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Leupold CDS, Free custom dial with purchase of scope
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BrentM
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Seems total travel is 75 moa so the info is correct you have. What is odd to me is the scopes generally restrict to 2 revs of the turret. On a moa based scope that is 38 moa, regardless of total travel.
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VX-5HD 3-15x44 CDS-ZL2 Side Focus HTMR
The VX®-5HD 3-15x44mm is made for anything and everything. Its 3-15x magnification range lets you take full advantage of any situation. Turn the power down to 3x for thick timber hunting, crank it up to 15x for your trek across the open plains, or go anywhere in-between. This scope has the...
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Airedale56
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Brent,
I totally respect your observation.
Math has never been my strong suit.
Not criticizing your comments, carry on…
I totally respect your observation.
Math has never been my strong suit.
Not criticizing your comments, carry on…
BrentM
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Here is what I was looking for. I'm traveling for work so I'm struggling to stay on track ha ha
Airedale56
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HEY, KEEP YOUR HANDS ON THE WHEEL AND EYES ON THE ROAD!
There you go!
Good catch.
I'll likely never attempt a shot a wolf or coyote over 900 yards in even perfect shooting conditions.
If the Custom Dial works spot on out to 800 yards, I'll be well pleased.
I had one coyote at 856 yards last month and was going to take a shot, but he had no idea I was around so I stalked to 312 yards and took him via dialing the standard issue Mil knob to what my rangefinder recommended.
I love the WBY 307 .243 and Leupold VX5-HD combo.
There you go!
Good catch.
I'll likely never attempt a shot a wolf or coyote over 900 yards in even perfect shooting conditions.
If the Custom Dial works spot on out to 800 yards, I'll be well pleased.
I had one coyote at 856 yards last month and was going to take a shot, but he had no idea I was around so I stalked to 312 yards and took him via dialing the standard issue Mil knob to what my rangefinder recommended.
I love the WBY 307 .243 and Leupold VX5-HD combo.
BrentM
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Yeah once you get past 600 things change on yotes and wolves. Pretty small kill zone. I shot a yote yesterday while looking for wolves at 586. It was my first kill with my current rig and it was feeling good about the performance and that helped with confidence. Now to locate this pack I've been chasing ….. My longest wolf is 980 and several 500-800. Longest yote is 1475 but it's a fluke I'm sure. I've killed 2
Past 1000 at 1125 and 1300.
Past 1000 at 1125 and 1300.
Airedale56
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UPDATE!
We installed an Area 419 4" Arca rail on the Wby 307 Range XP stock yesterday.
Today, I went to the range after re-installing the barreled action into the factory stock and torquing the action screws to 55 inch pounds (Thanks, Weatherby tech line!)
After re-zeroing the scope (Down .2 mils, Left .1 mils) I fired one round at a 1 inch orange dot paster on my target and center punched it.
I reinstalled the new Leupold CDS dial I had received and decided to give it a whirl. (I didn't use the Arca Rail off my tripod. I shot off the bench with an Atlas PSR Bipod and rear sandbag.)
Using a Revic BR4 rangefinder I ranged a steel plate at 300 yards and dialed to 3 on the CDS dial. Nailed it.
Same result at 400 and 500 steel plates.
At 547 yards I dialed to the 550 mark and pinwheeled the steel plate that was my target.
This was too easy…. I ranged a steel pig at 600 yards dialed it and smoked that target, too. One round, range it, dial it and hit it.
If you send good data to Leupold, the CDS Dial you receive will amaze you with its accuracy. It did me, for sure.
One thing I did discover that I did not anticipate:
I purchased online from a forum member (I do not remember what forum or member, it doesn't matter) a set of used Alumina Leupold scope covers AND a factory Leupold power ring tab to ease the adjustment of the scope magnification. Everything arrived in good condition in a timely manner.
I installed all three items. Today I discovered that the power ring adjustment tab, when the power ring is maxed out at 15x on my Leupold VX5-HD 3-15x44 HTMR scope, interferes with the operation of cycling the bolt when trying to seat a subsequent round.
Easy fix, dial down the power to 12x, run the bolt and dial back up to 15x.
With outstanding accuracy I don't anticipate that I'll need a follow up round, dialing down doesn't bother me. Some folks will probably like to know in advance. Other rifles/higher rings, etc… may cause others to have a different experience.
I enthusiastically endorse the Leupold CDS system.
We installed an Area 419 4" Arca rail on the Wby 307 Range XP stock yesterday.
Today, I went to the range after re-installing the barreled action into the factory stock and torquing the action screws to 55 inch pounds (Thanks, Weatherby tech line!)
After re-zeroing the scope (Down .2 mils, Left .1 mils) I fired one round at a 1 inch orange dot paster on my target and center punched it.
I reinstalled the new Leupold CDS dial I had received and decided to give it a whirl. (I didn't use the Arca Rail off my tripod. I shot off the bench with an Atlas PSR Bipod and rear sandbag.)
Using a Revic BR4 rangefinder I ranged a steel plate at 300 yards and dialed to 3 on the CDS dial. Nailed it.
Same result at 400 and 500 steel plates.
At 547 yards I dialed to the 550 mark and pinwheeled the steel plate that was my target.
This was too easy…. I ranged a steel pig at 600 yards dialed it and smoked that target, too. One round, range it, dial it and hit it.
If you send good data to Leupold, the CDS Dial you receive will amaze you with its accuracy. It did me, for sure.
One thing I did discover that I did not anticipate:
I purchased online from a forum member (I do not remember what forum or member, it doesn't matter) a set of used Alumina Leupold scope covers AND a factory Leupold power ring tab to ease the adjustment of the scope magnification. Everything arrived in good condition in a timely manner.
I installed all three items. Today I discovered that the power ring adjustment tab, when the power ring is maxed out at 15x on my Leupold VX5-HD 3-15x44 HTMR scope, interferes with the operation of cycling the bolt when trying to seat a subsequent round.
Easy fix, dial down the power to 12x, run the bolt and dial back up to 15x.
With outstanding accuracy I don't anticipate that I'll need a follow up round, dialing down doesn't bother me. Some folks will probably like to know in advance. Other rifles/higher rings, etc… may cause others to have a different experience.
I enthusiastically endorse the Leupold CDS system.
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Justice1327
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AWESOME! Simply breathtaking taking!
Rife isn't bad either.
Wondering if you've played with this discrepancy in the two separate ways to show drops in the revic app? I've noticed it throws different values based which method you use in the app as well. For this reason I do not know how to trust it.1800 Yards is 22.3 mils up
(Edit) And that's where the dial stops turning.
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But I did notice my Ballistic App shows 22.3 mils for 1800 yards in one place and 22.7 mils in another table…..
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Airedale56
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I have not played with it.
Gunwerks is local to me.
I may drop in and point it out to see what they say..,
Gunwerks is local to me.
I may drop in and point it out to see what they say..,
Justice1327
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Yes, and please report back. Very interesting.
OP, Sorry to derail but I really want to like the Revic app there's just not much out on it. It has many quirks like form factors I just don't see as necessary that you cannot toggle off, autopopulates weather conditions that override your inputs, and the two different output methods that do not equal the same values. I've been wondering if I'm the only one.
memtb
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So far I like the 2 (wife and I) have…….though we very rarely shoot game at extended ranges. I won't even bother with turning the elevation turret until the target is beyond 400 yards …..or is a very small target!
I had ours set up with the "zero-stop" feature ( can only turn knob 1 revolution). I had our dial set-up for a 300 yard zero…..which, with the one turn gets us beyond any distance we're subject to shoot.
And, I may be incorrect here……but, having the 300 yard zero, should make the errors minimal as we get to our maximum "self imposed" shooting distances!
No one else may buy that…..but, I've convinced myself that is fact!
memtb
Airedale56
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Revic APP UPDATE:
I stopped in GunWerks this morning and was introduced to Verlin, one of the App guys. Easy to like him right off the bat. Personable, curious and helpful.
I showed him the 1800 yard solution in the solver side of the app and the solution in the Ballistic table side: .5 mils difference .
I turned my iPad over to him and he searched some settings, noticed I'm using IMR7828 powder in reloading the .243 Winchester and commented that one can lose about a foot per second in velocity for each degree of temperature drop with that powder.
Then he started checking settings and discovered that the temperature and humidity were not set the same on each side of the app. When he adjusted the ballistic table temperature and humidity settings to match the solver side, the .5 mil discrepancy in the table output disappeared and the solver and ballistic table output matched.
So, basically the ballistic table thought my velocity was about 20 fps slower than the solver did. My input was the cause of the output discrepancy but revealed a potential fix in search of a problem so they can update the app. Verlin thanked me for coming in and bringing it to their attention. Customer feedback drives improvements.
Great Job, Verlin!
How's that for service, southpa?
Call Verlin and maybe he can make you more comfortable with the app.
I'm still learning….
I stopped in GunWerks this morning and was introduced to Verlin, one of the App guys. Easy to like him right off the bat. Personable, curious and helpful.
I showed him the 1800 yard solution in the solver side of the app and the solution in the Ballistic table side: .5 mils difference .
I turned my iPad over to him and he searched some settings, noticed I'm using IMR7828 powder in reloading the .243 Winchester and commented that one can lose about a foot per second in velocity for each degree of temperature drop with that powder.
Then he started checking settings and discovered that the temperature and humidity were not set the same on each side of the app. When he adjusted the ballistic table temperature and humidity settings to match the solver side, the .5 mil discrepancy in the table output disappeared and the solver and ballistic table output matched.
So, basically the ballistic table thought my velocity was about 20 fps slower than the solver did. My input was the cause of the output discrepancy but revealed a potential fix in search of a problem so they can update the app. Verlin thanked me for coming in and bringing it to their attention. Customer feedback drives improvements.
Great Job, Verlin!
How's that for service, southpa?
Call Verlin and maybe he can make you more comfortable with the app.
I'm still learning….
