JBD
I studied reticles a while back for an article for the NRA and talked to a lot of shooters who use various styles. There are some very successful hunters on this board who use Premier equipped Leupolds with sets of dots or tick-marks for various distances. As Boyd mentioned this works if you stay with one load, under constant conditions. What about wind?
Many shooters here are using mil-dot equipped scopes - mil-dots enable accurate range estimation and also provide what you are considering - constant referance hold-over points. Not too tricky to figure hold-overs at various distances using mil-dots with a bit of range time and big targets.
Most shooters here also use pre-determined settings in 100 yard increments out to the longest range that they can still hold lethal-sized groups and have confidence that their bullet is still carrying enough energy to kill cleanly. These settings are called come-ups and they are arranged in simple charts for quick referance. Come-ups can be determined by field shooting or by computer generation. Windage adjustments are also cranked into the turret, before each shot so that a point of impact hold is used.
Having come-ups and mil-dots gives us the option of cranking on elevation or using a mil-dot hold-over in hunting situations, according to time constraints. Most shooters here would probably place more importance in having accurate, repeatable turrets than having mil-dot reticles since good turrets are essential for this style of LR shooting. Indeed many long range shooters do not have mil-dot reticles and see no need for them as they rely on lasers and come-ups - and windage adjustments for a center-hold.
If you are running out of adjustments you could simply obtain a set of long range bases that have a forward slope (20 degrees is most common). Essentially these sloped bases tip the scope downward, therefore tipping the barrel up. If Talley machined such bases you could switch to them, but I am not aware of their offering sloped bases - perhaps you could enquire tho.
There are two bases that will do this, Leupold long range one piece Redfield-style bases or any tactical one-piece base such as the well-respected Badger Ordnance, Near Manufacturing or Leupold MK4's (warning - they are more money but well worth it).
The LR Leupolds will enable the use of Burris rings with offset inserts that enable further adjustment or any Leupold, Burris, Millet or Redfield rings (dovetail and opposing locking bolts).
The tacticals have notches milled into their upper surface (and are dovetailed in cross-section) so that Weaver style cross-bolt rings can be attached. The tactical mount has what is called Picatinny mil-specs for width (and slot dimensions and spacing etc.) - they are slightly wider than the standard Weaver dovetail bases that have been around for a long time. Nice thing about the tactical bases is that you can use the Talley-like Warne Maxima rings if you prefer to stay with detachables.
Unfortunately the Talley uses a proprietory base that is not compatible with the fore-mentioned rings.
Hope this is of value - you probably just need to switch your bases since a lot of guys here use the same scope that you have. Check the remarks in the equipment section re: the Nikon Monarch and the mounting system that works for that scope - same deal for you.
Elevation is the easy challenge - wind is the biggest headache. Good luck with your shooting.
