Can someone please explain turrets to me? I understand there are a lot of factors the go in to setting them up such as BC, temperature, altitude, velocity, and bullet weight, but all that stuff change a lot day to day with different loads. they don't seem very practical to me. If so, how do I go about getting a set specific for my gun and scope? They seem impossible to get for my scope. I just have a simmons aetec 4-12X44. Any info would be appreciated.

I'll give it a try. For the most part, turrets can't be changed. If you want Target style turrets you have to buy a scope that comes with them. I think your real question is' "How to come up with a drop table?" For that, you need a computer program like

http://www.eskimo.com/~jbm/ballistics/traj...traj_basic.html

or one of the other programs available on the web. I use a program that works in MS Excel. I set up my rifle with my standend load at my home range. If I'm going Prairie dog shooting in the Dakotas, I enter the alt and forcast temps into my program and print out a Come Up Card for those conditions. It won't be exact but it will be close.

The come ups are printed on address labels and stuck to a piece of plastic that I keep with my ammo.

thanks Jerr.

I'm new to this whole long distance shooting thing. I've mostly been a woodland deer hunter so long distance shots are rare for me. I'm trying to get into ghog and coyote hunting. its a lot of fun but a steep learning curve. I believe i'm sarting to under stand in now though.

So i guess if i want turrets that means a different scope for me?... And a computer program.

There are a lot of free ballistic programs on the internet I can email you a copy of mine if you want. There are also some good Long Range shooting forums like

http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/

http://longrangeshooter.com/forums/

http://www.6mmbr.com/6mmBRforum.html

http://www.benchrest.com/forums/

Thanks a bunch! Yeah, it'd be great if you could email that to me.

Check your PM.. I need your email address.

Jerr

Does your program utilize bullet BC? If so, can you use different ones like G1 or G7?

There is a place to enter Bullet BC. I believe it is based on G1