This was prompted by my gun falling off the shooting sticks and my nighforce taking a hit on the windage turret. not too hard just enough to make me want to recheck zero on the scope. I have to admit I HATE having a big honking windage turret on my scope. I worry that its been bumped or turned without me knowing it. I see no need to EVER dial that thing to make a shot. its just in the way and prone to complicate things. So I call nightforce and ask if they can replace it with a capped low profile turret. of course they say NO even though they make the G7 scope with exactly what I am wanting.

so my question is does anyone and under what situations do you find having a big exposed windage turret advantageous