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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Long Range Scopes and Other Optics
Left Eye Dominant, right handed shooter
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<blockquote data-quote="Bullet bumper" data-source="post: 954459" data-attributes="member: 17844"><p>I think you may suffer from some kind of cornial astigmatism , a misshaped lens of the eye. I suffer from the same problem . When the reticle is vertical and the gun is vertical the reticle looks canted. For long range shooting where you will use the elevation knob you can't have the reticle look correct but be canted in reality as the tracking of the scope in the vertical plane will be off. Same deal with using a mill dot for hold overs . For short range shooting where you just place the centre of the cross hair on target it makes no difference if you line the reticle up so it looks right but as soon as you move away from the centre it becomes inaccurate . I just set my scope reticle plumb and put up with it looking wrong most of the time </p><p> If I rotate my head slightly it straightens up . </p><p>I am told normal eye glasses can't fix this issue but contact lenses can I am told , So I am going to look into getting contact lenses for shooting . </p><p>The reason it changes from left to right is you are rotating your head and eyes as you change positions and one one way is better and the other worse . Remember that your eye lens is not the perfect shape so it changes perspective as you rotate it about it's centre. </p><p>I'm sure an Optomitrist can explain it better but most can't relate it to shooting .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bullet bumper, post: 954459, member: 17844"] I think you may suffer from some kind of cornial astigmatism , a misshaped lens of the eye. I suffer from the same problem . When the reticle is vertical and the gun is vertical the reticle looks canted. For long range shooting where you will use the elevation knob you can't have the reticle look correct but be canted in reality as the tracking of the scope in the vertical plane will be off. Same deal with using a mill dot for hold overs . For short range shooting where you just place the centre of the cross hair on target it makes no difference if you line the reticle up so it looks right but as soon as you move away from the centre it becomes inaccurate . I just set my scope reticle plumb and put up with it looking wrong most of the time If I rotate my head slightly it straightens up . I am told normal eye glasses can't fix this issue but contact lenses can I am told , So I am going to look into getting contact lenses for shooting . The reason it changes from left to right is you are rotating your head and eyes as you change positions and one one way is better and the other worse . Remember that your eye lens is not the perfect shape so it changes perspective as you rotate it about it's centre. I'm sure an Optomitrist can explain it better but most can't relate it to shooting . [/QUOTE]
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