DTA and Kahles partnership - Sneak Peek

[ShadowPeo]

Be good to see them at the SHOT show

[Cobber997]

Would it be possible to include a zero return function where you would press in a button and the turret would return to your preset zero stop position by utilising a spring or similar mechanism?

[coldboremiracle]

Would it be possible to include a zero return function where you would press in a button and the turret would return to your preset zero stop position by utilising a spring or similar mechanism?

PLEASE!!!

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I wish I had gone to SHOT this year to get my hands on this thing. I also would like to see milestone clicks on the turret and the tool-less zero stop because I prefer to run all my ballistics from zero. I don't disagree that keeping a chart works well, but what if you introduce a new barrel to your regimen that zeros below your zero'd barrel? Wouldn't you have to rerun all the ballistics for your other barrels to establish the lower barrel as the new zero or else have to calculate extra holdover for that barrel? Lastly, I agree that a very fine crosshair in the center of the AMR would be a great reticle for this scope too. I am mostly a hunter and I have used the open window hold in the Nikon Predator BDC, granted the Nikon is nowhere near a Kahles, I did not like holding a circle around a coyote at all. I have no doubt that the open window is excellent for target and steel shooting but for killing furry critters I prefer to pick a hair and put it there.
All things considered, I will have one of these on rifle as soon as I can but the addition of a few features would make this scope blow everybody out of the water including Premier. And as a $3000 optic, why not incorporate every strongsuit feature possible?

[Cobber997]

New scopes are available at shot show. New reticles should be available by march.

The beauty of what we do is we get to make what we want and our new reticle is "exactly" what we want and we love it. It may not be for everyone but it most definitely is for us. . You are welcome to your own opinion but I whole heartedly disagree with you and know it will be very well received because it just flat out works. It is extremely fast, flexible, simple, and uncluttered.

G'day Nicholas, I was hoping to get some feedback for my suggestion of a zero return function.

Would it be possible to include a zero return function where you would press in a button and the turret would return to your preset zero stop position by utilising a spring or similar mechanism?

[Orkan]

What benefit do you see in having something like that?

I'm not seeing one, but maybe I'm missing something. The last thing I want in my turret is a spring that can get bound up, or more moving parts in something that must work every time.

[Cobber997]

What benefit do you see in having something like that?

I'm not seeing one, but maybe I'm missing something. The last thing I want in my turret is a spring that can get bound up, or more moving parts in something that must work every time.

The benefit would be that the user simply has to press in a button and their reticle will be back to their traditional zero range. Some users may find this an easier way of changing between ranges because instead of thinking "I have wound the scope up x clicks to get to whatever range and now I am at this other range so I want to go up this many clicks minus x clicks to be on target again" they can think, "I'm not shooting at this range anymore so I will send it back to zero and start again for the next range." The shooter wouldn't be able to make a mistake working out differences so it would remove a possible chance of making a mistake.

Of course the function would have to be optional.

I see the spring as being a single leaf, certainly not a coil spring, so I don't think it would be able to bind up if the mechanism was kept simple enough.

I don't think it would cause much of a problem in terms of reliability because I can't imagine a very large amount of force would be needed to turn a dial, especially if the button was pushing some contact areas (Tactile clicks for example) away, so there wouldn't be much chance of causing damage. You raise a good point and reliability is of course a priority but I think it wouldn't cause too much risk.

[Orkan]

The benefit would be that the user simply has to press in a button and their reticle will be back to their traditional zero range. Some users may find this an easier way of changing between ranges because instead of thinking "I have wound the scope up x clicks to get to whatever range and now I am at this other range so I want to go up this many clicks minus x clicks to be on target again" they can think, "I'm not shooting at this range anymore so I will send it back to zero and start again for the next range." The shooter wouldn't be able to make a mistake working out differences so it would remove a possible chance of making a mistake.

Ever hear of a zero stop? The kahles already has this, and completely eliminates the problem you describe.

[Cobber997]

The benefit would be that the user simply has to press in a button and their reticle will be back to their traditional zero range. Some users may find this an easier way of changing between ranges because instead of thinking "I have wound the scope up x clicks to get to whatever range and now I am at this other range so I want to go up this many clicks minus x clicks to be on target again" they can think, "I'm not shooting at this range anymore so I will send it back to zero and start again for the next range." The shooter wouldn't be able to make a mistake working out differences so it would remove a possible chance of making a mistake.

Ever hear of a zero stop? The kahles already has this, and completely eliminates the problem you describe.

Yes, but the user has to wind the turret back to zero then start winding again. Using my suggestion you could send it back to zero faster so you can start winding up again faster. It would be a convenience feature, not a ground breaking one.

[db_17_85]

I got a chance to to speak with you guys at SHOT and am really anxious for this optic. What's the current projected release date?