Learn to use the SWFA MQ and you won't be sorry. The SS 10x is a great scope for learning and practicing like you mention.
Having just mounted one of these on a very accurate .223 of my own, I have to agree. My plan is to start playing with 70-grain RDFs and stretch it out a bit. I found centering a one-inch dot at 200 yards to be easy-peasy. Longer ranges will be far more challenging, but the optic and the rifle won't be the limitation assuming I can make the bullet work.
