Re: Need help counting clicks.
Reading over this, I think I'm understanding you.
You have a custom turret like this one:
PST Custom MOA Turret
It is marked for two turns worth to get you to 900yds under the conditions you submitted to Vortex when buying the turret. It would require you to go into the third revolution to get to 1000yds which is your upcoming situation, and want to know how many clicks that requires. Am I tracking right so far?
Here is what we need to give you that info, or what you need to give that info to yourself: What is the ballistic data you submitted to Vortex, and is that the same data you're shooting with? Only then can you get an estimate of how many more clicks you will need to come up to hit at 1000yds.
This is exactly the reason that I and many other shooters out there hate the custom turrets, especially when they aren't still marked for regular MOA/MIL increments. They suck when you are outside of your perfect standardized conditions, which is pretty much ALWAYS. Changes in temperature, density altitude, loads type, etc throw them off. In my opinion, custom BDC turrets for ranges are for the layman who cannot comprehend bullet drop calculations, and shooters who need it "right f-n now!" like infantry with ACOGs. I don't believe you are either.
Here is my recommendation to you: Get yourself a standard MOA turret for your elevation, or if you already have one, get it installed on that scope pronto. Get yourself some bullet drop charts done up using either your own ballistic program or the one on JBM:
http://www.jbmballistics.com/ballistics/calculators/calculators.shtml
<span style="text-decoration: line-through">To answer your first question of how many MOA clicks (assuming 1/4 moa clicks) you need to go to compensate for the additional 56.8" of drop (your spec given in the original post), it is:
56.8"/1.047=54.25 (convert inches to MOA units)
54.25/10=5.425moa (Adjust for 1000yd range)
5.425*4=21.7 rounded to <span style="font-weight: bold">22 clicks</span> (convert to 1/4 moa clicks)</span> <span style="color: #FF0000">ETA: Disregard. I was using his improper data.</span>
<span style="font-style: italic">Keep in mind that this is based off the data you gave originally, and would require that the conditions you shoot in are the same as when you calculated that bullet drop. Should it be good enough to get you onto a 8'x8' target backer and not hitting someone next county over, probably....</span>
Avoiding all this math is why almost nobody counts clicks or uses the custom turrets. Get yourself a new MOA turret, a set of customized cheat sheet bullet drop cards, and start dialing your settings vs. counting clicks and being at the mercy of the weather conditions being consistent.
