Scope Help

[ste68blue 8]

Hi guys i wonder if someone can offer me some help and advice?

 

I have an Air Arms 410 with a Hawke MAP Pro 3-9 x 50 AO MAP and have some questions.

 

I did some target shooting at 25 yards to try and get my head around the way the scope works.

At that distance i was very consistent with my grouping, that was on maximum magnification and the paralax adjustment set at 25.

One of the things i noticed was that when i adjusted the focus ring although the focus changed it didnt focus it quite enough to make the target really clear, what can i do about this?

 

Secondly when i adjusted the paralax adjuster to 50 i expected the positioning of the grouping to change height on the target, but no matter what i adjusted it to, even to 200 the

grouping position stayed exactly the same, as if i hadnt moved it.....am i misunderstanding the way this works or is there something wrong?

 

I have to say i am very inexperienced when it comes to scopes and would appreciate some help if possible?

 

Cheers

Stephen

 

[GEOFF.223 83]

At 25yards with most scopes after looking through it for a few minutes it will go blurry look away let eyes readjust then look back through scope.

 

The paralax adjustment should not move your poi point of impact as all you are doing is adjusting for a clearer image and as all lenses are in line you poi should not move if it does move pop when you adjust your scope is faulty.

 

Why did how expect grouping to move after adjusting paralax ?

[zx10mike 137]

paralax becomes a problem at over ten x mag .i don't think 9 x needs it so i presume they have built in focus to aid in rangefinding.at a set mag your focus will be spot on so you can range find and adjust you trajectory.the way paralax works and does shift zero if at high mag if you are not parallaxed correctly depending on were you put your head on the stock you can move the cross hairs.if you set the rifles position in a clamp and move your head l to r you can see this.if your good at putting your head in the same place exactly you would not suffer ith accuracy.

[GEOFF.223 83]

a easy way to elimited this problem is to mount the rifle with eyes closed then open when comfortable do this several time. if scope seems to high to low left right etc etc

 

change mounts to low higher or fit padding to adjust left right postion look as some or the army pro's they have all sorts glued tapped welded chewing gumed stuck on them what works , WORKS