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Scope -Dialing Up Elevation ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Perkules" data-source="post: 156733" data-attributes="member: 945"><p>Long time, no post, cheers eveyone. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p></p><p></p><p>As for BDC's, I was always turned off by the fact you'd be locked into a single load under a single set of conditions. A new $50 knob every time you switch loads, go hunting at a different altitude, etc would get real old I thought. But recently I've been experimenting with making my own to tape onto the turret. </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ] </p><p></p><p></p><p>I must say that I have started to like these BDC knobs a lot. I got a scope with that kind of turret almost by accident and I have been quite a lucky hunter ever since. I use one 300 WM load for all my deer and moose "sniping" so my Karl Kaps Sniper 2.5-10 x 56 turret is calibrated for it. In practise this is very easy for the brain - and my hunting is probably never past 500 meters unless there´s a wounded animal. I routinely practise at 500 m max, hard to find places to shoot much longer. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif The scale goes to 700 m which I have confirmed. I practise with my hunting ammo.</p><p></p><p>For other loads I have printed tapes that stay under my Tikka T3 Tactical cheekpiece. Say, "SMK168 1=150 , 2=280,3=400,4=520,5=640,6=760" etc. (numbers came just off my head) Very little thinking needed to dial in. Or the other way round "500= 4+2" if you like. I have another turret that I may modify for another load but... probably not. Changing turrets is easy but there´s always that tiny chance for screwing things up. </p><p></p><p>My other, "real long range rifle" ( TRG-S 338 LM )was being re-stocked and I got this combo in a little panic two years ago when the TRG-S stock broke. That one is being used with a "normal" mildot scope and I am comfortable with clicks as well. It can reach much longer, obviously. But for these shorter hunting ranges, I must say it´s nice and easy to shoot , say, 200 , 400 , and 500 meter targets within a few seconds in a row - and hit good. </p><p></p><p>One rifle, one scope, one turret, one load. Zero 100. K.I.S.S. suits me in practical hunting situations. Anyone can hit an A4 500 m target with this rifle - assuming the shooter has some idea of the possible wind. I shot a 55 mm three shot group at 500m today using 5x magnification, it was 3" to the right from an A4 target center. I let the wind do its thing... Lapua Mira is my boolit, it is an amazing, discontinued big game bullet. Kills close, kills far and is so accurate... well, it´s not "Berger-accurate" of course but very good anyway.</p><p></p><p></p><p>There are holdover lines in this scope too but I never use them. Another matter of taste - but especially with an illuminated (center only) reticle, I see little use for holdover stuff at all. I do know where one kilometer is for 168 SMK but well... not needed here as long as we have peace. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif </p><p></p><p>( If I was living in a place where longer shots were needed, I´d make a drum that starts at 300 and zero there. That way it would go up to 1000 or so and I could hold under when closer than 300. Longer than that would be another scope and normal turrets, too many variables for anything fixed anyway. Maybe all this simplifying stuff just comes with age... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif And my targets are moose, not gophers. These 1 cm clicks wouldn´t do with gophers. )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Perkules, post: 156733, member: 945"] Long time, no post, cheers eveyone. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] [ QUOTE ] As for BDC's, I was always turned off by the fact you'd be locked into a single load under a single set of conditions. A new $50 knob every time you switch loads, go hunting at a different altitude, etc would get real old I thought. But recently I've been experimenting with making my own to tape onto the turret. [/ QUOTE ] I must say that I have started to like these BDC knobs a lot. I got a scope with that kind of turret almost by accident and I have been quite a lucky hunter ever since. I use one 300 WM load for all my deer and moose "sniping" so my Karl Kaps Sniper 2.5-10 x 56 turret is calibrated for it. In practise this is very easy for the brain - and my hunting is probably never past 500 meters unless there´s a wounded animal. I routinely practise at 500 m max, hard to find places to shoot much longer. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] The scale goes to 700 m which I have confirmed. I practise with my hunting ammo. For other loads I have printed tapes that stay under my Tikka T3 Tactical cheekpiece. Say, "SMK168 1=150 , 2=280,3=400,4=520,5=640,6=760" etc. (numbers came just off my head) Very little thinking needed to dial in. Or the other way round "500= 4+2" if you like. I have another turret that I may modify for another load but... probably not. Changing turrets is easy but there´s always that tiny chance for screwing things up. My other, "real long range rifle" ( TRG-S 338 LM )was being re-stocked and I got this combo in a little panic two years ago when the TRG-S stock broke. That one is being used with a "normal" mildot scope and I am comfortable with clicks as well. It can reach much longer, obviously. But for these shorter hunting ranges, I must say it´s nice and easy to shoot , say, 200 , 400 , and 500 meter targets within a few seconds in a row - and hit good. One rifle, one scope, one turret, one load. Zero 100. K.I.S.S. suits me in practical hunting situations. Anyone can hit an A4 500 m target with this rifle - assuming the shooter has some idea of the possible wind. I shot a 55 mm three shot group at 500m today using 5x magnification, it was 3" to the right from an A4 target center. I let the wind do its thing... Lapua Mira is my boolit, it is an amazing, discontinued big game bullet. Kills close, kills far and is so accurate... well, it´s not "Berger-accurate" of course but very good anyway. There are holdover lines in this scope too but I never use them. Another matter of taste - but especially with an illuminated (center only) reticle, I see little use for holdover stuff at all. I do know where one kilometer is for 168 SMK but well... not needed here as long as we have peace. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif[/img] ( If I was living in a place where longer shots were needed, I´d make a drum that starts at 300 and zero there. That way it would go up to 1000 or so and I could hold under when closer than 300. Longer than that would be another scope and normal turrets, too many variables for anything fixed anyway. Maybe all this simplifying stuff just comes with age... [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] And my targets are moose, not gophers. These 1 cm clicks wouldn´t do with gophers. ) [/QUOTE]
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