Readers digest - I posted in here a couple of weeks ago about a dumb move I did re: having purchased a scope. I didn't do my research and somehow or another saw only what I wanted to see - good price, great optics, ffp, illuminated, nice reticle . . . etc ... somehow or another I missed "parallax - fixed". It's right there, plain as day on the vendors web site. https://www.blackhoundoptics.com/product/genesis-1-8x28-ffp-moa/
So anyway - I've posted it for sale here in the classifieds and at one or two other places. I've yet to get any nibbles or inquiries on it although I have gotten some feedback / suggestions re: the above subjected. Looking at the scope and it's specs via the link to it above - it doesn't specifically state that the focus is fixed at 100 yards - but I'm guessing it is. This is WAY to far for what / where I typically shoot my airgun - max is usually 70-80 yards - with the bulk being in the 20-50 yard range.
If I can't sell this thing it's going to become a $400 paperweight. ( I don't own any actual firearms which is, apparently, what this thing is actually meant for ). I've been kicking it around though - I get to help a couple of local farmers out from time to time clearing out rats and birds (pigeons / starlings) from their barns. *IF* I could get the focus point on this thing changed to - say 15-20 yards - it'd be a killer little close quarters scope on my .177 m-rod for just that task.
Not having a real strong understanding of optics - I'm guessing that there is most likely a close tolerance relationship between the various elements up front that determine the focus point and (I'm assuming) whatever piece that has the reticle etched into it. They may have to be "moved" / adjusted in tandem - ie; one is not necessarily independent of the other?
It'd be a shame to get the focus point moved way back into "air gun range" ( from 100 to 20 ) only to have a useless ("wandering") reticle that you couldn't get a consistent poi with.
Does ^^ that make sense? Is it doable? I e-mailed the vendor asking this very question and so far - crickets. I'm giving the benefit of the doubt - could be 'issues' right now (covid, they're shut down, etc ... who knows ). A lot of you guys are (I believe) pretty knowledgeable though so . . . asking the gang in here. What think?
So anyway - I've posted it for sale here in the classifieds and at one or two other places. I've yet to get any nibbles or inquiries on it although I have gotten some feedback / suggestions re: the above subjected. Looking at the scope and it's specs via the link to it above - it doesn't specifically state that the focus is fixed at 100 yards - but I'm guessing it is. This is WAY to far for what / where I typically shoot my airgun - max is usually 70-80 yards - with the bulk being in the 20-50 yard range.
If I can't sell this thing it's going to become a $400 paperweight. ( I don't own any actual firearms which is, apparently, what this thing is actually meant for ). I've been kicking it around though - I get to help a couple of local farmers out from time to time clearing out rats and birds (pigeons / starlings) from their barns. *IF* I could get the focus point on this thing changed to - say 15-20 yards - it'd be a killer little close quarters scope on my .177 m-rod for just that task.
Not having a real strong understanding of optics - I'm guessing that there is most likely a close tolerance relationship between the various elements up front that determine the focus point and (I'm assuming) whatever piece that has the reticle etched into it. They may have to be "moved" / adjusted in tandem - ie; one is not necessarily independent of the other?
It'd be a shame to get the focus point moved way back into "air gun range" ( from 100 to 20 ) only to have a useless ("wandering") reticle that you couldn't get a consistent poi with.
Does ^^ that make sense? Is it doable? I e-mailed the vendor asking this very question and so far - crickets. I'm giving the benefit of the doubt - could be 'issues' right now (covid, they're shut down, etc ... who knows ). A lot of you guys are (I believe) pretty knowledgeable though so . . . asking the gang in here. What think?