Turret stickers

[rclouse79]

Have you considered removing the zeros, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5 ect?

That would work too. I would do that if the numbers were too cluttered, but it seemed to work out with the spacing.

 

[ko1featherweigh]

Video explains how to make turret tape on adobe illustrate. I like rocks and stick so I do the tape and pen method.

 

[Hnthrdr]

Love this thread, yeah scope stickers are kind of silly, I like the printed out ones and painters tape!

 

[Geysermutt]

I tested some scope stickers out this season, along with a ballistic rangefinder. Ballistic rangefinder gives me a mill hold. This season when a buddy used their own rangefinder I was able to dial based on yardage since I haven’t memorized mill holds for different distances. There was a learning curve.

 

[rclouse79]

Here is an update on what I think is the final product. The sticker paper is pretty slick. I printed wind charts and yardage tapes for three guns on one sheet. I decided on white print on black. I added more yardages for the second rotation on my 25-06 and 223. Don’t worry, I only plan on killing rocks at that range. I printed one every five yards for my savage 220 20 gauge. Slugs drop like a rock out of that thing. I am pretty happy with how it turned out.

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

Solid work.

This thread had be wondering about putting a label maker on the Christmas list that could interface with a computer, need to look at what the software is capable of.

 

[rclouse79]

Solid work.

This thread had be wondering about putting a label maker on the Christmas list that could interface with a computer, need to look at what the software is capable of.

I just used my regular printer with this paper. It says it is water resistant and it doesn’t smudge at all. Feels like it will stay put.

 

[Robobiss]

Are you guys using a cricut?

I have one, this seems like as good as an application for it as any. Can print on sticker paper and have the cricut cut it out.

 

[rclouse79]

I just used a regular printer, but my mom has a cricut. That would be cool to use it for manly stuff. I am the only person who uses the sewing machine in my house, except I call it the gear thread injector.

 

[Robobiss]

I just used a regular printer, but my mom has a cricut. That would be cool to use it for manly stuff. I am the only person who uses the sewing machine in my house, except I call it the gear thread injector.

Hahaha.

Yeah, this project screams Cricut. In their design app you can design things and perfectly dial in their real world dimensions in inches (and Metric measurements If you wish). And then the damn thing will cut it out exactly the way you want it to.

 

[wapitibob]

Your numbers need to be in reverse order

and the circumference needs to be measured with the label on it
I used to do tapes in Mcam but now I just use an Avery label and pen.

 

[Mikido]

Another way to skin this cat, using MS paint.

Copy and pasted from another forum

So tonight I was screwing around on MS paint and was screwing with the scaling tool and a hard core idea took over. You can edit the size of the "canvas" in pixels to be 850 x 1100 pixels (to scale with an 8.5x11" sheet of printer paper). Then each pixel is equal to .01".

Next, measure the diameter of your turret where the numbers are. Multiply that by Pi. That will give you the circumference of your turret, we'll call it "W" for width.

Measure the height of that area where it remains a perfect cylinder (no bulges, knurling, tapers etc.). Call that value "H" for height.

Now make a box in MS paint, W x H.

Go on JBM ballistics or whatever ballistics calculator you want and get the dope data for every 50yd (or meters) or whatever interval you want at whatever DA or pressure/temp you want.

I set my 100yd "zero" at the far right and left edges of my HxW box (one half one one side, half on the other, a simple line and "0"). Now here's where you might need to use your noggin. You have to determine the distance 1 MOA or 1 Mil or .25 MOA etc. etc.. is on the circumference of your turret. For example, My turret was 0.840" in diameter, Circumference was 2.369". I have 40x, 1/4 MOA clicks per revolution (10 MOA total), so I divided 2.369 by 40 and got 0.066" per 1/4 MOA. Now determine how many clicks it is to each yard line. 200 was 7, 7x0.66= 0.462. Each pixel = .01" so I need to go left from my "0" mark 46 pixels (round down the .2 pixels). At that point, make a vertical line and a "2" or "200" or "catshit" whatever you want to mark it. Rinse/repeat for 300, 350, etc etc..

I did the first-revolution values in white, 2nd in yellow, 3rd in red. If you have enough space, you can stack them (3rd rev above 2nd, 2nd above 1st..) Out to 700yd, every 50yd. My 50yd interval marks are just dots.

Then print it out. Check your printer settings and get rid of all margins. For whatever reason I couldn't zero out all margins, so I set them all (L,R,U,D) to 0.5", then subtracted 100pixels from the canvas height and width. Make sure everything is still to scale in terms of pixels after you do this. with 1/2" margins all around and 750x1000 pixels, 1 pixel is still equal to .01".

 

[RaggedHunter]

I just use white electrical tape and a fine point black sharpie. Works fine.

 

[Miloshueg]

Glow in the dark paint. I put a single drop at my 300, 400, 500 yard settings. It'll stay on for years or you can scratch it right off with a wooden toothpick point.

ETA: like this:


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Dirt simple.

Just curious - but which scope are you running? Looks nice!

 

[Highvoltage1]

Crazy crow gun works turret sticker and scotch tape. Verified drops out to 600. Just wish the turret was half the size

 

[Miloshueg]

Crazy crow gun works turret sticker and scotch tape. Verified drops out to 600. Just wish the turret was half the size

Looks really cool. I'll check them out! Thanks

 

[Chris in TN]

Just curious - but which scope are you running? Looks nice!

Those pictures are on a NF SHV 4-14x50.

 

[Miloshueg]

Those pictures are on a NF SHV 4-14x50.

Thanks! Looking for a scope where the parallax knob has some more marks/indents than simply the 100m mark I've got now. I know it's correctly adjusted when both planes are in focus, but would be nice to make my scope a bit more technical

 

[Chris in TN]

Thanks! Looking for a scope where the parallax knob has some more marks/indents than simply the 100m mark I've got now. I know it's correctly adjusted when both planes are in focus, but would be nice to make my scope a bit more technical

When a rifle is going to be used by only one shooter I don't think parallax yardage markers are important at all. When multiple shooters will be switching out, it's a huge pain to not have them, because every time you switch you need to refocus (especially if one of you has much worse eyesight than the other) and you're always wondering if you're fighting yourself between the focus and the parallax.

My Zeiss V6 doesn't have the yardage markers. It's a pain to switch between shooters, *unless* I'm dialed in at some certain distance then my daughter picks it up to shoot at the same distance and knows she only has to turn the focus ring, not the parallax. That's fine on a flat range. Maybe less so in the woods.