Range Trip – 5-28-2026
I’m so much
more than pleased with my Remington 700 5R Milspec rifle in .308. It is the best shooting rifle I’ve ever
owned. However, I have been looking for
a scope that would give me a bit more flexibility at distance. Last month I chose one that I believe will do
well. It is a Viper® PST™ Gen
II 3-15x44 FFP with a EBR-7C (MOA) Reticle and a 30mm Tube. Turns out I did not have the right rings on
hand so there was a slight delay while I ordered the correct ones. I got them the end of last week and got the
scope mounted. I set aside today to go
to the range and zero the entire system.
Honestly, it really went smoothly.
I started out at 10 yards and did a bore sight. Then pushed back to 25 and finally 50
yards. Once I was happy, I moved to 100
Yards for a final zero. You’ll see the
target sheet below. I did a few final tweaks before I shot targets #4 and
#5. As you can see, I shot 100% with #4
coming in at .93MOA and #5 coming in at 1.04MOA. Average group size for the Final Zero Target
was 0.97MOA.
I then moved to
the #1 Sheet. Again, I shot 100% with average
group size coming in a 0.94MOA. My best group
was 0.44 MOA on Target #4.
My minimums
were easily met – 2MOA average with 90% hit rate – and exceeded.
Just for the
heck of it . . . and because I had 15 rounds left over from the box . . . I
posted my typical 50-yard target and decided to send a single round at each 2-inch
target. The fact that the center is a
light grey made it more difficult to pick up but I only dropped 3 rounds out of
12 at 100-yards coming in with an 83%.
Below my 90% but I’ll take it.
Next time I’ll use the solid black centers – I think that will make a
difference. We’ll see.
My real reason
for the scope upgrade is to push out to longer range. There is a local range – Sure Shot – and John
has targets out to 800 I believe available on a daily basis. With the First Focal Place advantage and the
EBR-7C reticle with a larger aperture I’m looking forward to stretching my legs
a bit. But, that’s for another range
trip. For this one, all goals were met
and exceeded. A fine time was had.
