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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Long Range Scopes and Other Optics
Need comparison: SWFA Super Sniper 5-20X50HD & PST 6-24x50.
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<blockquote data-quote="Jon A" data-source="post: 512461" data-attributes="member: 319"><p>The PST has 5 mils per turn. I was just abbreviating Zero Stop as ZS. Here's what I mean:</p><p></p><p>With 5 Mils per turn, most people here will be doing much of their shooting on the second turn at least. If you forget to reset the knob to zero and throw your rifle back in the case, the next time you pull it out you may not know which turn you're on.</p><p></p><p>For this a ZS is extremely helpful--anytime you have any doubts, you simply crank the knob down until it stops and you know you're on your correct zero.</p><p></p><p>With a 10 Mil knob, most LRH rifles will make it out to 1400 yds or so on the first turn of the knob. So the vast majority of the time for the vast majority of people the knob will never go beyond its first turn. If they never spin it beyond its first turn, the chances are very low they will ever find themselves on the wrong one.</p><p></p><p>And depending upon how much total elevation a scope has, with 10 mils per turn it may only have two or three total turns so it's not hard to remember which one you're on.</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong, I do like zero stops, it's just that I don't personally feel it's as big a deal on a scope with 10 or more Mils per turn. My last IOR had a ZS but I didn't use it because I didn't like it very much. With the 10 Mil knob it wasn't needed enough for me to bother.</p><p></p><p>It was just a few years ago when Nightforce scopes only had 10 MOA per turn and no zero stops...which put people on their 4th turn before they hit 10 Mils and people seemed to manage with them OK. With a 10 Mil knob it's easy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jon A, post: 512461, member: 319"] The PST has 5 mils per turn. I was just abbreviating Zero Stop as ZS. Here's what I mean: With 5 Mils per turn, most people here will be doing much of their shooting on the second turn at least. If you forget to reset the knob to zero and throw your rifle back in the case, the next time you pull it out you may not know which turn you're on. For this a ZS is extremely helpful--anytime you have any doubts, you simply crank the knob down until it stops and you know you're on your correct zero. With a 10 Mil knob, most LRH rifles will make it out to 1400 yds or so on the first turn of the knob. So the vast majority of the time for the vast majority of people the knob will never go beyond its first turn. If they never spin it beyond its first turn, the chances are very low they will ever find themselves on the wrong one. And depending upon how much total elevation a scope has, with 10 mils per turn it may only have two or three total turns so it's not hard to remember which one you're on. Don't get me wrong, I do like zero stops, it's just that I don't personally feel it's as big a deal on a scope with 10 or more Mils per turn. My last IOR had a ZS but I didn't use it because I didn't like it very much. With the 10 Mil knob it wasn't needed enough for me to bother. It was just a few years ago when Nightforce scopes only had 10 MOA per turn and no zero stops...which put people on their 4th turn before they hit 10 Mils and people seemed to manage with them OK. With a 10 Mil knob it's easy. [/QUOTE]
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