Thread: Zero stop

its very important in my opinion, its worth every cent
even more so if your scope has multiple turns
most on here will of forgot to wind back and missed by a metre or so and if they say they havent they are lying

Been "off line" last 4 weeks or so with trip away with better half, and then farm sitting for mate last week. Guess what part was best !
Returning the turret to a fixed zero stop on the VX6 is IMO very important ( as longrange308 above states) when the turret has no horizontal vernier marks on it because the externals of the turret do not move up and down, therefore you cant tell "what turn" your on should the turret turn "accidently" while the rifle is being carried. (The vx6 has very light sometimes hard to determine clicks and can be moved easily if the rifle should rub on your pack etc.) Last trip I did was a goat cull, with various ranges from Zero (100yds) to around 525 (Ranged with Leica Binos.) therefore I was continually adjusting and returning to zero but I started to shoot very high. Cause was one of the grub screws coming loose ( not unscrewing per say but friction loose on the middle capstan) and the CDS dial adjusted "up" only adjusted"down" intermittently meaning I was gaining in elevation all the time until I was about 40cm too high at 100M ! Leupold say not to over tighten the grub screws, hence the issue. I now tighten them up really tight. I emailed Leupold re this issue and they replied but had no real opinion on it.

Hi Yogi, meant to say the "zero stop" on the VX6 only allows just less that 1 turn up ( not that thats an issue for me as it equates to over 600 M. ) In other words it stops where you set the zero to, but wont turn up past it either, where as a true zero stop allows the turret to turn "up" past the stop but not down past it....

Had another email from Leupold Support today . They say that they may offer target style turrets for the VX6 "in the future". No indications when in the future. I wouldn't mind betting, given the banter about the afterthought (IMO) zero stop, that they don't more simply offer an "upgrade" and call it something like VX6-MK11 !!! Have had a look at the Vortex PST FFP 4-16x50. Looks quite good for about $1200.