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Thanks!

That's my experience with my Conquests (1.8-5.5, 3-9, 3.5-10, and 6.5-20). Excellent tracking (which includes excellent RTZ and repeatability).

Marc, are you using the stock lil' turret or did you upgrade to the target turrets?

At any rate: Bob, fixed 4x notwithstanding, you likely have a great scope there to mess with clickin' if you want to join us in the 21st century.

(just as an aside, I first tried pure holdover with a duplex. I understand you've got that down to an art form but boy, of the three ways I've shot LR (holdover, reticles, turrets) holdover was by far the least consistant for me)

Jeff I will play with it; maybe set up a rifle with a scope dedicated to the purpose so i can do some practice.It should useful for varmints.

So far, the 21st century has brought us Open Borders, Illegal Aliens, Barak Obama, and Nationalized Health Care; not to mention the fringe lunatic arm of the Democratic party and total collapse of the world economy at the hands of the socialists......and you expect me to trust valuable shots at BG animals to the advise the "in crowd " of the 21st Century?


Surely you jest....

Pure stock on the turrets for now. I have a 4x32 Conquest on 30-06 I've been clicking all over the place along with the 3x9 on the 270. I have a spare 4x32 I'm thinking of sending in for the target turret.

Any idea on the cost? Got a 4X myself.

$40 per turret plus $15 shipping:
https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbth...s/3947892/GettingTurrets_on_a_Zeiss_Conq

They told me $50 + $15 recently...

I have the target turrets on my big Conquest, and they are nice. Beefy suckers.

But I find the stock turret to be very usable. It's a great design. My Swaro AV has a similar stock turret which was one reason I bought it.

I was looking at a Kahles scope today at the gunshop and noticed it's stock turret is more like a Leup from the VXIII era. The Conquest has it all over those designs IMHO; I'm surprised they don't pimp it more as, well, a turret.

Marc, how are you zeroed with the 30/06,load,etc,and how much adjustment is needed for 500 yard POI?

Jeff did you ask about a 4X Conquest? Thought you did not like the 4X....(?)

Bob,
I'm 2" high at 100 shooting a 165GK @2807 out of the 06 and its 8.3 MOA at 500.

Thanks Marc;that's about 32 "clicks";sound right? I can see why Jeff says to mark the scope for the settings...

It's 33 but the Conquest has the re-settable zero. Just dial it back down to zero line. The biggest problem with the stock Zeiss turret is the lack of numbers on the turret and you have to count,the zero mark is easy to pick back up though. The target turret will be much better for field use.

I'm also playing with a Vortex Viper on a 280 and its turrets are marked nothing else needed.

I'll grab mine now and take a look.....JB says my S&B Summit can also be used for the purpose.Gotta check this out.....

I never noticed all this stuff because I never moved them around except to zero them

I get it.....just pull up on the turret and run it to the last hash mark;that sets the "zero"(I'm 3" up @100 and 4" low at 300 with my load,165 @2900)I will not change that part of it. I'm too used to it that way.I will need less adjustment for 500 than you do....

To return to zero, just run back to the zero setting...that's it?

That's it. You need to take today off and go to range

Spinning turrets....SHEESH!

When there are perfectly good Dotz out there......

Ingwe

I may take today off.....but I'm going bass fishing

Ingwe you are witnessing a huge leap of faith here.....but I'm so bruised about the head and shoulders for not spinning turrets that I'm compelled to try it out.I'm leaving my old 3" high zero the same;won't change that.....I will try this to get to 500....

If this works I will pray to gawd I don't see an outsized buck at 550 yards this season.....

Actually Bob, in my brief turret spinning experience,past 400 yards is where turrets really seemed to come into their own..
It really does help to shoot the difference between 500 and 550 yards...
I just don't shoot those ranges at game...maybe I should, but I just don't put in the range/trigger time that I feel I should to be ethical at those ranges...( Knowing my own limitations etc... )


Ingwe

Now that's scary Better do it today than this weekend!

Well I agree completely;I don't need them to 400 with about any rifle I hunt with...500 does get dicey,but I have killed that far away(3 times in 30+ years IIRC),and do shoot 500 regularly enough to know what to do...if I have to.....but I can see how this can make it a bit easier.

Toughest part for me is trusting the scope.....