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Scope qestions, parallax
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<blockquote data-quote="Bullet bumper" data-source="post: 864566" data-attributes="member: 17844"><p>That person may be a champion shooter but she knows little about scopes .</p><p>If you push the scope too far forward and create the big black ring you will loose field of view , she is a peep sight target shooter and knows jack about hunting I suspect. It is true that if you can place your eye in exactly the same place each time parallax will be minimised but that's the problem we can't , even with the perfect stock fitting because we shoot from all different positions etc. </p><p>What few people know is that even rotating the eye causes focus and parallax problems so just tipping your head down slightly changes things. </p><p>Also even the scope lens it's self may not be perfectly symmetrical and rotating it can cause issues. Set the scopes ocular focus first on a clear sky at mid power . </p><p>The best eye relief position is a compromise with variable power scopes . As the power changes the best eye relief position for that power changes ,</p><p>So what you do is find an eye relief position in about the middle of the power range and get it so you can see as much sight picture as possible . Then ramp the power back and forth to see it's still OK at lowest and highest power , adjust as necessary . Just jamming the scope forward is rubbish .</p><p>The best control for parallax is to adjust for it at the specific range and that's what the scopes are deigned to do then it don't matter if your head is not in the perfect + and - .001 position but you should still strive to have a good consistant cheek weld .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bullet bumper, post: 864566, member: 17844"] That person may be a champion shooter but she knows little about scopes . If you push the scope too far forward and create the big black ring you will loose field of view , she is a peep sight target shooter and knows jack about hunting I suspect. It is true that if you can place your eye in exactly the same place each time parallax will be minimised but that's the problem we can't , even with the perfect stock fitting because we shoot from all different positions etc. What few people know is that even rotating the eye causes focus and parallax problems so just tipping your head down slightly changes things. Also even the scope lens it's self may not be perfectly symmetrical and rotating it can cause issues. Set the scopes ocular focus first on a clear sky at mid power . The best eye relief position is a compromise with variable power scopes . As the power changes the best eye relief position for that power changes , So what you do is find an eye relief position in about the middle of the power range and get it so you can see as much sight picture as possible . Then ramp the power back and forth to see it's still OK at lowest and highest power , adjust as necessary . Just jamming the scope forward is rubbish . The best control for parallax is to adjust for it at the specific range and that's what the scopes are deigned to do then it don't matter if your head is not in the perfect + and - .001 position but you should still strive to have a good consistant cheek weld . [/QUOTE]
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