Thread: ''Poor mans'' zero stop

A zero stop would be great, but most scopes that offer it as a feature are too big and heavy (or expensive) for me to personally want on my own hunting rifle.

I have lost animals due to inexperience (loosing track of my rotations), a zero stop would have redeemed this situation...but instead I've had to remove the bolt and bore-sight it to get it back on zero again.

So this is the next best thing:




So the sticker (label maker) indicates how far I have to turn the turret (anticlockwise) back from a hard stop if I wind it all the way in (clockwise). The dial will read zero again when clicked backwards, so it's very fast to do.

The notation could be in MOA, turns, a mix of both....it matters not, as long as you can understand it in a panic situation. I went for turns and then remainder in MOA i.e:

2T/12MOA = 2 full turns, plus 12MOA

I could have written 42MOA (my turrets are 15MOA per revolution) but I figured 2T + 12MOA was easier to read in a hurry than 30MOA + 12MOA? personal choice really?

Anyway, hope this is of some help to anyone in the same boat who has lost track of there dial?

kj