Zeiss HD-5 factoid

[Smalltruck]

I was all set to buy one of these until today. The 5X25X50 with lockable turrets and the Varmint reticle (thin crosshairs). Mentioned it to a guy a the local gun club and says I have one of those and its great except...the turrets only make one revolution. HUH?

Yes the lockable or target turrets only turn one revolution, well almost one, 18 MOA is one turn and these go 17.75 minutes. The hunter turrets go 36MOA. For a hunting rifle 18 MOA won't be enough if I shoot long range.

So if you want one of these make sure you know what will work for you.

 

[firstshot425]

Hey Smalltruck

You are correct about the 0 stop; however, I purchased one of these and simply removed the little zero stop pin/screw on the elevation turret and now have 65 MOA of adjustment. There is a white paint mark at the bottom of the adjustment dial. When you are dialing back down, and you get to 0 with the bottom of the turret on the white paint mark you are at the original 0 stop. No big deal.

What I plan to do is make a plastic shim that fits at the bottom of the turret and functions as a "0" stop. There is a picture of this on post #49 on the Long Range Hunting forum:http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f18/new-zeiss-conquest-hd5-5-25x50-rifle-scope-105957/index7.html[/url]