Jeffrthehunter
Well-Known Member
Just got done completing my first turret adjustment test and wanted to share it with you guys to see if you had any suggestions.
7mm Rem Mag with a Leupold VX6 scope zeroed at 100 yards. Made this test at the 100 yard range where my Sig 2200 gave me a reading of 99 yards.
After I stapled up the paper target I used a construction level and drew a vertical black line through the red marker.
Shot three rounds holding at center of red with scope dialed at zero. I then dialed scope up 18 moa and fired three more while still holding on red marker.
Went through this firing sequence one more time to check consistency. I have calculated that 18 moa at 100 yards should give me a distance of 18.846" between groups. I measured to the center of lower and upper groups and recorded 19.5"on test 1 and 20.00" on test two.
The surprising thing was the position right to left was perfect. Did I complete the test correctly and just got lucky that my scope is on vertical axis (I was very careful to make sure scope level was perfect while shooting) or did i not complete the test correctly. I really figured I would be to one side or the other.
Is the error on the distance between groups of any concern? I would think that if I record all my drop data and adjust velocity to my programs that shooting at long range will be fine, any thoughts on that?
Thanks Jeff from Oregon
7mm Rem Mag with a Leupold VX6 scope zeroed at 100 yards. Made this test at the 100 yard range where my Sig 2200 gave me a reading of 99 yards.
After I stapled up the paper target I used a construction level and drew a vertical black line through the red marker.
Shot three rounds holding at center of red with scope dialed at zero. I then dialed scope up 18 moa and fired three more while still holding on red marker.
Went through this firing sequence one more time to check consistency. I have calculated that 18 moa at 100 yards should give me a distance of 18.846" between groups. I measured to the center of lower and upper groups and recorded 19.5"on test 1 and 20.00" on test two.
The surprising thing was the position right to left was perfect. Did I complete the test correctly and just got lucky that my scope is on vertical axis (I was very careful to make sure scope level was perfect while shooting) or did i not complete the test correctly. I really figured I would be to one side or the other.
Is the error on the distance between groups of any concern? I would think that if I record all my drop data and adjust velocity to my programs that shooting at long range will be fine, any thoughts on that?
Thanks Jeff from Oregon