Two clicks up, one click down?

[gunsandgunsmithing]

Well it was mentioned as play in the threads. You say you watch reticle move. Yeah that’s exactly what those tracking tests are doing. It moves. So why go 6 clicks and back 3 just to move 3? I never had to do that on finger adjustment turrets on good scopes

Hopefully for one reason and only one...it makes me feel better. And it makes me feel better because I know how scopes are made and that the world isn't perfect and that stuff always works like it should, until it doesn't, which is usually at something like a nationals while you're leading. Lol! Kinda like having insurance on your car. You "know" you're not gonna wreck until you wreck. Why do military helicopters have such redundancy built into to them? It is what it is. I'm not saying that a scope shouldn't work as intended but rather, this little bit of insurance is absolutely free and takes maybe one second to do..and seldom at that. Gets back to my original comment here...It won't hurt anything. That's all it boils down to.

 

[BoydAllen]

Interesting. So, does the issue occur in both directions? I.e., up and down; left and right?

I suggest that you reread my explanation of what takes place. Having explained this numerous times to many different people, my experience has been that some seem to ignore the explanation of how the scope works which is the key to understanding when to go past and come back, and when not to.

 

[Ned Ludd]

This issue is all about movement of the erector assembly as the erector spring de-compresses. Things that are supposed to move can sometimes get stuck, especially if they've not been moved in a very long time. Turret adjustments that compress the spring are not the problem. It's the turret adjustments that de-compress the spring. Sometimes a little extra help is needed in the form of dialing the elevation turret up well past the intended elevation setting, which allows the spring to de-compress more fully, then dialing back down, which then re-compresses the spring.

I've personally observed this happening on a couple NF 12-42 NXS scopes and a Competition scope that had all sat in the safe for well over a year without any turret adjustment. Dialing past the intended elevation setting by a half to full turn of the turret, then back down to the intended setting solved the issue. I did not have to "tap" these scopes in order to get the erector assembly to release once I had dialed well past the intended setting, but I can imagine that might help in some instances. Twirling the turret past the intended point by a half to a full turn, then back down at the beginning of a range session requires all of about 0.5 seconds. It's not a big deal, just something easy you can do to potentially help ensure the erector assembly is tracking properly. Doing this is not a guarantee of anything, but it can't hurt and requires so little effort, I simply made it a part of my routine at the beginning of a match or range session.

 

[Jerry Wick]

On a similar note I "exercise" my turrets each Spring after the rifles have been sitting in the safe all Winter. Turn each turret to it's full amount of travel up/down and left/right. The thinking is to redistribute the internal lube and flex those springs.

Whether it does anything or not, I don't know, but it makes me feel better and it doesn't seem to hurt anything.