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I have learned so many things from you guys.
This thread is clearly one of the best. It has helped me understand
why so many proclaim the functional excellence of target turrets. Now I understand
why. Stick, thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.
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Very interesting. Makes a lot more sense now. Can you just buy one turret for elevation and leave the short windage knob as it is. Where do you buy the turret?
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Very interesting. Makes a lot more sense now. Can you just buy one turret for elevation and leave the short windage knob as it is. Where do you buy the turret? i believe thats the way most of the Paridise crews scopes are set up, just elevation turret.................yah have to send it in to leupy, IIRC the stated turn around time by the crew is about 2 weeks
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I called Leupold yesterday, all of this is done directly with them. Example:
Purchase a VX-II 3-9x40 Duplex from them: $300
Add an M1 elevation turret: 100
or add M1 elevation and M1 windage: 130
Shipping to me: 15
Total cost is either: 415 or 445
Obviously, if you currently have a Leupold scope that you want to customize, send it to them with your work order and money.
Maybe others will chime in here, but I would call before you ship them anything to make sure that your model of scope is capable of being customized with the turrets of your choice
(target or M1) and to get a firm quote on total price.
Steelhead, posted a nice pic of a couple of Leupold's with the M1 turret setup.
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J Scott,
Thanks for dredging up this old thread.
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I've got this one saved in my favorites ... but it really should be a sticky post ...
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So that's how you use them.......
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Ever seen somebody try to adjust their scope by loosening or tightening the covers? It do happen.  Might be the same fellas that claim the bullet rises in flight, as evidenced by the bullet being 2" high at 100.
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So that's how you use them....... Sticky Turrets? Sounds like a weird medical condition or something grin
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I found this thread as a while back and after reading throughly and realizing just how simple the concept and use of turrets is I took the leap and sent my VX-III 3.5-10 off to Leupold and had them install an elevation turret on it. I was sitting there thinking after I read this thread a while back and thought, I use a rangefinder and I mark my drops on a card thats fixed to my stock but I am still guessing when I take long shots at game using the holdover method, why guess. The saying holding on hair not on air someone once said here made total sense. And so now I have a turret on my scope. The gun a 300WSM shoots so damn flat out to 300 yards with a 220 yard zero that I dont know if I will ever actually use it in teh field but if I do need to I will and I will know that the shot can be made. I just cant wait for teh weather up here to lift so i can head out and play with it. Was -44 degrees at my house this morning, not much chance of getting to the range anytime soon. Late winter in interior Alaska, UUGH!
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I am looking forward to trying the turrets, myself...
I am taking a hard look at a VXIII 3-9X w/turrets.
I have never given them serious consideration until I joined the fire and started reading about it-now I am very interested in learning all I can about them.
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Dang, all this time I've just been using them as handles to lap the rings. Who knew???
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This is a great post...
I've often wondered whether having a turret installed would help my wife make shots a bit easier. She is a steady shot and can handle shooting out to 300 yards no problem with any rifle she has shot, and I usually just tell her exactly where to aim. I've wondered if having a turret installed would help her make shots a bit easier as I could just rangefind, then dial and have her aim at exactly where she wants to hit.
Is it worth installing a turret on a 7-08? I'm thinking I could have a lot of fun shooting coyotes in the winter with one....
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Stick,
Big thanks for the clear way you took us through the steps.
Now the remaining challenge is to develop a load that shoots tight enough groups beyond 400 yards to use this info.
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Amazing how easy it is to hit when you have a solid aiming point.
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Okay.....I think I'll have to do this...now I just gotta find in the Leupold site the whole deal on these.....
Anyone have a direct link as I must be stupid today and cant find it in the site....
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