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Long Range Scopes and Other Optics
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<blockquote data-quote="Ian M" data-source="post: 14187" data-attributes="member: 25"><p>Steve,</p><p>I did not do a very good job of explaining what I meant. I understand what you are saying about the screw pitch description - thanks. I admit to being completely mechanically challenged - work on the adage - righty tighty, lefty loosie... when it comes to screws and bolts.</p><p></p><p>Here is what I have found - I will use two of my scopes as an example - both 30mm tubes.</p><p>My Burris Black Diamond 3x-12x has 1/4 minute adjustments and it has almost 100 moa. All Black Diamond scopes with 1/4 minute adjustments have that same figure. My Burris Black Diamond 8-32 has 1/8 minute and it has 39 minutes, the 6-24 has 52 minutes. Same appearing turrets, I get less total adjustment movement with the 1/8 minute turret.</p><p></p><p>No doubt there are some 1/8 minute turrets that provide more adjustment, depending on their design but I have some Nikon 6.5-20's (1") that only have 38 moa and a Bushnell 4200 (1") 6-24 that only has 26 moa. Even with sloped bases these scopes can run out of adjustment pretty quick as they rarely zero at the bottom of their range. Plus you have to count more clicks, which is a pain.</p><p></p><p>I suggested not to get a 1/8th minute scope for LR because we recently had several guys shooting from 600 to 800 with some of the above scopes and they all ran out of adjustments before they got to 800.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ian M, post: 14187, member: 25"] Steve, I did not do a very good job of explaining what I meant. I understand what you are saying about the screw pitch description - thanks. I admit to being completely mechanically challenged - work on the adage - righty tighty, lefty loosie... when it comes to screws and bolts. Here is what I have found - I will use two of my scopes as an example - both 30mm tubes. My Burris Black Diamond 3x-12x has 1/4 minute adjustments and it has almost 100 moa. All Black Diamond scopes with 1/4 minute adjustments have that same figure. My Burris Black Diamond 8-32 has 1/8 minute and it has 39 minutes, the 6-24 has 52 minutes. Same appearing turrets, I get less total adjustment movement with the 1/8 minute turret. No doubt there are some 1/8 minute turrets that provide more adjustment, depending on their design but I have some Nikon 6.5-20's (1") that only have 38 moa and a Bushnell 4200 (1") 6-24 that only has 26 moa. Even with sloped bases these scopes can run out of adjustment pretty quick as they rarely zero at the bottom of their range. Plus you have to count more clicks, which is a pain. I suggested not to get a 1/8th minute scope for LR because we recently had several guys shooting from 600 to 800 with some of the above scopes and they all ran out of adjustments before they got to 800. [/QUOTE]
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