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Side focus (parallax) help needed - Leupold 4.5-14
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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 581722" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>I have the same scope. First, the adjustment on the eyepiece is for focusing the Reticle so that it is sharp in the sight picture, than forget about it. The side knob is for parallax adjustment. The best way to adjust it is to first turn the knob until your target is in focus. You are not done yet. With the crosshairs is on target, hold the rifle very steady so it doesn't move and slightly move yor head/eye and fine adjust the side knob until the crosshairs does not move off your target point when you change your eye position in the scope. This adjustment should also be very close, if not the same as your best focus. Two points. Good practice is to always have your gun mount and head position while looking through the scope, the same. Second, is that the longer the distance, the less sensitive the adjustment. You will really see the effects of this at 100 yards. Much less so at 500+. What you are doing with this adjustment is placing your crosshairs in the same focal plane as your image/target. It corrects for allignment should your head/eye be off center. For speed, I mark the knob for 200 yards, 300,400, etc. It's much faster and is reproducible. If I am sighting in or doing closer range precision work, I'll adjust it by using the above technique.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 581722, member: 10291"] I have the same scope. First, the adjustment on the eyepiece is for focusing the Reticle so that it is sharp in the sight picture, than forget about it. The side knob is for parallax adjustment. The best way to adjust it is to first turn the knob until your target is in focus. You are not done yet. With the crosshairs is on target, hold the rifle very steady so it doesn't move and slightly move yor head/eye and fine adjust the side knob until the crosshairs does not move off your target point when you change your eye position in the scope. This adjustment should also be very close, if not the same as your best focus. Two points. Good practice is to always have your gun mount and head position while looking through the scope, the same. Second, is that the longer the distance, the less sensitive the adjustment. You will really see the effects of this at 100 yards. Much less so at 500+. What you are doing with this adjustment is placing your crosshairs in the same focal plane as your image/target. It corrects for allignment should your head/eye be off center. For speed, I mark the knob for 200 yards, 300,400, etc. It's much faster and is reproducible. If I am sighting in or doing closer range precision work, I'll adjust it by using the above technique. [/QUOTE]
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