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Custom Turrets from Nikon and CTS
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<blockquote data-quote="JackinSD" data-source="post: 733014" data-attributes="member: 40641"><p>I have used my single turret from 10-70 degrees. There are most definitley differences. Nothing to the extreme that you have experienced. As I have been doing this shooting I have kept track of any addition/subtraction to be exactly on. But, it was never my intention to use these turret for anything more than hunting. I was looking for a fast way to adjust.</p><p> </p><p>My turret is set up for 3400 ft, 40 degrees, and 40 % humidity. Here a few of the adjustments for 10 degrees: 500 yards, +1 click, 700 +2 clicks, 750 +3 clicks.</p><p> </p><p>As you can see the adjustments, for a 30 degree drop in temp, are not much until you get past 500 yards. If you throw in a healthy drop of elevation with a larger drop in temperature than you probably better get a different turret. Same for higher altitude and higher temp. In most cases, you will be good to go to 500 yards.</p><p> </p><p>Let me be clear, I use the custom turrets for hunting where speed of getting on target may be an issue. One turret should cover you to at least to 500 yards for a fair amount of variation in temp or altitude.</p><p> </p><p>The nice thing being that with CTS you can get different labels for the various mix of atmospheric conditions for your shooting fairly inexpensively. For the cost of just one from Nikon I could have gotten 4-5 of them from CTS.</p><p> </p><p>Not sure what temp difference you had, but if you are getting that kind of extreme difference (1.5 moa, at 400) I am not sure what to say. I guess the first thing I would rule out is the temperature sensitivity of my powder. You may be getting a large loss of velocity as the temp drops. And vice versa, velocity gain as temps go up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JackinSD, post: 733014, member: 40641"] I have used my single turret from 10-70 degrees. There are most definitley differences. Nothing to the extreme that you have experienced. As I have been doing this shooting I have kept track of any addition/subtraction to be exactly on. But, it was never my intention to use these turret for anything more than hunting. I was looking for a fast way to adjust. My turret is set up for 3400 ft, 40 degrees, and 40 % humidity. Here a few of the adjustments for 10 degrees: 500 yards, +1 click, 700 +2 clicks, 750 +3 clicks. As you can see the adjustments, for a 30 degree drop in temp, are not much until you get past 500 yards. If you throw in a healthy drop of elevation with a larger drop in temperature than you probably better get a different turret. Same for higher altitude and higher temp. In most cases, you will be good to go to 500 yards. Let me be clear, I use the custom turrets for hunting where speed of getting on target may be an issue. One turret should cover you to at least to 500 yards for a fair amount of variation in temp or altitude. The nice thing being that with CTS you can get different labels for the various mix of atmospheric conditions for your shooting fairly inexpensively. For the cost of just one from Nikon I could have gotten 4-5 of them from CTS. Not sure what temp difference you had, but if you are getting that kind of extreme difference (1.5 moa, at 400) I am not sure what to say. I guess the first thing I would rule out is the temperature sensitivity of my powder. You may be getting a large loss of velocity as the temp drops. And vice versa, velocity gain as temps go up. [/QUOTE]
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