Thread: Leupold Turret Help

I pinned mine. It makes it a zero stop (not lock) but will only rotate one revolution. No problem for a Bush rifle shooting less than 500m.
Was very easy to do.

Originally Posted by Roarless20

I pinned mine. It makes it a zero stop (not lock) but will only rotate one revolution. No problem for a Bush rifle shooting less than 500m.
Was very easy to do.

is that the small ball bearing that goes in under the dial or something different?

Thanks for the advice so far team- @Roarless20 how did you do that? Have heard for Leupold that you can send your scope in and spend $250AUD to get zerolock retrofitted but not really worth the hassle. Not shooting more than 500-600 anyway with the rig I got built

Yes I believe this is a design fault because the cap doesnt actually contact the O ring seal so there is very little friction and they turn. Feeling a new VX 5 HD its actually the same once the zero lock is disengaged.

Contact the agent NZ Asia and they will send you a ball bearing that fits in place to limit turret turn range in one direction. Then it can inly get turned upwards and is easy to check. For windage perhaps put one athalf way to prevent a full turn. In practice the turrets would only move a few clicks either way usually, so not too bad at short range and just look and check for longer shots.

NZAsia also kindly sent me some extra O rings at no charge so Ive got two under each cap. Its not that good as its hard to push the caps down enough to fit the grub screws and I had a turret fall off (again replaced free of charge by NOIA the Australian agent under warranty. The turrets now move stiffly and clicks are faint so I think I will remove the second O rings and take my chances.

I have another brand X scope that has never moved a single click in carrying. It has a bigger diameter turret and was obviously originally designed for dialling, unlike the VX 3 series.