Odd Elevation "Clicks"

[tyyota]

I have a Cabelas Pine Ridge Tactical Turret Scope in 6-18 mounted on my savage 223. It is advertised to have 1/4 MOA adjustment for windage & elevation. The windage is indeed 1/4 MOA however the "clicks" for the elevation knob are much finer (~132 clicks per full turn vs. 56 click for windage). I have been struggling for some time to figure out exactly what each click of elevation translates to.
Simple math would tell me that if the adjustment per full turn was the same for elevation and windage: each elevation click would equal ~ 0.106". Odd!
Today I shot several groups at 100 yards trying to get a picture of what was going on. I found that in fact each click of elevation is equal to approximately 0.08" or about 12.5 click per MOA.
Does this sound at all plausible? I tried this at several different elevations with identical results. Has there ever been a scope with adjustments similar to this?

 

[Dogleg]

Don't bet on the clicks on a scope meaning anything like they are marked. The chances of them matching seem to go up with the price tag, but I've got a Zeiss here that is marked 1/4 min for elevation and 1 cm @ 100 meters for windage. The first is correct for both btw. There's a lot of 1/4 minute scopes that move 1/2 minute too.
Shoot a group at 100, take a full turn on your turret and shoot another. Do the same with windage and divide your group spacing in inches by the clicks in a turn and you have your answer. Try going back to where you started, to find out if you are wasteing your time and ammo. Realistically, if it doesn't move from group to group on the first shot everytime it isn't good for much.
Many ballistic programs allow you to pick the amount of clicks per minute, so if you have to use 3 or 7 or 12 it isn't the end of the world.

 

[zimbu]

Don't bet on the clicks on a scope meaning anything like they are marked.

I have the exact same scope on my Tikka .270. I'm getting into some long range shooting when time permits so I needed to figure this out as well since the "calibrated" BDC (bullet drop compensator) for 130gr bullet only goes to 450yd. I counted 130 clicks per turn which tellls me absolutely nothing. However using the free Hornady ballistics calculator and information provided on Federal's website for the 130gr Federal Premium ammo , i was able to determine that one full turn of the elevation turret = 9 MOA. You can check this by firing a group at 100yd. Then dial up one full turn and fire a second group. It should be 9.36" higher than the first group since 1 MOA at 100yd = 1.04"

I put one of the .308 turrets (since I will never own a .308) in a drill chuck and polished the markings off. One of these days I'll take it to the trophy shop and get the MOA graduations engraved on it. Until then I have a piece of masking tape with pen marks wrapped around the turret. That way I can range the target, check the drop chart, and dial up. Mine dials up three full turns and then some which is more than enough to get me out to 1000yd.
I zeroed mine at 100yd and made a small scribe line on the body of the scope along the lower edge of the turret. That way if I lose count of turns up or down I have a reference point to come back to.
Enjoy your new scope.