"effective adjustable scope base for Long range shooting and ELR applications, or as a system that allows for more adjustment for elevation than your scope turrets." [end quote].
I would like to use them to simply "dial-in" my range faster. Well, there are some more reason why I would like to use one, but I will get into that later...
Target acquisition:
1. Range distance to the Target using a laser rangefinder...
2. Enter distance to app, or look at "cheat-sheet" or range card...
3. Obtain Mils or Moas...
4. Dial-in Mil or Moa on your turrets, or use Hold-over. One of the two...
5. Aim...
6. Shoot...
7. Repeat...
Doing this is not complicated, hard, or a lot of work by all means. Still, I find it annoying and it gets on my nerves. It got on my nerves 5 minutes after I started shooting air rifles with a scope. And NO, I do not find the above mentioned steps challenging, nor do I think they are what makes air gunning interesting. At least not to me. But hey, maybe you enjoy going through all those steps before you can take a shot...
Anyhow, I believe there is always room for improvements. Speaking of improvements, here are some that I believe are worth mentioning. In no particular order:
- From my understanding, scopes allow for the least amount of parallax error when at Optical Zero, so why not leave them there?! Just adjust your Mils or Moas using a Jack Plate...
- Using a Jack Plate to "dial-in" your Moas or Mils, would also mean that you no longer need turrets. You wouldn't even need turrets to zero your scope. The Jack Plate would take care of that...
- If you no longer need turrets, manufacturer don't have to make them, and if they do not have to make them, they can charge way less for their scopes. I have no idea what it cost to make a scope, but I am pretty sure that the turrets take a huge part of the manufacturing costs...
- If you no longer have turrets, you might not even need a reticle anymore. You could just have simple cross-hairs, or just a DOT. This will also [mostly likely] reduce manufacturing cost...
- Using a Jack Plate means that manufacturer do not have to make specific scopes that have a ballistics calculator build-in. They could just focus on making Jack Plates and leave the rest of their scopes alone...
- If people do not have to buy specific scopes anymore that have a BC build in, they can keep using their own scopes. Just get Jack Plate...
- Write your distance markers directly on to the Jack Plates adjustment wheel. This will eliminate steps 2 and 3. YES, some are doing this already with regular scopes. They have turret sticker on their turrets. Those people are doing it for a reason and most likely know where I am coming from and going with this... : )
- Gun manufacturer could build an adjustable rail right in to the gun! Why not!?
- Someone is going to build a Jack Plate [Rail] that is powered, and talks directly to your range finder. You might as well build the RF into the Jack Plate...
I guess that is all I can think of now... To sum it up:
Why move tiny lines in a scope, using "complicated" dials and knobs, when you can make a super simply scope and move that instead!? I mean, your camera lens does not bent or move, does it!? No. You move the entire camera instead. Same goes for image stabilization. Optical In-lens or In-camera stabilization will always be more expensive than using a Gimbal...
Thanks,
Kmd