Parallax Recalibration Service

[sscoyote]

Guys is there anyone around that offers this service?? Seems like this is a niche that hasn't really been filled yet in the industry. Could just tape the objective and mark it, but be nice if somebody offered something more professional.

 

[Jimm]

Hey coyote man,

Are you talking about adjustable objective scopes ? The Leupold custom shop will change the parallax setting of their fixed power scopes to your preference .

Jim

 

[Bart B]

Any scope maker can reposition the objective lens in its barrel so when it's set for a given range the scope will focus properly. This has been done many times before. Pick the range you want the scope to be in perfect focus at when set to that range and they'll probably do it. Contact the scope maker for details and cost.

If parallax is a problem, keep you eye centered in the scope's rear field and parallax will never happen regardless of the difference between focused and target range. Parallax only happens when the shooter's aiming eye is off the optical center of the scope.

 

[hareng]

Firstly theres no substitute for marking your own, it will be more accurate than the factory markings. The only scope up to now that tallies in with factory markings is the older Burris Signatures, which of course can be user adjusted and locked down.
Assuming you require a new set of markings, these will have to be done by yourself to your eyes and sent away for one off laser etching graduations. Going back 12 years it was well over £120 $200 ish.
Semi pro can be achieved with Letrosets(R) or similar and clear nail varnish over the top. Should last years with serious abuse.

 

[Bart B]

Jonny, I agree that doing ones own focusing and marking will (may?) be more accurate than a factory setting but it primarily depends on the skills of the person doing it. That's 'cause each objective lens assembly put in a given make/model isn't exactly the same focal length. As the lens barrel is marked the same by a very repeatable mechanical indexer, errors will exist.

But focusing the objective lens correctly has nothing to do with the shooter's aiming eye. That lens is set so it focuses the target image in the reticule plane and therefore on the reticule. It matters not how the eyepiece is set or what vision issues the shooter has. If the objective lens properly focuses the target image on the reticule but both the target image and reticule aren't in sharp focus, that's the fault of the eyepiece not being set to the correct position so the shooter's eye can focus on that image and reticule.