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[Guest sharp shooter]

hello all im new on this forum but i am also a member on the bbs (well you can never get eneough information can ya) .well what i was really wanting was to ask if anyone apart from me has had this problem.

i was out the other day with my new bsa superten .177 off for a spot of bunny bashing so i set myself up from a busy warren about 30 yards away after about 10 mins a 3/4 grown rabbit appears theres me thinking ok i can do this as everyone does so i look through my 6-24*50 scope and the picture is blured i look at the mag and its set on 24 the highest which it useualy is because thats how it works with the rangefinding facility,put it on the highest mag and turn the front objective lense so it turns in to crisp focus.after doing all of this the rabbit has had a 3 couse meal and is back in its burrow sleeping it off. is there any way i could overcum this problem so there was a wasted oppertunity and as sods law has it it was the only one of the day. :realmad:

cheers lads sharp shooter

[ChrisJones 7,975]

Welcome to The Hunting Life, Sharp Shooter.

 

Set your magnification and set your parallax so it's dialled into a fixed range and stop pissing about with it in the field. :11:

 

I've been shooting with a fixed mag for a while. That way you spend more time shooting and less time messing with fancy toys!

[Guest sharp shooter]

cheers chris but when you say set you paralex what do you mean

[ChrisJones 7,975]

The parallax adjuster is the ring on the front of your scope. The one you turn to get your range at a distance. You turn the ring until the image becomes clear. You look away to the ring to find out roughly what the range is and then you come back to it, usually to find that your target has moved and that your range is out again. You repeat the process until you either get the shot you're after or your target has moved on.

 

Set a static target up at whatever range you're most comfortable shooting at and set your magnification and your parallax adjuster to get the clearest image. That way any target that's clear in your scope will be at a fixed distance and you can simply fine tune it to get a more accurate reading. You'll get a better feel for it once you've used the scope for a bit but keep the process as simple as you can or else you'll spend more time adjusting than you will bagging bunnies.

 

Try it on a couple of static targets to get the feel for it. Zooming in and out and messing with the range finder detracts from the real purpose... shooting!

[Guest sharp shooter]

thankyou chris your becoming qiute helpful :11:

how about this one ive got a night vision monocular made by newton and ive been in contact with thomas jacks and hes said that there the same make yukon sooooooooooo.

i was just wondering because its coming up to that time of yaer when the nights are getting shorter night shooting becomes the most apropriate how could i use the monocular to hunt without the additional aid of a lamp because they have become lamp shy buguers :11: no one else would help me :11:

[ChrisJones 7,975]

Not sure if their any adaptor kits for the IR monoculars. I know most have an infra red beam that illuminates the target but without actually having a night sight for the rifle I'm not sure how you'll get on moving from the monocular over to the standard scope.

 

Sorry mate, can't help you there. Someone else might be able to though.

[Guest sharp shooter]

Sorry mate, can't help you there. Someone else might be able to though.

hi chris do you know somebody who could