Burris MSR User Manual

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User Guide
This user guide includes information for the
entire MSR riflescope line. Please review
thoroughly, and pay close attention to the details
pertaining to your specific riflescope model.
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Congratulations on purchasing a Burris®MSR™ Riflescope! The perfect match for your modern sporting rifle, the MSR is an easy-to-use, rugged riflescope with a trajectory compensating reticle calibrated for the most popular tactical cartridges. Backed by the legendary Burris Forever Warranty, you will enjoy the following features of your MSR Riflescope:
Field Proven Reticle Technology. The Ballistic Plex reticle is one of the most simple, effective, and elegant trajectory compensating reticles on the market.
• Low Profile Adjustment Knobs. The finger-adjustable, low profile adjustment knobs create a sleek profile. Turret indications always reflect a change in the point of impact, resulting in pinpoint accuracy.
• High Performance Glass.Provides excellent brightness and clarity with lasting durability – exactly what you expect from Burris.
• Hi-Lume® Multi-Coated Lenses. Enhanced low-light performance and glare elimination, making more shots possible and increasing your success rate.
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How to Use Your MSR Riflescope
Eyepiece Focusing
The eyepiece can be focused so that the reticle appears sharp and black. Adjusting the focus is quick and easy to do, just follow this procedure:
1. Point the scope at the sky or a plain wall and take a quick glance through the scope. If the reticle appears sharp and black, no further adjustment is necessary.
2. If the reticle does not appear sharp and black, take quick glances through the scope while rotating the focus ring until the reticle pattern is sharp and black.
NOTE: Do not look through the eyepiece as you turn the focus ring. Your eyes will adjust to the out-of-focus condition.
Windage/Elevation Adjustment
The low profile adjustments knobs feature a finger adjustment for both windage and elevation. Once you have successfully zeroed your scope, you can set the zero on your dials with these simple steps:
1) With turret caps removed, grip scope firmly and hold
knob in place.
2) Put pen or other small
object into the small hole located on the dial.
3) Keeping firm grip on the
knob, use the pen to turn the dial back to zero, lining up the number zero with the white indicator dot. Only the numbered dial should move – do not allow the entire knob to move or else you will alter your windage and elevation zero settings.
NOTE: You do not have to set the zero on your dials for your scope to function properly. Doing so can give you peace of mind that your zero is set, plus you can easily confirm if it has moved at any time, but this step is optional.
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Parallax/Focus Adjustment
– Not available on all models –
Parallax is the apparent movement of the reticle in relation to the target when the eye is not directly in line behind the center of the scope. Images from different distances focus in front of or behind the scope’s reticle. Parallax is more noticeable with higher magnification scopes.
Parallax is adjusted by rotating the parallax adjustment ring located on the objective bell. When the scope is set parallax-free for the distance you are viewing, you should be able to move your head side-to-side or up and down without seeing the reticle move appreciably in relation to the target.
Mounting the Scope
We recommend high- quality rings and bases, like the Burris Xtreme Tactical Rings and Xtreme Tactical Bases. Quality components ensure that your scope will remain safely and securely mounted, and will provide the maximum accuracy. Use care when mounting your scope as damage caused by improper mounting is not covered by the Burris Forever Warranty.
Care & Maintenance
MSR riflescopes are fully waterproof and fogproof. In the event that the lenses are subjected to dust, dirt or mud, follow these steps to clean and protect the lens surface. Failure to remove grit before final cleaning is sure to damage lens coatings.
Coarse dirt/debris must be removed from the lens surface. The most convenient way to clean a lens surface is to use a Lens Pen. Position the scope so particles will fall away from the lens, and then use the Lens Pen or soft brush to gently whisk away the debris while blowing on the lens to dislodge the particles. For heavy dirt, like dried mud, use a spray of clean water or lens cleaning fluid to remove the dirt.
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Your Burris riflescope will provide a reliable performance
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.22LR CCI Mini Mag.
40 gr
1235 fps
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.22LR Rem Golden Bullet
40 gr
1255 fps
Bullet Impact
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given reasonable care and treatment. All moving assemblies are permanently lubricated. Only occasional cleaning of the outside of the scope and the exterior lenses is required. Never disassemble your scope. Disassembly by anyone other than our factory will void the warranty. If you have any other problems with your riflescope, return it to the Burris factory for repair.
MSR Riflescope Reticles
Ballistic Plex
The Ballistic Plex reticle is a copyrighted Burris design on the lower vertical crosshair that compensates for bullet drop. The Ballistic Plex reticle is set to provide precise aiming from 100 yards to 500 yards. Examples of the actual bullet path for many of the most popular cartridges are available for download on our website at www.burrisoptics.com
The Ballistic Plex reticle is extremely useful regardless of the cartridge you choose to shoot. MSR models are configured for a specific load, but each ballistic line represents some exact yardage for whatever cartridge you shoot. It only takes a simple trip to a long-distance shooting range to make your own yardage chart to correspond to each ballistic line for your cartridge.
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Simple to Use
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223 Rem.
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3240 fps
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1. Sight-in exactly at 50, 75,100, or 200 yards depending on your cartridge and bullet selection.
2. Set your scope to the highest magnification.
3. Determine the bullet path of your cartridge at the climactic conditions you will be shooting. We highly recommend actual firing at each distance increment for best accuracy. Record the results of your rifle/ cartridge combination for future reference.
4. Determine the distance to your target and select the corresponding ballistic line. Slight holdover or under may be necessary to handle in-between yardages.
Practice Makes Perfect
The Ballistic Plex is much more accurate than guessing holdover and faster and more reassuring to most shooters than using target-type adjustments. The nature of ballistics is such that everything is theoretical and if any one of the variables change (altitude, temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, bullet design, barrel length, chamber fit, seating depth, etc.) so does the ballistic performance. For maximum accuracy, practice at long ranges under similar condi­tions to those which you will experience in the field.
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Technical Tip
For maximum accuracy at long ranges, instead of sighting in at 100 yards using the center of the reticle, sight in at a longer range such as 400 yards using the 400-yard ballistic line. This will decrease the amount of long-range error that can occur under various environ­mental conditions, or when slightly under estimating point-of-impact at shorter ranges.
Shoot Responsibly
Long-range shooting is extremely challenging and can be very rewarding. But along with it comes tremendous responsibility, especially when hunting. To ensure you take ethical shots at longer ranges, it is essential to know the yardage to an animal and your wind conditions. For these reasons, we strongly encourage that you practice to determine your own shooting capabilities and do not shoot beyond them in the field.
Ballistics Reference Sources
Perry-Systems ExBal Ballistic Software: www.perry-systems.com Barnes Bullets: www.barnesbullets.com RCBS : www.rcbs.com Sierra Bullets: www.sierrabullets.com Nosler – www.nosler.com Hornady – www.hornady.com Speer – www.speer-bullets.com Lee Precision, Inc. – www.leeprecision.com
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Warranty
This MSR Riflescope is covered by the
Burris Forever Warranty!
Thank you for choosing Burris. You can be confident that the optic you purchased is built to the most exacting standards. You can count on Burris to perform every time you use it.
We’re so confident in the craftsmanship of our products that we back them with a warranty that covers defects in the workmanship and materials.
TO ACTIVATE YOUR WARRANTY, register your new product online at www.burrisoptics.com/warranty
Forever Warranty: Protects Burris products from any defects in materials or workmanship – even if you are not the original owner. Burris will, at our option, repair or replace the item at no charge.
Burris is not responsible for physical damage to products. This is “not” a defect in materials or workmanship. Visit our website to at www.burrisoptics.com/warranty view a list of warranties by product.
Note: For warranty service on products purchased in North America, download theRepair Authorization Form at www.burrisoptics.com/warranty product to our repair facility in Colorado:
and send the
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Burris Company
331 East 8th St.
Greeley, CO 80631
Products purchased outside North America may not be covered by the warranties listed above. If you purchased your optic outside North America, contact the retailer or distributor in the country where you purchased the product. To find a local retailer or more information, visit www.burrisoptics.com country and visit the “Services” tab.
331 East 8th St., Greeley, CO 80631
(970) 356-1670
BurrisOptics.com
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