Good News: Minimum Parallax of Discovery Scope HD 34mm 3-18x50 FFP

[JungleShooter]

Minimum Parallax of Discovery Scope HD 34mm 3-18x50 FFP



For the price tag of this scope (between $200 and $300) it has some awesome specs, and gets raving reviews.
But...
You might have been wishing this scope had a minimum parallax of 10 yards, not 15y like the manufacturer’s webpage and every webpage of the sellers is saying.

Here’s the good news: The parallax can be adjusted much lower than just 15 yards, most likely 10yards or even less.
How I found out? Watching the video linked below,* at around 7:40min.
The last number printed on the parallax turret is 15y, but the turret turns for another quarter turn before coming to it’s stop. Cf. the pic.


Some Sellers of Discovery Scopes
https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=150160

https://www.amazon.com/ApexHorizon-3-18X50-IR-MIL-Hunting-Crosshair/dp/B07H9P8Y5N/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1544103892&sr=8-10&keywords=discovery+scopes



Source for the Minimum Parallax
Video, at around 7:40min:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdlDJIPEUtE

Screenshot showing the 15y number far beyond the white dot.


Manufacturer’s Page
http://www.discovery-optics.com/index.php?m=Product&a=show&id=184
Item No.: 170108



Some Reviews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0h54JAZag

https://www.sporting-rifle.com/reviews/discovery-hd-3-ir-riflescope-review/





Happy shooting,

Matthias

 

[ptthere]

Good info. I own two Discovery scopes. I probably sound like a broken record at this point but they kick some serious butt for the price, especially the lenses. l have found no appreciable fault in either scope. The 3-18 has been on my short-list for a month or so now.

 

[JCD]

If it helps anyone, my 5-30 FFP focuses to 8.5/9yrds on 20x.. I don't care what the scope's focus wheel shows, I mark my own sidewheel. Really like the scope. Once I decide on the power I want to use it, I'll never take advantage of the FFP properties but while I play with zero points and mag power, the FFP has made things easy/predictable. (I'm not the average user... I set up for FT but hardly ever shoot in an actual match ) 

This isn't a scope review, and not a comment on the subject scope, but I will say 30x on mine approaches unusable in my particular scope. Lots of distortion around the outer edges. But then again... at 25-30x, I'm only looking at the center anyway...