Parallax

[walshie 2,804]

[barrywhite 282]

every thing you wont is in this link  . you have to go down the page a bit 

http://www.arld1.com/

[walshie 2,804]

Been giving this some thought. Does that mean that even high-end scopes that have a set parallax at say 100 yards, have a parallax error at distances other than that? 

[walshie 2,804]

2 minutes ago, barrywhite said:

every thing you wont is in this link  . you have to go down the page a bit 

http://www.arld1.com/

Yeah, cheers for that. Still trying to get my head round it. 

[barrywhite 282]

the page you are looking at is interactive . so its like you are shooting and sighting a gun

 

[barrywhite 282]

you click on the pictures they then give a full explination , with a demo , you can mess with

 

[villaman 9,983]

12 minutes ago, walshie said:

Yeah, cheers for that. Still trying to get my head round it. 

This might give you a bit more insight to parallax  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax

[si brown 8,486]

25 minutes ago, walshie said:

Been giving this some thought. Does that mean that even high-end scopes that have a set parallax at say 100 yards, have a parallax error at distances other than that? 

yeah.. thats right, if its set at 100yrd its only 100% parallax free at 100yrd!

ive got scopes with fixed parallax and ive had to take the ring off at the front of the scope and adjust the lens to a happy medium for air rifle ranges!

not saying shooting deer and foxes at range is easy but when you've only got a sub 12 air rifle you need every bit of help you can get!

but a fixed 100 for a powder burner is a good happy medium 

 

[walshie 2,804]

I KIND of get the theory but I'll put it in the "don't need to know" category for now as my head is hurting. Cheers for trying to explain. 

[Blackbriar 8,569]

5 minutes ago, walshie said:

I KIND of get the theory but I'll put it in the "don't need to know" category for now as my head is hurting. Cheers for trying to explain. 

I'm life president of the "I don't do technical" club, mate............free membership is available !

[Blackbriar 8,569]

Simplest demonstration of parallax I ever heard........

Hold a finger on each hand out, and line them up (with both eyes open) a foot or so apart, pointing upwards. Now close one eye, and their position appear to shift. Change eyes and they 'move' again. If they're far enough apart, they appear to change positions from left to right..........

How does that translate to rifle sights ?

 

 

 

 

F*** knows !

[walshie 2,804]

14 minutes ago, Blackbriar said:

Simplest demonstration of parallax I ever heard........

Hold a finger on each hand out, and line them up (with both eyes open) a foot or so apart, pointing upwards. Now close one eye, and their position appear to shift. Change eyes and they 'move' again. If they're far enough apart, they appear to change positions from left to right..........

How does that translate to rifle sights ?

 

 

 

 

F*** knows !

The best explanation I read was if you're driving a car and see the speedo at 60mph, to the passenger it looks like a different speed due to where he's sitting.

As I never shoot from the passenger seat, I can't see how that applies. 

 

[steg 609]

Just blame the wind or shite ammo.... far easier ?

[bigmac 97kt 13,796]

feck me what happened to,,,,, gun,,,,,, ammo,,,, aim,,,, shoot,,,, put it in the bag and move on to the next one

atvbjimmy

[walshie 2,804]

1 minute ago, bigmac 97kt said:

feck me what happened to,,,,, gun,,,,,, ammo,,,, aim,,,, shoot,,,, put it in the bag and move on to the next one

atvbjimmy

Exactly! That's what I get for reading this section too much.