I've been trying to get into shooting 22lr at longer distances 200-500 yards, just mainly for some cheap fun, not doing any serious competitions. And I have my setup which I built for this following advice from various articles and discussions on the subject. The issue is with my setup I only have a small amount of elevation adjustment before I presumably am hitting the end of it's adjustment range. My scope is in MRAD with 0.1 mil adjustments and I can only dial up 2.7 mils from my 50 yard zero before hitting the wall. This means I can't even dial up the necessary amount for 200 yards and I have to use a holdover, and I can only just reach 300 by using a 9mil holdover and dialing up the full amount with HV ammo.
I realize what I am describing is totally normal for long distance 22lr shooting, but with my setup I thought I would have more adjustment range then I am getting.
My setup is as follows: Rifle is a CZ 457 with 24" barrel in a MDT ACC chassis, 30 MOA Area419 scope base, Sphur sp-5001 30mm/1.18" height 0 moa mount, scope is a Vortex Razor HD 5-20x50 FFP MRAD with 36 MRAD/125 MOA worth of total travel.
Is it really just a case of me needing to add even more height to the base/mount? I see the company that makes the 30moa base I am using also offers a 50moa version. If I were to just swap to that base and add 20 more MOA will that give me more room to dial up adjustments? and if so will I end up losing my 50 yard zero as a result since I only have 2.7 mils/9 MOA of adjustment currently?
What about if I were to change the height of the rings, what effect would that have on things? If I got lower rings, or higher rings which would give me more adjustment room? I'm totally confused
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Any members who engage in this sort of long range .22lr shooting, or those that are more familiar with the finer points of scope height adjustment that could offer me any insights would be greatly appreciated.