Parallax focusing

[LFCM]

Having seen many reviews in airgun oriented publications of various highly recommended scopes like Tract Torics, EOTechs, Zeiss , Leupold & others that do not focus at 10 yards, I would like to know how important is that close range focusing ability. Yes, I know that you may diminish the drawback to some extent by lowering the power but with FFP's then you may barely be able to see the reticle! 

Any advise or input from knowledgeable airgun enthusiasts?

Thanks,

 

[dizzums]

not sure exactly what your asking .. scopes with non adjustable parallax? or that just dont focus at 5 yards like some airgun scopes? i never needed a 'close' focusing scope, i would imagine for target shooters that might be a big deal but shooting something in close requires compensating and your out of the idealzero range anyway ... personally when im in the field after something i pretty much hate having to fart around with focusing. in fact, scopes with all that fluff on them pretty much piss me off on a hunting rig lol ... high end scopes are all about clarity and finess of reticle and how they tune in and hold it *AND, and this is a big one for me, how good the eye-box is, you pay 500+ for a 'good' scope and its got a crappy eyebox you got ripped off .. if you dont need a high power 'focusing' scope for targeting i wouldnt get one ...

 

[Odoyle]

Based on what I have personally witnessed going through more than a thousand of different scopes from cheapies to $4000+ scopes and pretty much everything in between and if buying a sub $1500 scope with 10 yard focus it may not be as nice as comparable 25 and 50 yard minimum focus versions unless you spend more than $1500 and realistically over $2000 to get a really nice 10 yard focus scope that actually goes to infinity instead of stopping at 300 yards or 500 yards or 800 yards based on what I noticed first hand and the sheer image quality isn't quite the same.

If you don't have perfect vision (or better) it may not be that noticeable to you.

 

[Ranchibi]

I think having close focus like a 10yd minimum is important to some like HFT shooters that need it. I purchased my latest scope based on that very reason...I needed a 10yd focus. Some may not and have many more scopes and options to choose from. 

 

[Guest]

Having seen many reviews in airgun oriented publications of various highly recommended scopes like Tract Torics, EOTechs, Zeiss , Leupold & others that do not focus at 10 yards, I would like to know how important is that close range focusing ability. Yes, I know that you may diminish the drawback to some extent by lowering the power but with FFP's then you may barely be able to see the reticle! 

Any advise or input from knowledgeable airgun enthusiasts?

Thanks,

https://www.lelandwest.com/parallax-error-calculator.cfm

Interesting place to find this information. =)

 

[bandg]

Having seen many reviews in airgun oriented publications of various highly recommended scopes like Tract Torics, EOTechs, Zeiss , Leupold & others that do not focus at 10 yards, I would like to know how important is that close range focusing ability. Yes, I know that you may diminish the drawback to some extent by lowering the power but with FFP's then you may barely be able to see the reticle! 

Any advise or input from knowledgeable airgun enthusiasts?

Thanks,

Not important at all if you never shoot closer than the scope can correct for parallax. If you never shoot inside 25 yards then 10 yard parallax ability will provide no value over a scope that adjusts to 25 yards. If you regularly shoot at 15 yards then I'd say it is necessary to have a scope that would adjust to 10 yards. Also, any actual shooting error will be less noticeable at closer range compared to longer range. Depends on your needs.

 

[bubblerboy64]

This is ALL personal preference. A good old leupold extended range focus is hard to top. Leupold is not perfect and there are scopes that do some things better but if I could only buy one scope that I had to use for everything the leupold EFR would be my go to. You can find them on eBay used and save some money .

 

[boscoebrea]

What range do you shoot at....I like AO on my scopes,have some that do not have it and there is not much of a problem past 20 yds...if you keep the power on the lower side...you can get a nice AO scope for under $200 and even a lot less,the trouble there is the cheaper scopes become heavier.....and sometime long....then as they say " the nicer the nice the higher the price"..

 

[Therealld]

Having seen many reviews in airgun oriented publications of various highly recommended scopes like Tract Torics, EOTechs, Zeiss , Leupold & others that do not focus at 10 yards, I would like to know how important is that close range focusing ability. Yes, I know that you may diminish the drawback to some extent by lowering the power but with FFP's then you may barely be able to see the reticle! 

Any advise or input from knowledgeable airgun enthusiasts?

Thanks,

There are airgun games that require 10yd or 10m shooting, making scopes that focus clearly at such more useful. Field Target requires competitors to shoot small targets at close, yet unknown ranges, and models that accurately adjust parralax at high mag settings over required distances are an important aid in judging distances (and thus correct elevation).

A judgment error of a yard or more at 10yds will generally cause a miss on a minimum sized target in AAFTA rules games.

 

[dayjd]

LD is dead on. I would even say the precise distance from 10 yards to 18 yards is critical to dropping a FT target with a 3/8 inch KZ. You can't afford to miss too many of them and stay competitive. You need the exact yardage on the close ones and take you time in getting your marks on your wheel. Then verify them as often as you can.

 

[Peskådot671]

Having seen many reviews in airgun oriented publications of various highly recommended scopes like Tract Torics, EOTechs, Zeiss , Leupold & others that do not focus at 10 yards, I would like to know how important is that close range focusing ability. Yes, I know that you may diminish the drawback to some extent by lowering the power but with FFP's then you may barely be able to see the reticle! 

Any advise or input from knowledgeable airgun enthusiasts?

Thanks,

It depends on what type of shooting you'll be doing. If you like to shoot at small, tiny objects at close distances such as 10 yards, then definitely get a scope that can focus down to that distance. If you hunt a lot, then some of the scopes that only focus down to 25 yards should be fine if you lower the power level to 3x, 4x, 6x. You also mentioned FFP scopes and their reticles being hard to see at lower powers. My suggestion is to get a scope with .2 mil spacing for ranging. 

When you have the magnification up on the higher end, it sometimes looks cluttered but when you lower the magnification, the .2 mil spacing seems to come in as one and the reticle appears to be thicker. It also helps to get a scope with daytime bright or close to daytime bright illumination. Set your FFP scope on the lowest magnification and have the illumination on the brightest setting. I do this with my Nightforce NX8 2.5-20×50. I also have an Athlon Cronus BTR Gen2 4.5-29x56 on order and from what I've heard, it has daytime or close to daytime bright illumination but it only focuses down to 25 yards.

Here's an example of .2 mil spacing on an FFP at 2.5x...