I seen alot of youtubers, turn their scope turrets like crazy. Ive always been curious how they manage to do that and not over turning or losing their tracks? Anyone wanna fill me in on this? Thanks
They count the revolutions and already know mentally how many turns for x amount of yards. Once you get used to doing it all the time it comes second nature.
Example first revolution goes from 25-30 yard start then that one revolution goes to 85 yards then next revolution 120 yards then one more revolution 150 yards and so on depending on caliber weight and speed.
Most scopes have a vernier system and the shooter by shooting a given distance knows what the setting needed is. There are also write on tapes to put on the turrets to number the distance or make a card with settings at each distance.
LOL.....years ago when linving in West Virginia and shooting field target matches at the DIFTA club in Damascus, MD an open class shooter had was working on a "real high score" and somehow lost track of the "turret revolutions" and missed the killzone "big time". He was dismayed to see that he was "one turn off" when aiming at the target.
You can make your own zero stop if the scope doesn't have it built in from the factory easily in case you want a definitive start point by using delrin washers stacked to appropriate height and file and sand one of them thinner to make the turret cap sit tight when at 20 or 30 or 35 yards. Then all you have to do is count up to 3 or 4. Lose track? Then crank all the way down till it stops then count ONE revolution (you are past 60 yards already) TWO revolutions (you are past 100 yards already) and so on...
If you have a 3d printer you can make oversized turrets with zero stops by adding a grubscrew pointing down and run a pointer or a ziptie tight around the scope tube and adjust till it hits it at start point then test crank 1 revolution it clears it then put a dab of nail polish to keep that screw from moving.
Depends on the scope also. My Midas Tac 4-16x44 has 10MIL per revolution. I sight my guns in at 50yds and usually 10MIL can get me out to 150yds which is more than enough for an airgun. Also has a zero stop which I find basically necessary for my scopes now. Then there's scope turret stickers you can use and set different yardages on where they line up on the turrets.