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Buying/mounting my first decent scope… lots of questions
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<blockquote data-quote="cummins cowboy" data-source="post: 461847" data-attributes="member: 28348"><p>a few thoughts for what its worth. I used to have a ziess conquest in 3x9 that I had a target turret added to. this scope has awesome glass and a ton of eyerelief, which for me was too much. but the problem I had with the turret is it was impossible to visually verify which turn it was in. this almost ruined a cow elk hunt for me, as I later found out that the turret had an extra turn in it that I didn't know about. this caused me to be shooting 18" high. the good thing is there is 18 moa in one turn on a zeiss turret but the one I had there was know way of knowing if you had 1 turn in it or 5. </p><p></p><p>I used this scope to hit my longest shot on a coyote 666yards, and some others between 4-500yards. so I think the tracking is excellent. </p><p></p><p>if you wanna only shoot to 7-800 yards I would highly recommend a leupold CDS scope, its going to keep you inside one turn and whatever your mark on the turret is point to there is no way it can be off. as for rings, since your rifle is heavy I like to save weight where I can. talley lightweights are what I recommend for that. they are simple light and just plain work. if you want a weaver style setup, use a base with a sold cross slot, like warne. heck if you don't care about weight use warne rings too, they are hella stout. </p><p></p><p>mount it with the reticle prefectly level with one of these </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/sid=14989/pid=6097/Product/VERTICAL_RETICLE_INSTRUMENT" target="_blank">World's Largest Supplier of Firearm Accessories, Gun Parts and Gunsmithing Tools - BROWNELLS</a></p><p></p><p>then put a flip up or out level on the scope. IMO making sure my gun is level is the key for me to hit way out there. even at 500 yards on a coyote, flipping up that level vs having a few degrees of cant has meant hitting or not hitting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cummins cowboy, post: 461847, member: 28348"] a few thoughts for what its worth. I used to have a ziess conquest in 3x9 that I had a target turret added to. this scope has awesome glass and a ton of eyerelief, which for me was too much. but the problem I had with the turret is it was impossible to visually verify which turn it was in. this almost ruined a cow elk hunt for me, as I later found out that the turret had an extra turn in it that I didn't know about. this caused me to be shooting 18" high. the good thing is there is 18 moa in one turn on a zeiss turret but the one I had there was know way of knowing if you had 1 turn in it or 5. I used this scope to hit my longest shot on a coyote 666yards, and some others between 4-500yards. so I think the tracking is excellent. if you wanna only shoot to 7-800 yards I would highly recommend a leupold CDS scope, its going to keep you inside one turn and whatever your mark on the turret is point to there is no way it can be off. as for rings, since your rifle is heavy I like to save weight where I can. talley lightweights are what I recommend for that. they are simple light and just plain work. if you want a weaver style setup, use a base with a sold cross slot, like warne. heck if you don't care about weight use warne rings too, they are hella stout. mount it with the reticle prefectly level with one of these [url=http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/sid=14989/pid=6097/Product/VERTICAL_RETICLE_INSTRUMENT]World's Largest Supplier of Firearm Accessories, Gun Parts and Gunsmithing Tools - BROWNELLS[/url] then put a flip up or out level on the scope. IMO making sure my gun is level is the key for me to hit way out there. even at 500 yards on a coyote, flipping up that level vs having a few degrees of cant has meant hitting or not hitting. [/QUOTE]
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