Schmidt & Bender PMII surprised me.

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So I looked at a 5-25x56 PM II/LP calibrated in mrads today. Elevation turret is double turn and numbered up to 27 mrad. So I click through from low stop to high stop and only count 17.5 mrad. Physically impossible to turn the thing to 27. What is up with that? Not something I would be expecting on a scope that is over 3 grand!
Did I experience a defected scope being sold at full retail? Vendor was not helpful. Playing dumb or just that ignorant of product? I was very surprised.
 
I think maybe something wrong for the scope you looking for.
Mine one just play around .from low stop to high stop and count 26.3 mrad after 100Y zero.
 
There is likely nothing wrong with the scope. The zero stop is probably set somewhere toward the middle of the total adjustment range limiting the amount of elevation that can be dialed. Scope may have been sighted on a "0" moa base and then the zerostop set. If you back off the turret set screws when at "17", or whatever your max is, and advance the turret to 26mil then re-set the screws you should be able to back it to "0" and get the full 26mils of adjustment.
In order to utilize the full range of adjustment on any long range scope you should have a canted base of approx 1/2 the total internal adjustment of your scope. 30-40 moa base on an S&B double turn, will give you full use of the elevation available.
 
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Marcoman got dead on, in order to take advantage majority of the 26 mils you would have to use the 35 to 40 moa picany rail.

marcoman said:
There is likely nothing wrong with the scope. The zero stop is probably set somewhere toward the middle of the total adjustment range limiting the amount of elevation that can be dialed. Scope may have been sighted on a "0" moa base and then the zerostop set. If you back off the turret set screws when at "17", or whatever your max is, and advance the turret to 26mil then re-set the screws you should be able to back it to "0" and get the full 26mils of adjustment.
In order to utilize the full range of adjustment on any long range scope you should have a canted base of approx 1/2 the total internal adjustment of your scope. 30-40 moa base on an S&B double turn, will give you full use of the elevation available.
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Robbs said:
So I looked at a 5-25x56 PM II/LP calibrated in mrads today. Elevation turret is double turn and numbered up to 27 mrad. So I click through from low stop to high stop and only count 17.5 mrad. Physically impossible to turn the thing to 27. What is up with that? Not something I would be expecting on a scope that is over 3 grand!
Did I experience a defected scope being sold at full retail? Vendor was not helpful. Playing dumb or just that ignorant of product? I was very surprised.
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zero stops in place? perhaps
 
You need to loosen the two setscrews of the turret and lift up so you can see the o ring . Retighten . Once sighted you zero the turret and push back down ( after re lossening again ) . As already mentioned you are hitting the zero stop

FYI - that scope should be on at least 28MOA taper , preferably 45 MOA on a 338 lapua to get the most out of it.

Lastly, most scope manufacturers mechanically centre scope out of factory , so you would think that the scope you were playing with should have 13.5 ( 27 divided by 2 ) up

The exception to this rule is S&B PMII leave the factory with offset from centre already .

All this is clearly explained in the manual , complete with crappy drawings
 
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