How to reset a scopes turrets?

[tps344]

Just wondering how do we reset a scopes turrets. I own a Steiner M8Xi 1-8 scope, and I zeroed this optic on my rifle, and I also set the zero stop back to 0 so I can only dial up in mils, setting the zero stop is merely loosening two hex screws on the turret, and rotating the turret back to 0, then re-tightening the hex screws on the turret. However, once this is done you cannot rotate the turret down, or you cannot lower the reticle. You can only go up in turret elevation mil clicks. So, I’m wondering how would one go about resetting a scopes turrets and reticle to the factory defaults if mounting the glass to another weapon, so the reticle can be perfectly centered.

I have not been able to find much information on this. And I’m wondering how can the zero stop even be removed or restored back to default settings? Do I loosen the hex screws, dial the turret back up to factory defaults and tighten them again?


I appreciate all of the help.

 

[Taylorbok]

loosen screws. Move turret in the up direction, tighten screws again. now you can dial down more if you need

 

[tps344]

loosen screws. Move turret in the up direction, tighten screws again. now you can dial down more if you need

Okay, sounds good thank you. I’m curious though, does the scope keep dialing and dialing? Do we ever need to re-center the reticle and turrets?

 

[Taylorbok]

I'm not sure what you mean by that.
Like the scope will run out of travel yes.
Centering the reticle/ turrets is basically zeroing the rifle.

 

[rmfield]

The manual doesn't say anything about a zero stop.

 

[tps344]

I'm not sure what you mean by that.
Like the scope will run out of travel yes.
Centering the reticle/ turrets is basically zeroing the rifle.

For example, imagine if your turrets don’t match the position of the reticle. Since we can move our turrets with a zero dial without activating the clicks we can throw our scope out of whack right?, can’t we potentially have them way out of bounds to the actual position of our inner reticle? How do we recenter the scope and match it accordingly to our turrets?

If someone wanted to start from scratch on a zero if moving to another rifle or something. We have 50 clicks up and 50 clicks down, and our reticle tube is in the very center of the scope body.

I hope that makes sense. I have always wondered this.

 

[Taylorbok]

For example, imagine if your turrets don’t match the position of the reticle. Since we can move our turrets with a zero dial, can’t we potentially have them way out of bounds to the position of our inner reticle?

When the screws are loosened you have disconnected the turret cap from the internal mechanism, the cap is just spinning on a post, how many turns it does is irrelevant. Once its tightened the movement is limited by the internal components of the scope. It might be helpful for you to watch this video to give yourself a basic understanding of how scopes work.

 

[Aftermath]

Okay, sounds good thank you. I’m curious though, does the scope keep dialing and dialing? Do we ever need to re-center the reticle and turrets?

If you really needed to, you can "disconnect" the zero stop so that you have full use of the dial on that turret. Then dial it one direction until it stops. Now, dial it the other way but count clicks. Now dial back the other direction half that number of clicks. Your reticle is now mechanically centered.