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<blockquote data-quote="7magcreedmoor" data-source="post: 960875" data-attributes="member: 48559"><p>The benefit of a custom yardage turret is speed: laser, dial, dope wind, shoot. It does however present a problem when the conditions are not what you specified when building the turret. I use Kenton Industries "Military" format, which has my custom yardage for a specific set of conditions, AND moa markings for when I must refer to a drop chart for other conditions. My home stomping grounds are no lower than 800 ft ASL and not much higher than 1400ft. I run a 1000ft/55deg turret and have comps taped to my rangefinder, i.e.: for a 1200ft alt change, add or subtract one click @500-800 yards, +/- 2 clicks @ 1000yds, for 40deg temp change, same comp. When I go west, base camp is around 7000ft ASL, and we hunt as low as 5000ft, and as high as 8800ft. There I run a 7000ft/34deg turret, and have drop charts in my pocket for 5000ft, and 9000ft if needed. If I was only going to buy one turret, I would choose the one that matched the conditions I spend the most time hunting in, but given the cost of the rest of my toys, an additional turret won't break the bank. At some point in the future I will buy a G7 BR2 rangefinder to do live calculations instantly, but I won't be throwing away the charts because Mr. Murphy has a way of showing up at the most awkward moments...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="7magcreedmoor, post: 960875, member: 48559"] The benefit of a custom yardage turret is speed: laser, dial, dope wind, shoot. It does however present a problem when the conditions are not what you specified when building the turret. I use Kenton Industries "Military" format, which has my custom yardage for a specific set of conditions, AND moa markings for when I must refer to a drop chart for other conditions. My home stomping grounds are no lower than 800 ft ASL and not much higher than 1400ft. I run a 1000ft/55deg turret and have comps taped to my rangefinder, i.e.: for a 1200ft alt change, add or subtract one click @500-800 yards, +/- 2 clicks @ 1000yds, for 40deg temp change, same comp. When I go west, base camp is around 7000ft ASL, and we hunt as low as 5000ft, and as high as 8800ft. There I run a 7000ft/34deg turret, and have drop charts in my pocket for 5000ft, and 9000ft if needed. If I was only going to buy one turret, I would choose the one that matched the conditions I spend the most time hunting in, but given the cost of the rest of my toys, an additional turret won't break the bank. At some point in the future I will buy a G7 BR2 rangefinder to do live calculations instantly, but I won't be throwing away the charts because Mr. Murphy has a way of showing up at the most awkward moments... [/QUOTE]
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