Kahles. Left or Right wind knob?
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I went with LSW on my Kahles 525 and like it. If I need to dial wind in some positions, it is easier for me to balance / hold my position with my right hand on the grip of the rifle. Prone or bench I can more easily see the windage and can adjust with less disruption to my position (breaking cheek weld to see it on the right side). I wish more scope manufacturers offered this option.
I don't own a Kahles but I would go right side just for consistency as almost every other scope out there has the wind dial on the right.
It's all preference at the end of the day; however, if you adjust elevation with your left hand, it becomes very intuitive to adjust windage with the left as well. I will note that I rarely adjust windage and mostly do wind hold overs.
I’m backwards in everything. Left handed but prefer rsw on Kahles optics. I can adjust wind basically without breaking my shooting position which is helpful when zeroing. The top focus knob is tits for me as well. My favorite features on kahles scopes.
Glad to see someone else is offering this feature.
I’m left handed and prefer capped wind as I always hold. However, I dial parallax a lot (habit from cmp/high power) to see mirage at different distances.
So I think almost all scopes are really left handed. But I didn’t realize that until I had a US Optics 5-25x built with wind and parallax swapped. Great scope but turned out less useful for me.
I’m left handed and prefer capped wind as I always hold. However, I dial parallax a lot (habit from cmp/high power) to see mirage at different distances.
So I think almost all scopes are really left handed. But I didn’t realize that until I had a US Optics 5-25x built with wind and parallax swapped. Great scope but turned out less useful for me.
I am a right handed shooter. I have Kahles scopes on precision guns. I prefer Left Side windage.
in order to change windage when using a right-side turret, I have to break my cheek weld and reach over the stock in order to see the right-side turret, not so with left-side windage.
If using right-side turret, in order to change the windage, I have to move my right hand away from the pistol grip and trigger. If left-side I can make the adjustment with my left hand - it doesn't have much to do except squeeze the bag and change magazines.
I shoot with both eyes open. When using left-side turret it is easy to shift my left eye to look at the windage turret. That is also where I keep my note board with targets, ranges, and ups.
in order to change windage when using a right-side turret, I have to break my cheek weld and reach over the stock in order to see the right-side turret, not so with left-side windage.
If using right-side turret, in order to change the windage, I have to move my right hand away from the pistol grip and trigger. If left-side I can make the adjustment with my left hand - it doesn't have much to do except squeeze the bag and change magazines.
I shoot with both eyes open. When using left-side turret it is easy to shift my left eye to look at the windage turret. That is also where I keep my note board with targets, ranges, and ups.
As I mentioned above, I am a right-handed shooter. I adjust elevation, parallax, and windage with my left hand. I can imagine doing it with my right hand but not with a left-side-windage scope. In my case, my right hand is for weapon control and operating the safety and trigger control.
I regularly practice shooting left handed and from obstacles. Viewing my left-side windage knob means I have to break cheek-weld. Adjusting the left-side knob with my left hand, that is also busy controlling the weapon and trigger, is not handy. I can do it but I don't like letting go of the rifle - sometimes I reach over. Sometimes I don't adjust the knob, I hold.
For what its worth, I also have scopes with the more traditional right-side arrangement. In that case, I usually don't touch the windage knob. If I do, I have to break cheek-weld and maybe let go with my right hand.
All of this is my opinion and how I work with my gear. There is no "this is the right way and that is wrong". Do the best you can. But...try different stuff, you might find a new and better way for you.
I regularly practice shooting left handed and from obstacles. Viewing my left-side windage knob means I have to break cheek-weld. Adjusting the left-side knob with my left hand, that is also busy controlling the weapon and trigger, is not handy. I can do it but I don't like letting go of the rifle - sometimes I reach over. Sometimes I don't adjust the knob, I hold.
For what its worth, I also have scopes with the more traditional right-side arrangement. In that case, I usually don't touch the windage knob. If I do, I have to break cheek-weld and maybe let go with my right hand.
All of this is my opinion and how I work with my gear. There is no "this is the right way and that is wrong". Do the best you can. But...try different stuff, you might find a new and better way for you.
The left side windage knob didn't particularly bother me, but the left windage knob being clockwise while the elevation is ccw seemed strange to me.
