[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Tall Turrets?

Posted: 2/11/2004 10:42:46 AM EDT

Why do some scopes have such tall turrets. I'm specifically looking at the Leupold Mark 4 3-9X40PR, and the turrets are very tall. I don't think it even has target turrets.

It seems to me that turrets that large would be a liability.

Posted: 2/11/2004 11:24:37 AM EDT

[#1]

The turrets are taller because of the graduated marks,which gives you the ability to dial up and down according to your dope and range.

Posted: 2/11/2004 4:41:17 PM EDT

[#2]

The Leupold site does indeed list them as target turrets. They don't look to be finger adjustable though. Do you unscrew the caps and then dope it with a screwdriver? Or are they adjusted by screwdriver, and then set for specific conditions with hand knobs, but the hand knobs are not visible on the picture?

Thanks for your help.

Posted: 2/11/2004 4:56:37 PM EDT

[#3]

It depends on the scope. On the Mark 4 you're looking at you remove the covers and there's a large, finger adjustable knob.

On other scopes there is no cover, just a large knob that you turn.

Posted: 2/11/2004 5:19:38 PM EDT

[#4]

I think I'm begining to figure it out.

So you remove the covers and there are the target knobs, but how do you set the initial zero?

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