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Parallax wheel markings
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<blockquote data-quote="JungleShooter" data-source="post: 2735484" data-attributes="member: 110729"><p>Well, it depends....:</p><p></p><p><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🔶" title="Large orange diamond :large_orange_diamond:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f536.png" data-shortname=":large_orange_diamond:" /> <strong>(1)</strong></p><p>If I'd shoot <strong>certain competitive disciplines</strong> where the ranges are not published, and where rangefinders are prohibited, the markings on the parallax turret become <strong>crucial</strong> for accurate adjustment of the trajectory....</p><p></p><p>So, that's when shooters get creative and create huge <strong>"side wheels" </strong>to mount on their parallax turrets — to allow for more space to write range numbers and to adjust the parallax more precisely. They make their own parallax markings on a <strong>"range tape"</strong> often exact to a yard.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Here are a couple of examples — for super precise "parallax ranging":</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]435217[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]435218[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JungleShooter, post: 2735484, member: 110729"] Well, it depends....: 🔶 [B](1)[/B] If I'd shoot [B]certain competitive disciplines[/B] where the ranges are not published, and where rangefinders are prohibited, the markings on the parallax turret become [B]crucial[/B] for accurate adjustment of the trajectory.... So, that's when shooters get creative and create huge [B]"side wheels" [/B]to mount on their parallax turrets — to allow for more space to write range numbers and to adjust the parallax more precisely. They make their own parallax markings on a [B]"range tape"[/B] often exact to a yard. Here are a couple of examples — for super precise "parallax ranging": [ATTACH type="full" alt="Scopes. Parallax Turret. Side Wheel. 01.jpg"]435217[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Scopes. Parallax Turret. Side Wheel. 02. Nautilus.jpg"]435218[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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