Quick poll: Best airgun fixed parallax?
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Depends what the accurate range of that airgun is and other factors. For a springer like HW97/R9 or someone shooting in a small back yard all the time I would agree with 25yds. For a RAW 1000 PCP shooting 25.39gr pellets at 930fps I would say 50 yards. It would be relative to the gun, distance and conditions. Is it critical target or pest control etc?
My personal experience is 50yds parallax works quite acceptable down to 15yds for all but very critical target. You can also move that scope around to rimfires etc.
My personal experience is 50yds parallax works quite acceptable down to 15yds for all but very critical target. You can also move that scope around to rimfires etc.
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I have various adjustable parallax scopes and a few fixed parallax scopes that I would prefer to adjust to a closer range. So I've tried to answer this question myself by leaving various scopes at a set parallax and trying them in a variety of situations. Short answer, it depends.
I have a 1-6x24 with side focus. It is much more forgiving than than any of my other scopes with larger objectives. Assuming I wasn't using it for indoor plinking, I could focus it at 50 yards at 6x and use it for even close up backyard pest shots by dialing down the magnification.
Larger objective scopes seem a bit more touchy and it would largely be situation dependent. But I think for a hunting scope I could get away with 35 yards at full power and then dial down magnification for closer shots.
I have one fixed 6x scope with adjustable parallax. I've used it in the field when it was focused at 27 yards and found it was pretty versatile. Nothing magic about 27 yards other than it was the distance of my indoor range at previous house. Only found myself adjusting parallax for those shots inside of the PBR of the rifle.
I know you've been trying a fixed 5x prismatic. Are you thinking about adjusting the fixed parallax? I'd be very interested in hearing your results. If it's anything like a regular scope the smaller objective should help but of course you won't have the ability to reduce magnification for closer shots. It might be a bit tougher but my only experience with them is playing with them at local stores.
I have a 1-6x24 with side focus. It is much more forgiving than than any of my other scopes with larger objectives. Assuming I wasn't using it for indoor plinking, I could focus it at 50 yards at 6x and use it for even close up backyard pest shots by dialing down the magnification.
Larger objective scopes seem a bit more touchy and it would largely be situation dependent. But I think for a hunting scope I could get away with 35 yards at full power and then dial down magnification for closer shots.
I have one fixed 6x scope with adjustable parallax. I've used it in the field when it was focused at 27 yards and found it was pretty versatile. Nothing magic about 27 yards other than it was the distance of my indoor range at previous house. Only found myself adjusting parallax for those shots inside of the PBR of the rifle.
I know you've been trying a fixed 5x prismatic. Are you thinking about adjusting the fixed parallax? I'd be very interested in hearing your results. If it's anything like a regular scope the smaller objective should help but of course you won't have the ability to reduce magnification for closer shots. It might be a bit tougher but my only experience with them is playing with them at local stores.
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That's exactly what I'm pondering
I'm also just curious about people's preferences for situations other than something like field target where folks reaaally want adjustability.
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Parallax is affected more by magnification, with less mag the paralkax becomes less of an issue. I have a fixed 4x scope with parallax set at 50 from the factory. I use it on my RWS 75 match rifle for indoor pesting for lical farmers. From 10 yd to 30 yd there is very little difference, can still hit a mouse with no problem. If you get up into 12 power and more the parallax becomes a much bigger issue! Friend has a 3-9 and you can see the paralkax differences at 9x, not sure he could hit a mouse at 10 to 30 unless he uses some type of hold over/under. His scope is also fixed at 50yds
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That's exactly what I'm pondering
I'm also just curious about people's preferences for situations other than something like field target where folks reaaally want adjustability.
I think the Spitfire has a 24mm objective?
I'm assuming that will help.
I have a 1-6x24 with side focus. I'll set it at 5x & 25 yard focus & see if I can get an idea of what its effective range is.
No idea how that will translate to your Spitfire.
Regardless, I think you can disregard most of my previous post. Most of my experimentation has been try to finding a somewhat long parallax distance at max magnification & then using magnification to bring things into focus at closer distances. You won't have that choice obviously.
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i am curious why people need to use magnification when they are so close to the target. i guess i have to learn that.
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Parallax links:
- How to Eliminate Parallax in a Riflescope (gunsandammo.com)
- Parallax Adjustment for Scopes: Complete Beginner’s Guide (shootingmystery.com)
- Parallax Adjustment – 2021 Guide on Understanding and Correcting Parallax - Gun Mann
- RimfireCentral.com Forums - View Single Post - Derivation of Parallax Equation
- The Scope, Sights, & Mounts Super-Sticky (questions? try here!) - RimfireCentral.com Forums
- Rifle Scope Objective Lens Diameter Guide: Choose The Best Size (targettamers.com)
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I assume you are quite a bit younger than 50? Typically as you get older your eyesight deteriorates and you appreciate having the extra magnification. This usually happens to a person in their mid 40’s but can be much sooner or a little later.
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that makes sense, thanks. i am a boomer, and am switching to red dots on my handguns because i can't focus on the front sight and target at the same time anymore.
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I never could focus on the front sights AND target. One or the other is out of focus for me, but doesn't affect accuracy...however, I have now mounted a green laser on my p365, and I love it....still can use the sights, but rapid target acquisition is fantastic!
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I didn't have much time but took a bunch of my scopes & set them to 5x. The ones that had adjustable AO were set to 25 yards as factory marked on the dial. I did not have time to set something up at 25 yards and adjust my parallax according to that.
Honestly at 5x even the largest 44mm objective wasn't that bad from 15 to around 75 yards. It's only when I cranked the higher powered scopes up to 12x-14x that it became more of a problem.
Unfortunately I didn't have time to go down to my indoor range but I can say from previous experience that I would not have liked most of the scopes at 5x/25 yard parallax.
What range do you expect to shoot the Spitfire 5x?
Honestly at 5x even the largest 44mm objective wasn't that bad from 15 to around 75 yards. It's only when I cranked the higher powered scopes up to 12x-14x that it became more of a problem.
Unfortunately I didn't have time to go down to my indoor range but I can say from previous experience that I would not have liked most of the scopes at 5x/25 yard parallax.
What range do you expect to shoot the Spitfire 5x?
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