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Vortex Turrets Not Tracking Accurately
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<blockquote data-quote="trumperman" data-source="post: 1393483" data-attributes="member: 100294"><p>Here is the scoop guys. The reason this happens is because a scopes erector tube is round and it sits in a round tube. This is perfectly normal and happens in just about every scope out there that a tactical long range shooter including pretty much all the scopes commonly discussed on this forum. The only way to stop this from happening is to severely impede the overall travel of the scope.</p><p></p><p>In the end it just comes down to basic geometry. A circle(erector tube with size being around .800") in-cased in a larger circle(scope tube with I.D. about 1.000") can move freely inside that circle. In order for the smaller circle(erector tube) to move the shape of a square it would need to be restricted. Which this is possible to do ,but in the process you would give up a large amount of real estate in the larger circle(scope tube) and end up not having the amount of elevation that we shooters demand. Just picture a square(proportional to smaller circle) inside the larger circle(scope tube) and you will see just how much you will give up.</p><p>As I stated earlier this is very common and the reason that it generally is never brought up is- very seldom do we find our selves dialing even remotely close to the amount of windage travel that is available in most scopes. </p><p></p><p>I hope I have explained this in a simple enough fashion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trumperman, post: 1393483, member: 100294"] Here is the scoop guys. The reason this happens is because a scopes erector tube is round and it sits in a round tube. This is perfectly normal and happens in just about every scope out there that a tactical long range shooter including pretty much all the scopes commonly discussed on this forum. The only way to stop this from happening is to severely impede the overall travel of the scope. In the end it just comes down to basic geometry. A circle(erector tube with size being around .800") in-cased in a larger circle(scope tube with I.D. about 1.000") can move freely inside that circle. In order for the smaller circle(erector tube) to move the shape of a square it would need to be restricted. Which this is possible to do ,but in the process you would give up a large amount of real estate in the larger circle(scope tube) and end up not having the amount of elevation that we shooters demand. Just picture a square(proportional to smaller circle) inside the larger circle(scope tube) and you will see just how much you will give up. As I stated earlier this is very common and the reason that it generally is never brought up is- very seldom do we find our selves dialing even remotely close to the amount of windage travel that is available in most scopes. I hope I have explained this in a simple enough fashion. [/QUOTE]
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