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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Long Range Scopes and Other Optics
Scope qestions, parallax
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<blockquote data-quote="westcliffe01" data-source="post: 864434" data-attributes="member: 35183"><p>If the parallax is not tuned right, it can really mess up your point of impact. I tried a Minox scope a 3-15 that was quite expensive but had no adjustable parallax. With a rifle that I knew could shoot 0.5moa, the best I got out of it was 2.5 moa at 100 yards (the distance most non adjustable scopes are supposedly set for). I replaced the Minox with my Nikon Monarch 2 3-12x42 and shot 0.5 moa again. The Minox went back and was replaced with a Vortex Viper PST.</p><p></p><p>You need to test your scope at known ranges to see if the scale is off. If the parallax is not adjusted correctly the reticle will move on the target when you move your eye but not the rifle. All the adjustment is doing is making the image/target plane coplanar with the reticle plane. That way, if you move your eye, the reticle does not move relative to the target.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westcliffe01, post: 864434, member: 35183"] If the parallax is not tuned right, it can really mess up your point of impact. I tried a Minox scope a 3-15 that was quite expensive but had no adjustable parallax. With a rifle that I knew could shoot 0.5moa, the best I got out of it was 2.5 moa at 100 yards (the distance most non adjustable scopes are supposedly set for). I replaced the Minox with my Nikon Monarch 2 3-12x42 and shot 0.5 moa again. The Minox went back and was replaced with a Vortex Viper PST. You need to test your scope at known ranges to see if the scale is off. If the parallax is not adjusted correctly the reticle will move on the target when you move your eye but not the rifle. All the adjustment is doing is making the image/target plane coplanar with the reticle plane. That way, if you move your eye, the reticle does not move relative to the target. [/QUOTE]
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