasonable?
What about coming close to zero, but having to hold "Kentucky elevation" a few feet above the target?
I tried to research this online, but I am not finding much info on the range of adjustment motion for ordinary hunting scopes. Is a total of 80 MOA a reasonable ballpark figure for most scopes from most makers, built over the last 30 years? That would mean once you mount it and zero it at a normal range of maybe 100 yards, you can still go UP another 40 MOA, or 160 clicks. ThaT should get you zero at 600 yards. Does that sound reasonable?