good custom dial system scopes $500-$800 price

I have a Leupold vx6 3-18 with a cds dial and it is OK. Don't get super hung up on the dial. To make a cds dial accurate, you should chronograph your load, and shoot to check bullet drop at various known distances you wish to shoot to. This makes the dial as accurate as possible, EXCEPT:

1) its only good for that load. If you tweak it, the numbers are out.

2) its only good at the elevation you shot at, changes in elevation can affect bullet drop, and conversely, the POI

3) its truly only accurate at the temperature you set it up for. If you shoot at -20 and +80F, that will affect the point of impact also

I've gone both ways, but a scope with a dial in mils or MOA graduation, you can make a dope card for various bullets and loads.

The most important thing I would recommend if you hunt is a zero stop and/or a locking turret. I've missed a coyote at 300 and found dials half a turn out. It's easy to bump them, forget to reset them, or have the kids turn them. With a zero stop you can check your base setting without even looking at the scope.

I find now that I really only hunt to about 400 yards, and mostly under 300 which is about a 5" drop. I just hold over.
 
hmm There is a lot of science to it, I have ordered a custom elevation turret for my Nikon 4-14x50 monarch, ammo will be 150gr /3110fps, gun is weatherby ultra lite 7mm mag, once I get it ill set it up and test at distances out to 500,
when you order these you have to specify what elevation you plan to hunt at which is a lot higher than where I will be sighting in at, I hope this wont make a huge difference in point of impact.
 
DMS1 said:
I have a Leupold vx6 3-18 with a cds dial and it is OK. Don't get super hung up on the dial. To make a cds dial accurate, you should chronograph your load, and shoot to check bullet drop at various known distances you wish to shoot to. This makes the dial as accurate as possible, EXCEPT:

1) its only good for that load. If you tweak it, the numbers are out.

2) its only good at the elevation you shot at, changes in elevation can affect bullet drop, and conversely, the POI

3) its truly only accurate at the temperature you set it up for. If you shoot at -20 and +80F, that will affect the point of impact also

I've gone both ways, but a scope with a dial in mils or MOA graduation, you can make a dope card for various bullets and loads.

The most important thing I would recommend if you hunt is a zero stop and/or a locking turret. I've missed a coyote at 300 and found dials half a turn out. It's easy to bump them, forget to reset them, or have the kids turn them. With a zero stop you can check your base setting without even looking at the scope.

I find now that I really only hunt to about 400 yards, and mostly under 300 which is about a 5" drop. I just hold over.
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This is what I recommend as well. Get a MOA or Mil based scope and learn how to use it. Learn your dopes for different conditions, bullets and loads. If you're using factory ammo, you're way better to chronograph the load than to go by what it says on the box because your gun might shoot the load completely different than their test rifle did.
 
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