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Huskemaw custom turret development
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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 657896" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>I have set up two long range rig with the Huskemaw system over the last few years and have had good success out to 1000 yards with 11 deer and antelope taken. It's actually not too difficult to set up. The first question that you have to think about is whether you plan on extending your hunting distance to ranges longer than 500 yard limit you have established for the upcoming elk season. If so, you may want to consider a higher BC bullet like the Berger Hunting 168VLD which would give you a substantial increase in ballistic performance at the extended ranges over the Nosler, +20%. They perform very well at distances from 200-1000 yards at 7MMMag velocities. Since your going to produce turrets, you will only need to do this once. I am sure that there are many opinions on this but thinking ahead can save some time and money. As far as setting up the scope, following the process described on the CD that came with the scope is relatively easy and does work when you plug the numbers into the ballistic calculator. I would for sure collect data out to at least 500 yards since that's your planned range. BOTW does a nice job producing the turrets to the provided data. You have a fairly wide temperature range. For 500 yard work, I would get a turret set at the the average temp for your season. At this distance, each 20 degree </p><p>difference will amount to a one or two click elevation adjustment, up for colder,down for warmer. I use an IPhone with Ballistic FTE for the longer distances if I find conditions too greatly from my turrets but this has been rare and only required a few clicks of adjustment when required. It's a great scope, I think you will be pleased with the results.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 657896, member: 10291"] I have set up two long range rig with the Huskemaw system over the last few years and have had good success out to 1000 yards with 11 deer and antelope taken. It's actually not too difficult to set up. The first question that you have to think about is whether you plan on extending your hunting distance to ranges longer than 500 yard limit you have established for the upcoming elk season. If so, you may want to consider a higher BC bullet like the Berger Hunting 168VLD which would give you a substantial increase in ballistic performance at the extended ranges over the Nosler, +20%. They perform very well at distances from 200-1000 yards at 7MMMag velocities. Since your going to produce turrets, you will only need to do this once. I am sure that there are many opinions on this but thinking ahead can save some time and money. As far as setting up the scope, following the process described on the CD that came with the scope is relatively easy and does work when you plug the numbers into the ballistic calculator. I would for sure collect data out to at least 500 yards since that's your planned range. BOTW does a nice job producing the turrets to the provided data. You have a fairly wide temperature range. For 500 yard work, I would get a turret set at the the average temp for your season. At this distance, each 20 degree difference will amount to a one or two click elevation adjustment, up for colder,down for warmer. I use an IPhone with Ballistic FTE for the longer distances if I find conditions too greatly from my turrets but this has been rare and only required a few clicks of adjustment when required. It's a great scope, I think you will be pleased with the results. [/QUOTE]
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