SCOPE QUESTION

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   ON  A  RIFLE SCOPE,  WHEN  I  TURN  THE  DIALS,  DO  I  GET   THE  SAME  EFFECT,OR  POINT  OF  IMPACT,  WHEN  I  TURN THEM   FAST  AS    I  DO  SLOW /DO  I  NEED    TO  TAP  THEM  LIGHTLY   TO  LOCK  IN THE  ADJUSTMENT  WHEN  SETTING  THE  SCOPE/THE  LONGEST  SHOT  I  WILL HAVE  IS  75  YARDS  WITH  MY  RIFLE.I    HAVE  IT  SET  AT  1.5  IN.   LOW  AT  25 YARDS . I  SHOULD  BE  ALRIGHT  AT  75  YARDS  SHOULDN'T   I/  I'M  RIGHT  ON  THE   MONEY  AT  50  YARDS  BULL EYES.THAT IS  THE  FARTHEST  I  CAN  SHOOT  WHERE I  GOT  PERMISSION  TO  SHOOT.IT'S  A  270  CALIBER  RIFLE.

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countryboy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Optics Apprentice Joined: November/17/2007 Location: NORTH CAROLINA Online Status: Offline Posts: 64	Quote Reply Topic: SCOPE QUESTION Posted: October/31/2009 at 22:25
	ON A RIFLE SCOPE, WHEN I TURN THE DIALS, DO I GET THE SAME EFFECT,OR POINT OF IMPACT, WHEN I TURN THEM FAST AS I DO SLOW /DO I NEED TO TAP THEM LIGHTLY TO LOCK IN THE ADJUSTMENT WHEN SETTING THE SCOPE/THE LONGEST SHOT I WILL HAVE IS 75 YARDS WITH MY RIFLE.I HAVE IT SET AT 1.5 IN. LOW AT 25 YARDS . I SHOULD BE ALRIGHT AT 75 YARDS SHOULDN'T I/ I'M RIGHT ON THE MONEY AT 50 YARDS BULL EYES.THAT IS THE FARTHEST I CAN SHOOT WHERE I GOT PERMISSION TO SHOOT.IT'S A 270 CALIBER RIFLE.
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RONK Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Optics Master Joined: April/05/2007 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 2949	Quote Reply Posted: November/01/2009 at 10:27
	If you're dead on at fifty yards, you'll be VERY close to the same at 75 yards with a .270, perhaps around a quarter-inch higher, depending on the load and how high your scope is mounted above the bore on your particular rifle. It doesn't hurt to tap the turret lightly a few times after making an adjustment to settle things in. The recoil from the next couple shots will do the same thing. How necessary it is to tap it would depend on the brand and model of scope.

Urimaginaryfrnd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Optics Jedi Knight Resident Redneck Joined: June/20/2005 Location: Iowa Online Status: Offline Posts: 5879	Quote Reply Posted: November/05/2009 at 00:27
	Most high power rifles are typically zeroed at either 100 yds or at 200 yds. A deer will have a large enough kill area in the chest to where you are going to hit something solid with your 50 yd zero. You do know that the bullet will travel much further even after it passes through the deer - correct. You need to be aware of what is behind your target. I'm not sure why you would not be allowed to shoot more than 75 yds. You might be better off hunting from a ladder stand being up shooting down for safety.
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spinner08 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Optics GrassHopper Joined: September/19/2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 40	Quote Reply Posted: November/05/2009 at 13:24
	I have never noticed a difference between clicking fast or slow, but a light tap or two hasnt seemed to hurt my scopes. Urimaginaryfrnd is completly right about the bullet passing through the deer, that rifle will still be traveling at a high velocity and even if you hit some bones it will probably still exit the deer. The last thing you want is for the bullet to hit a person

bugsNbows Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Optics Professional Joined: March/10/2008 Location: Florida Online Status: Offline Posts: 759	Quote Reply Posted: November/06/2009 at 05:39
	I seem to remember a John B article in Rifle mag awhile back. He referenced some type of quick spin or EERP (as he called it I believe) that he did to the dials. I'll see if I can find it.
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Trays 7940 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Optics Journeyman Joined: August/09/2009 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 744	Quote Reply Posted: November/06/2009 at 10:43
	It's funny, but I see guys taping their scopes all the time... I have never had to do it...


Urimaginaryfrnd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Optics Jedi Knight Resident Redneck Joined: June/20/2005 Location: Iowa Online Status: Offline Posts: 5879	Quote Reply Posted: November/07/2009 at 18:18
	I've had scopes that you turn turn turn and all of a sudden it catches up and you are way the other direction and wondering how you got there with no shots in the middle. It pays to buy a good quality scope then you dont have to suffer that.
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RONK Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Optics Master Joined: April/05/2007 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 2949	Quote Reply Posted: November/07/2009 at 20:25
	My old Leupolds with the friction turrets always do that when I make minor corrections, unless I wail the hell out of them with a 2x4 after making an adjustment. Good thing they're so tough! (Actually, a couple light taps with a plastic mallet to the turret housing settles them right in, or barring that, the recoil from the next shot usually does. You've just wasted a cartridge, though.) They are hunting scopes; that would not be at all acceptable on a tactical scope of course. I don't think their click-adjustable scopes have that problem.