Problems with Parallax

[Colster]

I have a Hawke Varmint II 3-10x44 Scope and I set it up according to a site I found on the intertubes. So with the magnification on max and the focus ring wound all the way anticlockwise and the AO as far as it will go (although it does go past the infinity mark - which is a weird thing in itself), I pointed it at the sky and wound the focus ring in clockwise a little at a time while pointing at the sky until I had nice crisp crosshairs as soon as I looked at them.

 

Then I laid the gun on a table so I could look through the scope without touching the gun and pointed it at a target 25yards away, then moved my head about to see if parallax was occuring (this was still with mag on 10x). I found I had to wind the parallax out to 50yards before a target at 25 yards didn't shift independant of the crosshairs, I thought this was a bit strange but remembered reading that the readings on the scope were only an indication and that you should find your own points of reference.

 

The problem is that when I'm hunting, anything at about 30-35 yards is blurred on full mag unless I adjust the parallax out to about 100yards (although I know the bunny isn't that far).

 

The question is am I doing something wrong, I know you can use the parallax as a kind of range finder this way but winding from 50 to 100 yards on the AO for a target about 5-10 yards further out kind of negates using it as a rangefinder.

 

At the moment I have the AO on Infinity and this means I can use full mag on any distance and no parallax occurs even at 25 yards but the focus wheel is wound all the way in (clockwise) and I feel I'm not getting the full use of the scope this way.

 

Have I made some schoolboy error that someone can point me on the right track?

Edited August 6, 2009 by Colster

[Beardo]

i never got on with my Hawke Nite-Eye parallax - pain in the ***, and useless for rangefinding.

Just set it at about 75 yards (using my rangefinder - it read 200 yards on the scope) and left it at that

[bigred]

I get a similar problem with my new gun will be interesting to find if its just a cheap scope.

Edited August 6, 2009 by bigred

[Beardo]

the AGS scope i bought the other day is the complete opposite though - the sidewheel parallax is pretty much spot on for rangefinding and works a treat

[mushroom]

My BSA Essential 4-12x50 does it. Though i'd ******** my scope by knocking it or something maybe it's just the lower end scopes??? Reckon I'll spend a bit more next time.

 

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