Rifle Scopes I want 10 mil turrets

[Cunninglynguist]

I have a Bushnell dmr with the 5 mil turrets and no zero stop. I talked to Bushnell and they said they can’t upgrade the turrets. I was wondering if any of you guys have had that done and if you know of a place that will do it. There is nothing wrong with the scope or anything I just want the 10 mill turrets and zero stop.
Thanks.

 

[fdkay]

Sell the scope you have and buy the scope you want.

 

[Skunkworx]

Sell it, it’ll be cost prohibitive to get your scope modified.

 

[Basher]

Sell it, it’ll be impossible to get your scope modified.

FIFY. Bushnell said they don’t do it. I’m not aware of any place doing successful Bushy turret mods in their garage.

OP, if you want 10mils and a ZS, sell your DMR and upgrade, there’s no other way to get it done.

 

[supercorndogs]

^^^^^^^^^This, what you are wanting, is not a thing. Not only that, but you will see other improvements as well, in the newer designs. The greenish blueish tint to the glass was always annoying to me in the first gen of DMR.

 

[IowaGeologist]

Find someone with a 3D printer and a lot of time and material. I'm sure you can get something close. Will probably fit poorly, work poorly, look bad, and the person will hate you for wasting their time, but should get you in the ballpark.

 

[supercorndogs]

Find someone with a 3D printer and a lot of time and material. I'm sure you can get something close. Will probably fit poorly, work poorly, look bad, and the person will hate you for wasting their time, but should get you in the ballpark.

What are they going to 3d print to make 5 mils per rev 10 mils per rev?

 

[Steel head]

1-Just cross out the five and write in a ten
2-Cut washers into a C and stack them till they stop the turret at zero, grinding and filling will be required but whey you get it perfect just hoop them in place.


Or Dump it and get what you want.

 

[IowaGeologist]

What are they going to 3d print to make 5 mils per rev 10 mils per rev?

A wider turret with 10 mils? You're scope is set to X mils internally anyway, the turret is just a physical indicator on where it is. You widen the diameter, you can add more mils per rev. You're not changing anything with the internals.

Right??? Maybe I haven't had enough coffee yet.

 

[supercorndogs]

A wider turret with 10 mils? You're scope is set to X mils internally anyway, the turret is just a physical indicator on where it is. You widen the diameter, you can add more mils per rev. You're not changing anything with the internals.

Right??? Maybe I haven't had enough coffee yet.

No, you make the turret a big diameter and you end up with more spacing between each dash on the external turret. Maybe if you used a planetary gear and some holding fixtures you could do it, but something is going to have to make the internal turret turn twice per revolution of the cover. Making it bigger just leaves it with 50 clicks still.

 

[IowaGeologist]

No, you make the turret a big diameter and you end up with more spacing between each dash on the external turret. Maybe if you used a planetary gear and some holding fixtures you could do it, but something is going to have to make the internal turret turn twice per revolution of the cover. Making it bigger just leaves it with 50 clicks still.

Yeah, I'm a dumbass and realized that after I hit post. I'll leave it up and take the lashings.

 

[Aescobar17]

A wider turret with 10 mils? You're scope is set to X mils internally anyway, the turret is just a physical indicator on where it is. You widen the diameter, you can add more mils per rev. You're not changing anything with the internals.

Right??? Maybe I haven't had enough coffee yet.

That’s not how this works.

 

[ken226]

What are they going to 3d print to make 5 mils per rev 10 mils per rev?

No, you make the turret a big diameter and you end up with more spacing between each dash on the external turret. Maybe if you used a planetary gear and some holding fixtures you could do it, but something is going to have to make the internal turret turn twice per revolution of the cover. Making it bigger just leaves it with 50 clicks still.

Exactly.

The number of mils per rotation/degree/radian of turret rotation is about the thread pitch of the turrets internals. To change it to 10 mils per rotation, you'd need to replace the threaded parts in the turret with something that has half the current thread pitch.

Then replace the turrets with something having twice as many detents.

Your going to need a machine shop and a really sharp machinist. Maybe even an engineer.

Oh, and you'll need enough cash to pay those guys. It'll be more than a new scope.

 

[Cunninglynguist]

Ok the guy at Bushnell said they had a company that did aftermarket turret work on some of their scopes but yeah it doesn’t look like it’s worth it..

 

[Jackomason]

Get a fine tip white paint pen and just draw the extra hash marks in. Simple...

 

[SecretSquirrels]

If you are going to go to all this trouble it would seem prudent to go up to 11.

SS