The knob on top is up down, and the knob on the right is left right? Which direction on the knobs are up, down, left, and right? On my old scope they were written on the turrets.
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Make sure you can shoot something like a consistent 3 shot group.
Turn elevation turret, the top one, 1 turn CCW as viewed from the top, or rear to the right.
Which way did the bullet move?
Do the same for windage. This time still CCW, or top towards you.
Which way did the bullet move.
That should give you an answer in no more than 5 shots.
Turn elevation turret, the top one, 1 turn CCW as viewed from the top, or rear to the right.
Which way did the bullet move?
Do the same for windage. This time still CCW, or top towards you.
Which way did the bullet move.
That should give you an answer in no more than 5 shots.
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OK, I'll Play Along.
Elevation, CW Is Down, CCW Is Up.
Windage, CW Is Left, CCW Is Right.
OK, I'll Play Along.
Elevation, CW Is Down, CCW Is Up.
Windage, CW Is Left, CCW Is Right.
I was serious, on my old scope I just looked at the written direction indicators on the turrets. I have many posts because I hang out on these forums while I'm at work. I was going to get the turret directions down this weekend, but at the range I only had an hour and a half to put a new scope on my 10/22 and zero the rifle at 25 yards for two different ammos. I think that being my first mildot experience made me forget which ways I was turning the knobs, I felt special that I didn't have to walk down the range to check where the bullets hit the paper. I had a lot to take in that short period of time, but I did get the zeros. Sorry to drag this on, but my friend had a funny story what he did with my rifle a few days ago. He shot a squirrel and within a few seconds after it hit the ground, a stray cat jumped out of a tree to nab the little bugger. As the squirrel was flopping around, the cat picked it up and ran off with it.
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While most likely, what you describe has nevertheless not always been universal. One example is the Leupold M4 Mk3. Some of these models associated with the M24 SWS have elevation adjustment and windage adjustment which adjust like iron sights on a Service Rifle, CW is up. and CW is right. I used my M24 for many seasons in NRA LR any/any competitions with M4 Mk3 attached. Years later, I began using a Nightforce scope which had elevation and windage opposite what I had become accustomed to. This blew my mind, making me very uneasy on the firing line for quite awhile.
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just put it on the kitchen table, garage work bench, etc, and put the cross hairs on something, without moving the rifle, turn the turret counter clockwise. if the crosshairs end up below your object, then counter clockwise is up, and visa versa. same for windage. not one shot has to be taken.
if the scope isn't marked, take the tip of a knife and scratch off a little bit of the black finish of the scope either on the turret or at the base of the turret on the adjustment housing, basically engraving U > or R v (usually counterclockwise) / < D or L ^ (usually clockwise) or any combo or both.
you can leave it as such or take some paint, wipe over the "engraving" with a papertowel to fill the grooves while trying to remove anything above the "engraving" (like a spackle job). when dried you can clean up any of the haze left from the paint with a Qtip and acetone.
you can add lines / numbers to the turret using the same method, and as such do the math and "convert" your optic from the generic IPHY adjustments to mil, moa, or whatever by putting the lines accordingly.
you can also put text in a word doc, shrink the text, print it, trim it, tape it to the tube or adjustment housing with clear packing tape.
if the scope isn't marked, take the tip of a knife and scratch off a little bit of the black finish of the scope either on the turret or at the base of the turret on the adjustment housing, basically engraving U > or R v (usually counterclockwise) / < D or L ^ (usually clockwise) or any combo or both.
you can leave it as such or take some paint, wipe over the "engraving" with a papertowel to fill the grooves while trying to remove anything above the "engraving" (like a spackle job). when dried you can clean up any of the haze left from the paint with a Qtip and acetone.
you can add lines / numbers to the turret using the same method, and as such do the math and "convert" your optic from the generic IPHY adjustments to mil, moa, or whatever by putting the lines accordingly.
you can also put text in a word doc, shrink the text, print it, trim it, tape it to the tube or adjustment housing with clear packing tape.
