When dialing "up", do you go past by a bit then come down to the desired number of clicks? What about if dialing downward?

Only when using scopes that don't track track well.

Sure do, it is just one of those things..... I learned to do it this way so that is how I do it. Probably doesn't help anything but certainly don't hurt nothing either.

I always finish with an "up" movement or a "right" movement when sighting in my rifles. That's how I learned to do it and it seems to work for me.
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I test my scopes on the first day, if they dont track to where I want them to go when dialing directly to the mark I send them down the road. I have heard the explanation before of why that is more consistent with some brands but prefer to dial to the correct mark without adding extra steps.

Jeff,

No, if I go past my dial "up" point it is only by mistake. And I never count "clicks". But then my scopes dials are in MILS not MOA, and look like this:



So if my drop sheet calls for 4.2 MILS of UP, I just dial directly to 4.2. When I'm done right back to my zero mark.

I've got a full 9 mils (that's about 31 MOA) on a single turn of the dial (0.1 Mil per click), and I can go more than 2 full turns (about 70 MOA of up travel). Scope shown is an US Optics SN3 - 3.2-17x44mm w/EREK elevation turret.

And just for conversation, this is the reticle I have in it:



Also with 9 Mils of hold unders, and 4 Mils of windage available. Perhaps if your turret(s) are not a crisp or precise as this one, then use whatever technique works for you. A good, well built turret should have no backlash or lag. It should just be dial and shoot....

Bob

Bob, very nice!

Not really talking about backlash of the turret itself, but more the internals. I know some guys go past their mark then either down or up to "load" the erector, but I couldn't remember if it was down or up.

I haven't seen a need for it with my Conquests.

It's down and left. And yes I do it out of habit. Not that the Conquests need it