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Looking for info on this scope
- Thread starter Kwaynem
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I can give you some general information pertaining to scopes like this. When you have a 56mm objective in that short of optical tube, you have to bend the light faster than in a longer focal length tube. This creates more chromatic aberration or what is referred to as color fringing around high contrasting objects. To get around this you have to pay for high quality glass with low dispersion to minimize the differences of the color focal points. Not being able to bring the three primary colors (RGB) to a near identical focal length means that you will never get a sharp image no matter how much focus adjustment you have. Judging by the price point of this particular scope, I have my doubts about the quality of the glass. You just don't get QUALITY ED glass for that price. There is no industry standard for what qualifies as "ED" glass, so you can pretty much use the term on anything you want. It should make a good first/last light of the day scope however. Chinese glass has improved greatly in the last decade and is beginning to catch up with some of the big boys in the game, but still can vary widely and coatings make a big difference as well. If that's your price point then I would give it a try. Optics Planet has a good return policy if you aren't satisfied. Maybe it will surprise you.
Is the knob on the left side of the scope for illumination of focus? If it is a focus adjustment, then you should be able to adjust the diopter ring on the back of the scope and then use the focus knob for your distance. I find adjusting the diopter works best for me to cover the objective and bring up the illumination until it starts to bloom then set the diopter. You should never have to set it after that. If not illuminated then point it at a white surface and adjust it. If the scope doesn't have a separate focus knob, then having to use the rear ring to focus is a design issue that you won't be able to get around. Sorry it's not working out for you. I hope you can get your money back if you decide it's a no go.
I have been having problems with this rifle grouping and I’m trying to figure out if it’s the rifle or the scope I had on it. I got it close now so I’m going to try some reloads to see how they shoot. I started having problems a couple weeks ago and cleaned it so far I can’t tell that it has helped. Let me rephrase that I’m sure cleaning helped but not sure it helped enough
You should let your BIL keep that thing. Does it say China or Philippines on it?
Since LOW/the Japanese are pretty much the ones who make it, what they make would be the Standard, depending on what it's for. Just because it's ED, doesn't mean it's the same performance ED glass in an NFO or other quality scope.
It could be anything from your mounts, to your scope, to ammo, to just a rifle that doesn't group. You can eliminate three of those factors, but you can't do much about a rifle that doesn't group.
Good ammo, good scope, and good mounts. I don't recommend changing ammo willy nilly, stick with one that you know shoots well, and find a scope/mount combo that you know is good, and shoot a couple groups with the one kind of ammo. If you start changing ammo, mounts, and scope trying to solve an issue, you will be in a perpetual loop of pain and misery that will never stop as long as you keep changing stuff.
Send a pic and shoot a 5 round group.
I disassembled the rifle twice checked torque on screws i thought one of the action screws were stripped but it was just for the trigger guard the other action screw was under the mag release. I tried hornady factory and different reloads and a different scope today. No more than I paid for it I’ll get rid of it and start over
FYI, The diopter is for focusing the reticle to be nice and crisp. It is not for focusing to the target. If there's not a side focus or an objective focus, then the scope has a fixed focus for whatever range to infinity (usually 50-100m). A scope that size should have a side focus. First thing you should do with any scope, is adjust the diopter so the reticle is clear and well defined. Do that against a white background if possible and don't stare at it while your adjusting. Blink while you are doing it. You eye will focus on the reticle and you can still be out of focus. You don't want to give your eye time to focus.
Once the reticle is focused, THEN, you adjust the side focus on your target downrange. The groups you were describing sounds like a parallax issue which is what happens when your reticle and objective(side focus) are not focused.
Once the reticle is focused, THEN, you adjust the side focus on your target downrange. The groups you were describing sounds like a parallax issue which is what happens when your reticle and objective(side focus) are not focused.
@rockchalk06 is good at getting random rifles to shoot great to a point. You might be having barrel heating issues. After 3 shots of my Ruger 270 my barrel is hot hot hot. Its shoots better when its cold. I’m calling it the one shot wonder tell I change the barrel.
