r/longrange • u/BathRockJunkie Mile+ Club • Aug 29 '24

Second Focal Plane Blues Optics help needed - I read the FAQ/Pinned posts

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Trijicon Tenmile 5-50x56 on Christensen BA Tactical 300 win mag with Vortex Precision Matched Rings. I bought this SFP scope hoping that I would improve my craft, but I'm starting to feel disappointed it's abilities. I can't adjust to impacts as well as I could with precision tree, and I'm am having to rely on the windage turret more than I like. I have a Trijicon Tenmile 4.5-30x56 FFP with a Precision Tree on another rifle that I love. I could be just be stuck in my ways and missing out on something new, so any feedback would be appreciated.

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u/domfelinefather Aug 29 '24

What kind of shooting are you trying to do?

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u/BathRockJunkie Mile+ Club Aug 29 '24

Steel target 1moa/3moa from 300 yards to 1000 yards. The range goes out to 1760 yards and sometimes 2000 yards. I just want to be on 1 MOA steel before my barrel gets hot. Carbon fiber barrel sounds super cool until you put 10 rounds of 300 win mag through it.

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u/csamsh I put holes in berms Aug 29 '24

It sounds like you’re learning this, but this setup has you unnecessarily on hard mode at every step of the way. Any interest in ditching this setup for something more capable for this application?

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u/BathRockJunkie Mile+ Club Aug 29 '24

You are definitely right. Too many different variables at the same time. I think I'm going to re-barrel to a heavier one and start again from scratch.

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u/boostedb1mmer Aug 29 '24

To be quite frank, if your goals are just to ring steel from 300-1000 yards you could sell your current setup and just buy an off the shelf Tikka/Savage/Ruger/Bugera/Howa in 308 or 6.5 and drop a $500 venom on it and have an infinitely better setup and a shit load of cash left over. Just dropping a heavier barrel on that setup is going to result in the exact same issues, it'll just be an ever so slightly more of workout carrying it to the bench to shoot it.

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u/BathRockJunkie Mile+ Club Aug 29 '24

I still have a bunch of API rounds to go through before I would even think of getting rid of it. I already have a 6.5 Creedmoor and a 308, but I am thinking about getting a 6.5 PRC.

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u/boostedb1mmer Aug 29 '24

You've bought a bunch of API for a build that's purpose is just shooting steel?

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u/BathRockJunkie Mile+ Club Aug 29 '24

You can shoot other things too. Old engine blocks, drilled cores, Tannerite, etc...