I have never had a scope with CCW turrets but am looking a a S&B PMII and there are two options for turrets, CW and CCW.
Thoughts based on experience...
Thoughts based on experience...
Rifle Scopes CW vs CCW turrets for right hand shooter?
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Are you a European shooter? Most U.S. made scopes tend to be CCW. Prior to owning European made optics, all my experiences were with CCW turrets, but I got used to the opposite pretty quickly. And it actually makes sense to go CW. We read left to right. The numbers going up from left to right (CW) seems intuitive. I don't fret too much about either. Though I still have a mix of scopes that have CCW and CW turrets. If it were up to me, I'd take them all with CW turrets but most companies don't give you a choice and if you're buying mainly optics made for the U.S. market, they're going to be CCW unless they're European made scopes (S&B, Kahles, Hensoldt....etc...) in which case, you might have the option to choose.
CCW is more common option across manufacturers (at least among the scopes I've used) so for familiarity across my scopes I opt for CCW if there's a choice.
When S&B PMIIs started showing up for $2400-ish, Mile High charged $100 more for CCW turret scopes, suggesting to me that CW turret scopes were in greater supply due to greater demand for CCW, but again that's just a guess.
CCW indicates the direction the elevation knob is turned to increase elevation of the POI, but I'd say it's more trained than intuitive to learn.
Scopes whose CCW turret knobs are directly coupled (usually splined and retained with a screw on the top, like Bushnell ET/DMR family of scopes) to the turret shaft (and so move vertically when the knob rotates) demonstrably have RH threads, so in world dominated by RH threads, it may explain how the CCW turret trend started.
When S&B PMIIs started showing up for $2400-ish, Mile High charged $100 more for CCW turret scopes, suggesting to me that CW turret scopes were in greater supply due to greater demand for CCW, but again that's just a guess.
CCW indicates the direction the elevation knob is turned to increase elevation of the POI, but I'd say it's more trained than intuitive to learn.
Scopes whose CCW turret knobs are directly coupled (usually splined and retained with a screw on the top, like Bushnell ET/DMR family of scopes) to the turret shaft (and so move vertically when the knob rotates) demonstrably have RH threads, so in world dominated by RH threads, it may explain how the CCW turret trend started.
Trying to do to many things at once My scopes are CCW have never had a CW. I am a right handed shooter and it seems CCW would work better for right handers? Do some Mfgs. make CW for left handers?
I’ve had both and can’t say I prefer one over the other. Unless you plan to do a lot of dialing in the dark, don’t really worry about it. Every time you dial up you are going to eventually dial back down. There is no reason to presume you will dial up more than down “under pressure”. Buy whichever and if you’re concerned about operating under pressure, just train with the scope you buy.
Having owned both CW and CCW scopes, no preference. Either works fine if you get a good scope with good turrets.
