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how many up/down inch travel i have on this scope ?
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<blockquote data-quote="westcliffe01" data-source="post: 798310" data-attributes="member: 35183"><p>It has turrets that are graduated, right ? Can you tell right off the bat what a rotation on the turret is ? It is marked in MOA right ? So dial the elevation UP until it stops. Then count how many rotations it takes to get from there to the bottom and multiply by how many MOA per rotation. Thats your adjustment. Some platinum scopes are still made, looks like 8-32x44. Some only have 20 minutes of travel, others have 30. So your prospects are not looking good.</p><p></p><p>Remember, you need at least as much adjustment as what you need from your "zero distance" to the distance you intend to shoot. So even if you have a 250 yards zero with your turret "bottomed out" you will run out of travel at 12MOA up, which would be at a distance of about 575 yards.</p><p></p><p>How exactly you would accomplish a perfect zero at 250 yards with your turret travel bottomed out is another story. Perhaps you have calibrated shims in your toolbox ? Maybe you could sacrifice a feeler gauge set ?</p><p></p><p>I think you might save up a little money and get a real scope that has some adjustment. If your very cash strapped, one of the 10x fixed milldot types, they have a LOT more than 12MOA of adjustment.</p><p></p><p>You would NOT be able to zero that scope on a 20MOA rail, since you don't have 20MOA of travel in the first place... But check it out, maybe that info you were provided is bad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westcliffe01, post: 798310, member: 35183"] It has turrets that are graduated, right ? Can you tell right off the bat what a rotation on the turret is ? It is marked in MOA right ? So dial the elevation UP until it stops. Then count how many rotations it takes to get from there to the bottom and multiply by how many MOA per rotation. Thats your adjustment. Some platinum scopes are still made, looks like 8-32x44. Some only have 20 minutes of travel, others have 30. So your prospects are not looking good. Remember, you need at least as much adjustment as what you need from your "zero distance" to the distance you intend to shoot. So even if you have a 250 yards zero with your turret "bottomed out" you will run out of travel at 12MOA up, which would be at a distance of about 575 yards. How exactly you would accomplish a perfect zero at 250 yards with your turret travel bottomed out is another story. Perhaps you have calibrated shims in your toolbox ? Maybe you could sacrifice a feeler gauge set ? I think you might save up a little money and get a real scope that has some adjustment. If your very cash strapped, one of the 10x fixed milldot types, they have a LOT more than 12MOA of adjustment. You would NOT be able to zero that scope on a 20MOA rail, since you don't have 20MOA of travel in the first place... But check it out, maybe that info you were provided is bad. [/QUOTE]
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