AusVarmint

Hi Guys,

I am looking to upgrade the scope on my .22 (sako P94) that I mainly use for benchrest but also for silhouette and the odd bunny sniping session. For this reson I'd prefer a variable scope (6-20 magnificantion or slightly higher)

My budget is very tight ($400 is pushing it)so I was considering the Clearidge Ultra XP 2-20x40 with mildot reticle(1/8 adjustment and AO)
My only reservation is that it only has 33MOA of internal adjustment.
Does anyone know if this is likley to be sufficient for a 22lr or am I going to end up needing an adjustable base?
It will be sighted in for 50m and use the mildots for hold off for silhouette.

33MOA doesn't sound like a lot... any help would be appreciated before I spend my money.

Cheers
Bagman

Hi Bagman
You should get at least a 150 yard zero with subsonics and still have your mil dots on top of that.
How far you hoping to shoot? The furthest silhouette is normaly 100 isn't it?

Glenn

Hey Bagman

Ye how far you going to shoot, if that Clearidge has 33 moa, remember that you will be somewhere around the middle when you fit the scope, so only have say 15 - 17 up or down. If you zero your Clearidge for 50 and use a 22lr subsonic you will roughly be 16-17 inches low at 100. So yes you may be very close to running out of adjustment. But because you have the mildot retcicle, screw your elevation screw way down so its nearly at the bottom and you have all the elevation to go up available. Then shoot at 50 onto a really big piece of paper using your main reticle, look where the bullet impact and see which mildot it relates to. Then all you gotta do is remember that mildot and zero to that at 50. That way you shoot at fifty using a holdover and have heaps of up evelvation left. Does that make sense to you.

I recently bought a Clearidge Ultra XP5 for my sons rifle. Very good glass for the money about $750. Quite happy with it.

Not sure how the Ultra XP glass compares to the XP5 but if they are the same then you should be OK.

Thanks Guys,

I'll mostly be shooting benchrest at 50m and then the silhouette at 25m - 100m.

Sounds like I should be right with it sighted in at 50m and then use the mil-dots for hold over for Silhouette.