Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
Articles
Latest reviews
Author list
Classifieds
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Hunting
Long Range Hunting & Shooting
Question for ballistics gurus regarding range finder and custom turrets
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="MMERSS" data-source="post: 971034" data-attributes="member: 63748"><p>All you need is a razor blade, two permanent marker fine felt tip pens one black one another color, and a roll of masking tape.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]36592[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p> Zero your rifle for a 300 yard zero. You can zero on a 100 yard range and either make the MOA adjustment for 300 yards or set your zero XXX inches high at 100 to achieve the same as a 300 yard zero.</p><p> </p><p> Take the razor blade and cut half way between the width of the masking tape all the way around the tape. You now have two halves to peel the tape from.</p><p> </p><p> Wrap the masking tape around the top of your turret. With the black permanent marker replace your MOA markings (assuming you have the MOA tall turret) ( 0, 3, 6, 9, 12) in black.</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH]36593[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p> Use your ballistics computer to enter your current or anticipated environmental data. For every 100 yards mark your tape in the other color marking pen with the corresponding MOA. In this case green was used.</p><p> [ATTACH]36594[/ATTACH]</p><p> In this example a 300 yard zero was established for a 6.5 x 284. Corresponding environmental data was entered into a computer and annotated every 100 yards beyond 300 yards and ending before the full 15 MOA travel of the turret. In this case this was 800 yards corresponding to 13.5 MOA.</p><p> [ATTACH]36595[/ATTACH][ATTACH]36596[/ATTACH]</p><p>As you can see, for the current conditions 600 yards additionally corresponds to 7.5 MOA and 730 yards corresponds to 11.25 MOA.</p><p> </p><p> It takes about 5 minutes and virtually no $'s to create your own custom turrets showing both MOA and shoot to range based on your current conditions. Heck you can place the tape and pens in your backpack. If the temperature or altitude during the day changes significantly, tear off the masking tape, reapply new tape and annotate your new shoot to ranges based off your computer program.</p><p> </p><p> Custom Leupold CDS turrets cost $59 a pop. It almost takes the same amount of time to create your own DIY turret in the same amount of time it takes to change turrets. This method allows you to make shoot to ranges corresponding to current conditions rather quickly.</p><p> </p><p> If you have any questions let me know. I'm not a huge fan of custom range turrets due to requiring set environmental data but this system is a throwaway and replace in no time system.</p><p> </p><p> Try it, it works great!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MMERSS, post: 971034, member: 63748"] All you need is a razor blade, two permanent marker fine felt tip pens one black one another color, and a roll of masking tape. [ATTACH]36592.vB[/ATTACH] Zero your rifle for a 300 yard zero. You can zero on a 100 yard range and either make the MOA adjustment for 300 yards or set your zero XXX inches high at 100 to achieve the same as a 300 yard zero. Take the razor blade and cut half way between the width of the masking tape all the way around the tape. You now have two halves to peel the tape from. Wrap the masking tape around the top of your turret. With the black permanent marker replace your MOA markings (assuming you have the MOA tall turret) ( 0, 3, 6, 9, 12) in black. [ATTACH]36593.vB[/ATTACH] Use your ballistics computer to enter your current or anticipated environmental data. For every 100 yards mark your tape in the other color marking pen with the corresponding MOA. In this case green was used. [ATTACH]36594.vB[/ATTACH] In this example a 300 yard zero was established for a 6.5 x 284. Corresponding environmental data was entered into a computer and annotated every 100 yards beyond 300 yards and ending before the full 15 MOA travel of the turret. In this case this was 800 yards corresponding to 13.5 MOA. [ATTACH]36595.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]36596.vB[/ATTACH] As you can see, for the current conditions 600 yards additionally corresponds to 7.5 MOA and 730 yards corresponds to 11.25 MOA. It takes about 5 minutes and virtually no $’s to create your own custom turrets showing both MOA and shoot to range based on your current conditions. Heck you can place the tape and pens in your backpack. If the temperature or altitude during the day changes significantly, tear off the masking tape, reapply new tape and annotate your new shoot to ranges based off your computer program. Custom Leupold CDS turrets cost $59 a pop. It almost takes the same amount of time to create your own DIY turret in the same amount of time it takes to change turrets. This method allows you to make shoot to ranges corresponding to current conditions rather quickly. If you have any questions let me know. I’m not a huge fan of custom range turrets due to requiring set environmental data but this system is a throwaway and replace in no time system. Try it, it works great! [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Hunting
Long Range Hunting & Shooting
Question for ballistics gurus regarding range finder and custom turrets
Top