Benefits of target turrets

I am planning to buy a new telescopic sight for my air rifle and have been told I should get one with target turrets. What are target turrets and do they offer any great advantage over standard windage and elevation turrets?

The main difference is that target turrets don’t have the usual screw-off caps to cover the dials; instead they unlock when you pull them up. This frees them to turn for adjustment and you simply snap them back down to lock them into position when you have finished making any necessary adjustments.

The absence of caps means that target turrets facilitate fast adjustment if you need to dial in compensation for wind or gravity in the field, though it could be argued that multi-aimpoint scopes have more or less done away with the need to make these adjustments on the fly anyway. The fact that there are no screw-off caps to roll off the bench and get lost on the floor when you are zeroing on the range could be considered an advantage.

There is not much to choose between them. If you do opt for target turrets, bear in mind that they can be quite high and check that they won’t get in the way of any scopemounted accessories you might plan to use. MM Swans have decimated the weed in a stretch of river where I fish. We are keen to replant for next season, but when is the best time to do the work to ensure it is successful?

For in-stream weed, such as ranunculus, early spring is the best time. You will experience better results if you can dig the roots into the bed. Think about the conditions that a particular weed will like, and about light and summer shade that may inhibit the growth of newly planted in-stream weed. Marginal weed can be planted in the winter to strengthen eroded banks or planted into faggots used in bigger bank repairs. Again, you must consider summer shading if the weed is to become successfully established. CDC

Target turrets offer fastadjustment but canget in the way ofother accessories