orch
Well-Known Member
hoping someone here can reassure me i'm not going crazy....
i recently picked up a used Leupold Mark 4 6.5-20 LR/T mildot to replace my 3-9 zeiss on my 25-06 ackley...
i have it zeroed at 300yrds shooting a 115gr berger @3250 fps. With the zeiss it would take about 21 moa to get to 1030yards which was pretty much bang on with my ballistic program on my ipod.
so this past weekend was my first trip to the 1030 yard target since i switched over to the leupold. dial in 21 moa, with 0 windage, pull the trigger... bang but no clang of it hitting the steel like i am used to... not even a puff of dust from the gravel i have piled behind the target... after the 4th round, about 2 mil high i finally spot a clump of sod jump up from the dam that i have as the backstop. So i dial it down (thinking huh this is weird) Finally get on target at 16 moa and it groups good, but now i'm thinking i must have bumped something and thrown my 300 yard zero off.
Pack up, go back to 300 yards crank my elevation back down 16moa to zero on the dial and it is bang on...
so i'm now really perplexed.... and i crunch some numbers
21.3moa is 85 1/4moa clicks = 230 inches drop at 1030 yards
16moa is 64 1/4moa clicks which is what i had to have clicked in to hit at 1030yrds
230 inches drop @ 1030 yards is 6.2 Milrads or 62 0.1Milrad clicks right? Am i crazy or does this scope have Milrad internals with MOA markings on the turrets?
Did leupold ever make second focal LR/T scopes with Milrad adjustments and they just put the wrong turret caps on? Has anyone else ever run into this...
i recently picked up a used Leupold Mark 4 6.5-20 LR/T mildot to replace my 3-9 zeiss on my 25-06 ackley...
i have it zeroed at 300yrds shooting a 115gr berger @3250 fps. With the zeiss it would take about 21 moa to get to 1030yards which was pretty much bang on with my ballistic program on my ipod.
so this past weekend was my first trip to the 1030 yard target since i switched over to the leupold. dial in 21 moa, with 0 windage, pull the trigger... bang but no clang of it hitting the steel like i am used to... not even a puff of dust from the gravel i have piled behind the target... after the 4th round, about 2 mil high i finally spot a clump of sod jump up from the dam that i have as the backstop. So i dial it down (thinking huh this is weird) Finally get on target at 16 moa and it groups good, but now i'm thinking i must have bumped something and thrown my 300 yard zero off.
Pack up, go back to 300 yards crank my elevation back down 16moa to zero on the dial and it is bang on...
so i'm now really perplexed.... and i crunch some numbers
21.3moa is 85 1/4moa clicks = 230 inches drop at 1030 yards
16moa is 64 1/4moa clicks which is what i had to have clicked in to hit at 1030yrds
230 inches drop @ 1030 yards is 6.2 Milrads or 62 0.1Milrad clicks right? Am i crazy or does this scope have Milrad internals with MOA markings on the turrets?
Did leupold ever make second focal LR/T scopes with Milrad adjustments and they just put the wrong turret caps on? Has anyone else ever run into this...