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600 Yards is a Long Way

600 Yards is a Long Way

I was the successful high bidder on your Quigley Ford 4-16x60 long range scope at an NRA event in April of 2018. (This company donated these scopes to NRA events) For $200 additional I was able to upgrade to the 5-20x50 scope. The scope sat idle for the next couple of years till I decided and purchased what rifle I wanted to put it on. I went with Browning Hells Canyon Long range 6.5 creedmoor as a host rifle.

These Scopes are custom ground to your rifle caliber, barrel length and particular bullet selection and ballistic coefficient. After testing various ammo, I went with Hornady precision Hunter 143 grain ELD-x ammo. I subsequently mounted it up and went to my range for sight in. The range that I belong to has a Max of 200 yards. I did my due diligence on sight in and was touching a hole at 100 yd and sub moa at 200.

The scope is ground from 100 to 1,000 yd in 100 yd increments. With 100 yd sight in I was pleased that the 200-yard reticle was dead on. The rifle set unfired again until about 2 weeks ago. I planned on taking it on a hunting trip to West Virginia and was offered by a friend to come over to his house and shoot. He has a 600-yard 2'x2' steel plate.

I just did a quick setup using a small sandbag as a rest.

I confirmed with my rangefinder that his claims are exactly dead on 600 yd to the steel plate. A round was fired and my jaw almost dropped when the initial shot was almost dead center. I honestly was in disbelief of that amount of accuracy from something that is never shot beyond 200 yd. I fired a second shop which was about 4 in low towards 4:00.

At this point I was so tickled that I put the rifle in the case and said there's no more need to shoot. It doesn't get any better than this. A lot of people claim to make long yardage shots but I'm here to tell you 600 is a long way.

Just a short comment in closing. I have shot many many rifle scope combinations in my lifetime. This Quigley Ford scope is absolutely as good as it gets. With a good quality shooter sled, I have absolutely no doubt this system would be function as claimed at a thousand yards.

Many thanks Quigley Ford,
Rusty

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