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For the turret spinning "experts", what distance do you normally zero your scope at? 100, 200, 250?..

The ex-spurt quailification excludes me...

Don't get your feelers hurt, someone's bound to come along and ask about playing jacks or tiddlywinks.

For me it depends on the rifle. Have them at 100,200,250. The bulk are 200 though.

I'm mostly a dead nuts on at 100 with them, the 257 Roy being the noticeable exception.

One or two inches high at 100 depending on the rifle's trajectory. I learned right away what not to do...zero at 100 with a walking varmint rifle. I saw a coyote at 250 yds and tried to adjust the turret for the shot....too late. Better to have a useful trajectory out to 250-300 yds than one that cannot be used for those fast situations.

It isn't mentioned often but if you go into the thick woods or some other short range condition you can always twist the turret down 1 or 2 MOA for zero at 100.

My 257 Roy which is used for coues wt at long distances is set 3" high, zero at approx 360 yds. We glass the deer up and rarely are they closer than 350 yds.

Set yours up for what you think will work and then go out and practice. You will find out right away if it suits your needs.

Never figured how folks get hung up over having it zeroed at 100. Seems many forget that there is a turret on the top of the scope. If you get out of your truck for a day of antelope hunting, spin the [bleep] turret to 2 or whatever before you begin the hunt.


That is the every loving beauty of them, put them where you want them, giving the situation. Hence dead nuts on at 100 works for me.

Such acrimony, so early�not good for your digestion!

Laffin'!.....

always 100 for me. But I don't shoot as far as some gents.

Turret spinning begins at 100. You have to have an exact baseline to start with, and as Steelhead pointed out, "put them where you want them" from that base.

Those rifles that have scopes without turrets get the 2-2.5 inches high at 100 yards treatment.

I like to allow the cartridge/boolit combo to do as much of it's thing that's inherent,before mandated to assist with come-ups.

Don't like to be greater than 2.5" high at 100yds,with anything,for any reason...................

200 yards.

Cain't like my 22LRs zeroed there. I tend to think in boolits/chamberings firstly....................

LOL, you're right about that, but I don't think the OP had .22LR in mind

Zackly,

Most are 200, a couple or three at 225, one at 250, the hammer at 300.

I just

This was my thinking when i zeroed turret on my 243 at 100 on saturday. i confirmed POI to 300 at the range then just put the turret on "2" when i was out walking yesterday on the edge of some fields. It was back to "0" when i got in my deer stand for the hog hunt. Was hoping to have proof positive on the 243's abilities on big game but alas the piggies didn't show.

zero @ 100 and dial from there. like Steelie sez, add dope to the erector as situations dictate. that's what knobs are for.

One can have his cake and eat it too and allowing a boolit/chambering to do it's thing,less input...ain't a concession.

That being said,I do run my ribbons from the 50yd line,so if I wanna hit a Hummingbird in the lips,I certainly can.

But I ain't configured to twist needlessly...............

Kinda like Chubby Checker.

Guys are always quizzing me about turrets and most are under the impression that they gotta change the way they've always done bidness,to make the swap. I always denote the same,in that one needn't change anything,under the assumption of their having a faint clue in basics from inception.

Couldn't begin to guess how many guys I've shown the light to and not a one didn't beat themself up,after connecting the dots.

The cake and eat it too Mantra...do sell itself...................(grin)