Thread: Te Puke Rifle Club Shoot for Hunting rifles

Originally Posted by ebf

My question remains : What about all the 3-9 package scopes with no external markings and capped turrets... Are the competitors unscrewing the caps and making adjustments, counting clicks ? Or are they aiming off, possibly using a 300 or 500 yds zero ?

I don't know what competitors are doing to cope with the elevation and wind changes while using a scope designed to be set to achieve the maximum point blank range of a rifle/cartridge combination.
I can tell you what I do though. I sight the rifle to have a 100 yard zero. At 300 yards I put 5 mins elevation on (replace the caps) and then hold off for any wind or elevation changes. At 500, 12 mins up from my 100yd zero, put the average wind I can see on the scope (replace the caps) and then hold off for any wind or elevation changes. At 600, same thing except that I will now be 17 mins up from my 100yd zero.
What others do will be up to them. Some may have wind and elevation marks on their reticle and use those, others may wish to wind their scope for each shot, while taking detailed notes of wind and changes in impact. To each their own, there is plenty of time as the time limit is the same as would be allowed for a 10 shot string even though you are only shooting five to count.