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<blockquote data-quote="BIG MO" data-source="post: 312721" data-attributes="member: 18994"><p>I feel that for long range hunting applications the custom turrents are going to dominate the future. Myself and a good number of my fellow coues, muley, elk, pronghorn, and predator hunters here in Arizona have been using standard target turrents and or ballistic plex reticles for a long time with good success.</p><p> </p><p>With the plex reticles, after alot of range time, load and scope tuning and testing we were pretty solid to 500 yds on a big game animal. Using standard target turrents with pocket pda and or a drop/adjustment chart taped to the rifle etc, you can dial in a significantly more precise point of impact at all ranges in comparison to using a plex reticle.</p><p> </p><p>A turrent engraved with your base yardages greatly reduces the complexity and time it takes to make an accurate scope adjustment. Some of the guys in my circle of friends who are serious hunters but were not regular shooting enthusiasts, reloaders etc, were generally not confident and proficient making the calculations, adjusting the scope etc. Put a trophy big game animal out in front of you with limited time to set up and place a shot in the boiler room and errors in calculations and/or scope adjustments can happen to the best of us.</p><p> </p><p>Having the yardage engraved on the turrent adds alot of confidence, simplifies and speeds the adjustment process. If needed, variables such as elevation, temp, angle etc can be handled quickly with a couple of clicks up or down from the base yardage setting. You get all the precision with a simpler, more efficient, user friendly system, that even a novice shooter can get a handle on in short order.</p><p> </p><p>I have yet to see anyone who set their rig up with a custom turrent who was not amazed with the results. For me, it was very liberating. It is a night and day difference in precision compared to using a plex reticle and it greatly simplifys and speeds up the process of manually adjusting the scope to execute a precise long range shot. </p><p> </p><p>It took a good 7-8 years after the plex reticles proved themselves to be popular with hunters before every single manufacturer got on board and offered a scope with a compensating reticle. I think Burris was the first to offer a ballistic reticle in a decent quality scope that Joe Hunter could afford. They capitalized on it and everyone else eventually followed suit.</p><p> </p><p>We will have to wait and see how things pan out, but right now, myself and my circle of hunting buddies simply won't consider purchasing a scope for long range hunting (over 400yds), that cannot be equipped with a custom turrent. It is so effective and easy it makes you feel like you are cheating.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BIG MO, post: 312721, member: 18994"] I feel that for long range hunting applications the custom turrents are going to dominate the future. Myself and a good number of my fellow coues, muley, elk, pronghorn, and predator hunters here in Arizona have been using standard target turrents and or ballistic plex reticles for a long time with good success. With the plex reticles, after alot of range time, load and scope tuning and testing we were pretty solid to 500 yds on a big game animal. Using standard target turrents with pocket pda and or a drop/adjustment chart taped to the rifle etc, you can dial in a significantly more precise point of impact at all ranges in comparison to using a plex reticle. A turrent engraved with your base yardages greatly reduces the complexity and time it takes to make an accurate scope adjustment. Some of the guys in my circle of friends who are serious hunters but were not regular shooting enthusiasts, reloaders etc, were generally not confident and proficient making the calculations, adjusting the scope etc. Put a trophy big game animal out in front of you with limited time to set up and place a shot in the boiler room and errors in calculations and/or scope adjustments can happen to the best of us. Having the yardage engraved on the turrent adds alot of confidence, simplifies and speeds the adjustment process. If needed, variables such as elevation, temp, angle etc can be handled quickly with a couple of clicks up or down from the base yardage setting. You get all the precision with a simpler, more efficient, user friendly system, that even a novice shooter can get a handle on in short order. I have yet to see anyone who set their rig up with a custom turrent who was not amazed with the results. For me, it was very liberating. It is a night and day difference in precision compared to using a plex reticle and it greatly simplifys and speeds up the process of manually adjusting the scope to execute a precise long range shot. It took a good 7-8 years after the plex reticles proved themselves to be popular with hunters before every single manufacturer got on board and offered a scope with a compensating reticle. I think Burris was the first to offer a ballistic reticle in a decent quality scope that Joe Hunter could afford. They capitalized on it and everyone else eventually followed suit. We will have to wait and see how things pan out, but right now, myself and my circle of hunting buddies simply won't consider purchasing a scope for long range hunting (over 400yds), that cannot be equipped with a custom turrent. It is so effective and easy it makes you feel like you are cheating. [/QUOTE]
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