Turret adjustment for yardage changes, wear and tear in scope?

I was wondering the same thing. I would think that turning the turrets all the time must have some sort of wear and tear. How much, is the question tough. Speaking of MOA adjustments... Do you mind telling me how you do that? I look at the app and know where to do it, but I am not sure how?! : (

Thanks,

Kmd

Ive seen the insides of what makes a scope work and the short answer is a good scope uses metal ( brass usually) in the gears . I can't imagine that it would ever give out from use as long as its not pushed to its adjustment limits and forced .
But ive also seen the inside of a few cheap scopes ( I broke them open just to see what made them tick) and they are built with all the precision of a plastic toy.
If the clicks feel solid and positive its most likely metal and should hold up . Ive got an old Weaver target scope you can't even see the marks on the turret knobs anymore from use ...Tracks perfect , and hold zero

Joe is right. My thought being any moving part can and will break over time. Time is usually in a formula Quality over Duration (Time) is equal to breakage. Now time could be 1 year, or ten or in Joe's Weaver 50 years and still going. If the turrents are exposed they should last the life of the scope over common sense usage and not over slapping them down hard on the zero stop. Be gentle and slow.

The beauty of reticles now is the need for manually adjusting turrents for many shots can be mathmatically accomplished in looking at Mr Reticle. Gone are the days of a simple quadplex that gave very little insight of range or elevation. It was Kentucky windage or click those turrents.

Math is not my strong suit. I use turrents to set a new zero if I change my range or zero for a heavier pellet.

Not all scope turrets track true. There's an easy test. Bolt the scope down and set up a target with a one inch grid at 100 yards. Then see if you can track back and forth consistently.