Swfa Ss 10x42 windage question.

[boyguan]

My first tactical scope.

First one in mils too

The windage is throwing me off a bit as the body goes from 1-3-5-7. The turret goes from 0-2.5 up and 0-2.5 down.

So I know it should be 0 and then adjust left or right but shouldn’t the body be 5-3-1-0-1-3-5 so it can go left or right.

Am I suppose to set it at like 3 on the body and be “0”?

[kcheung2]

The "body" markings are to track the turns of the turret. It does not need to be in the middle, it's designed so that you can keep track of how many complete revolutions you've made. It is supposed to increase as it goes out (or up for the elevation dial). It's purpose is that sometimes to adjust for windage (or elevation) you may have turned that dial 3 times, or maybe it was 4 times? With those markings you know how many turns you need to return to zero without having to guess.
The same applies for the elevation dial.

Zero the scope like you would any other scope. Keep track of which turn the turrets are at (what you call the body markings). If you turn those dials extensively, (i.e. 3 turns clockwise, 1 turn ccw, another 2 turns cw, and then you forgot what else) you can now return it to zero by just dialing it back to the "body marking" you had originally.

Some people make home made zero stops. They are essentially washers or shims that are the right thickness so that you don't need to remember which number the dial was set at, you simply can't turn it down any further and that means it has returned to zero.

[smoothy8500]

If you turn those dials extensively, (i.e. 3 turns clockwise, 1 turn ccw, another 2 turns cw, and then you forgot what else)

That's a lot of wind...

[boyguan]

The "body" markings are to track the turns of the turret. It does not need to be in the middle, it's designed so that you can keep track of how many complete revolutions you've made. It is supposed to increase as it goes out (or up for the elevation dial). It's purpose is that sometimes to adjust for windage (or elevation) you may have turned that dial 3 times, or maybe it was 4 times? With those markings you know how many turns you need to return to zero without having to guess.
The same applies for the elevation dial.

Zero the scope like you would any other scope. Keep track of which turn the turrets are at (what you call the body markings). If you turn those dials extensively, (i.e. 3 turns clockwise, 1 turn ccw, another 2 turns cw, and then you forgot what else) you can now return it to zero by just dialing it back to the "body marking" you had originally.

Some people make home made zero stops. They are essentially washers or shims that are the right thickness so that you don't need to remember which number the dial was set at, you simply can't turn it down any further and that means it has returned to zero.

[boyguan]

That's a lot of wind...

Super windy Im the Bay Area haha

[Ki6vsm]

Think of the turrets like they're thermometers. You wouldn't want them to be on zero. Right?

Seriously, the turrets are just scales. 'Zero' is one extreme, the high number is the other. The scope centers the reticle somewhere near the middle, depending on how the scope is mounted and where you zero it so the bore and the cross-hair intersect.