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focusing target with my scope??
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 Posted: Fri Dec 5th, 2008 02:33 AM
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ok guys i should know this but can anyone tell me how to get my target sharper in my scope?? last night i mounted my new compensating mount and rings on my air rifle for some basement shooting and the target was so fuzzy i could barely make it out... there has to be a way to get even a cheap scope to focus better....

 

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 Posted: Fri Dec 5th, 2008 04:04 AM
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Should be a lock ring just in front of the ocular lense, loosen it up, and turn the ocular lense to focus. Lock it back when you're done.



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 Posted: Fri Dec 5th, 2008 09:17 AM
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i know about that ring in front of the ocular in the rear but i thought was to make the crosshairs sharper...   the scope isn't an ao lens and i'm trying get it so i can shoot about 15 ft across the basement into my trap.... oh i'm shooting my rws mod 34 i forgot that before ....

                                                THANKS FOR THE REPLY!!   JJB

 

 

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Some scopes will not focus that close. I have a straight 4 x that has no yardage ring and it will not go that close.

 On the other hand I have a 6.5 x 20 that can almost be used like a microscope it will focus in feet. I t is all in the design of the scope. You need one designed for an air rifle , they will go way down .

I also have a 8 x 32 that at about 30 yards it don't focus . the ring starts at 50 . But at 200 you can see .222 holes all day long.



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Adjusting the ocular lense won't help you unless it is the reticle that is out of focus.  You will have to purchase a scope with the AO or send your scope back to the factory and have the parallax changed to focus at the short distant you are shooting.



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THANKS FOR ALL THE REPLIES GUYS... last night i got a chance to get back my basement air rifle range and i did as charlie said and got a lot more clear sight picture..     had a better time shooting since i could actually  see the target!:cool: i was kinda afraid the scope was trashed since it was on a magnum air rifle....   those things will trash a scope with all that two direction recoil.... the scope is rated for rifles but one never knows..........

 

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jjb2 wrote: THANKS FOR ALL THE REPLIES GUYS... last night i got a chance to get back my basement air rifle range and i did as charlie said and got a lot more clear sight picture..     had a better time shooting since i could actually  see the target!:cool: i was kinda afraid the scope was trashed since it was on a magnum air rifle....   those things will trash a scope with all that two direction recoil.... the scope is rated for rifles but one never knows..........

 

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Ah, but you do know. Spring piston air rifles will kill any scope not designed for the stresses encountered from a spring piston rifle. Even the ones rated for magnum rifles...



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oh ya i know a springer air rifle will shake a scope to pieces in short order.... the rws model 34 is considered a magnum air rifle so i got an air gun scope for it...   i hope the lenses are supported enough on both sides to hold up to the strange double recoil....      


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