Trijicon Scopes + Kenton Industries Turrets Make for a Superb Long-Range Setup for Hunters by Tim Herald

Trijicon Scopes + Kenton Industries Turrets Make for a Superb Long-Range Setup for Hunters

By Tim Herald

I have never claimed to be the world’s best rifle shot, and when I shoot long-range, it is because I am hunting and the situation calls for it, or I am practicing for hunting. In the past, I had tried all kinds of different reticles to help with shooting at distance, and though some worked out OK for me, I always felt like I was just in the ballpark. Then back in 2018, a friend told me about Kenton Industries turrets.

I did a little research and ordered one to put on my 5-20x50 Trijicon AccuPoint that was on a .300 Win Mag. I wanted a super simple setup for hunting because often a shot must be quick, and I did not want to be on the side of a mountain trying to make calculations and taking precious seconds. I had a basic yardage turret made that went from a 100 yard zero out to about 1200 yards though that was way out of my comfort zone. I had big numbers for each 100-yard increment with hashes for 25, 50 and 75 yards between. That way I could simply range my target (with angle compensation), dial the turret to match, and shoot. Of course, windage must be considered, but I printed out a quick cheat sheet and taped to by rifle stock for that.

My first hunt with the setup, I took a Colorado mule deer at close to 500 yards at a very steep uphill angle, and I was sold on the whole system.

Ordering a turret for your scope from Kenton is quite simple. You go to their website, pick your scope model, factory ammo or handloads (if handloads there will be a few other questions like bullet BC, velocity, etc.)  and plug in a few other values like elevation you want setup for, average temperature, what yardage you want zero to be, measured scope height,  etc., and they can cut you a custom turret that will screw right onto your scope. You can pick from 3 turret models: speed dial, long-range hunter, and Military MRAD/MOA.  You then just zero at the yardage you chose, turn the turret to match, lock it in and you are ready to roll.

A couple of years later, I bought a really accurate .338 Win Mag, and immediately, I ordered a Kenton Turret for the 5-20x50 AccuPoint I put on it. I changed the turret just a bit as my eyes were aging and I began wearing reading glasses. On this one I had big numbers for the 100-yard increments, smaller .5 numbers for the 50-yard increments between, and hashes between those. So I would have 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, for 100, 150, 200, 250 yards with hashes between. It made dialing the yardages even faster.

This became my go to setup for most of my hunting for years. I took elk in New Mexico, Bezoar ibex in Turkey, kudu in Botswana, etc. with the setup at all different ranges and had so much confidence in it. It felt like I just couldn’t miss.

A great kudu bull taken with a .338 Win topped with a Trijicon AccuPoint and Kenton turret.

My next rifle purchase was a carbon barreled .300 PRC, and it was a tack driver. I immediately ordered a Kenton turret for the Trijicon Tenmile HX scope I mounted on it. I sent the scope with turret to the rifle manufacturer as they had a service to set it all up and verify that it would shoot MOA out to 1000 yards. When I got it all home, the first time I took it to the range, I shot at 200 yards, and hit bullseye, then I shot one shot each at 300, 400, 500 and 600 yards, and every one was exactly where it was supposed to be. I couldn’t have been happier. Between the .338 and .300 PRC, I don’t need much else to hunt the world, excluding big dangerous game of course.

Between the ruggedness and precision of Trijicon scopes, and the easy and quick to use system of Kenton Industry turrets, I really feel like I now have the perfect optics setups on my hunting rifles for super accuracy out to and beyond yardages where I feel comfortable shooting in hunting situations. This system is just so simple, and everyone that I know who has tried it is a believer.

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