Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Long Range Hunting How important is parallax adjustment at 600 yrds?

I've also reset many non AO scopes myself; and looking back can think of several more that I would have done if I'd known how.

Its all well and good to say that typical hunting scopes don't need an AO, and that's mostly true when everything is set and working properly. I often stretch a hunting rifle out farther than I'd use that particular one in the field on my home range, and once in a while the limiting factor is the parallax after a certain distance. I did a couple this spring that were adequate at 500 but basically unusable at 650. Unusable as in could head-shake well off of a IPSC silhouette at that distance. It doesn't take much, a quarter turn is a lot. Usually if I set for 300 it gives up a little at 100 but from 2 to infinity its as good as I'd ever expect or need. Now that I think of it, it tends to be a 4.5-14 that gets the strap wrench and hacksaw blade treatment.

Somehow, using a AO scope on a hunting rifle now doesn't seem to be as big a pain now as it once did.

And for your hunting rifle maybe you just want to hit a basket ball at the end of a beanfield whereas I want mine to explode golf balls!!

Well actually, yeah that's usually about the gist of it! If you can hit a basket ball at any given range, a BG critter is going to be in trouble.

But for the sake of argument, here's 1000 words. This was shot with a lightweight hunting rifle and a 6x fixed-parallax scope:





9x FP on the same LW hunting rifle...

I concur with Jordan....

700 yards... Light Weight hunting rifle... 3-9x with fixed parallax... little under .7 MOA.... to POA...

I was out shooting today doing some chronograph work and dialing in a new rifle, my new rifle wears the new Leupold VX-3i 4.5-14x40 with no AO or side focus. I wanted to try this scope on this rifle just to have the lightest set up I could and to try something new. I had a couple other rifles with me One had a VX-3 4.5-14x40 AO and the other had a 4.5-14 LR 30mm with side focus.

After spending the day with these 3 scopes I hate my new VX-3i, there are ranges where you can tell parallax is present and it drove me nuts not being able to do any thing about it except turn the power down

Send the scope to Leupold and have them reset the parallax for 400 yds. A little parallax at 100-200 yds. isn't going to make difference on a big game animal.
Or you can you can create a doughnut around the scope by getting closer or further away from the center of the eye box. Center the image in the doughnut and the parallax is gone. E

That's a good idea. Thanks

Parallax adjustment is not as important as the shooter behind the scope.i wouldn't be afraid of 600yds at something as small as a coyote if I had a good rangefinder and a 10x Bushnell tactical.It all depends on how seasoned you are and the familiarity with your equipment.Ymmv

It is a good idea,works very well in any position that you'd be shooting something at 600yds.