Leupold Hunting Equipment manual Understanding Parallax, About Fixed Parallax Distance Scopes

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UNDERSTANDING PARALLAX

Parallax is the apparent movement of the target relative to the reticle when you move your eye away from the center point of the eyepiece. It occurs when the image of the target does not fall on the same optical plane as the reticle. This can cause a small shift in the point of aim.

Maximum parallax occurs when your eye is at the very edge of the exit pupil. (Even in this unlikely event, our 4x hunting scope focused for 150 yards has a maximum error of only 8/10ths of an inch at 500 yards.)

At short distances, the parallax effect does not affect accuracy. (Using the same 4x scope at 100 yards, the maximum error is less than 2/10ths of an inch.) It is also good to remember that, as long as you are sighting straight through the middle of the scope, or close to it, parallax will have virtually no effect on accuracy in a hunting situation.

ABOUT FIXED PARALLAX DISTANCE SCOPES

Any fixed focus optical system can be adjusted to be parallax free at only one distance. Most Leupold scopes are adjusted at the factory to be parallax free at 150 yards.

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Contents Page Page You’re Part of the Tradition Contents HOW Scopes Work Know Your ScopeParts of the Scope Please Read this Entire Handbook Before Mounting Your Scope How to Install the ScopeLower the SCOPE, the Better Installing the BASE, RINGS, and Scope Establishing EYE Relief on Rifles and Shotguns R N I N G Nevertheless, it is Important that the eye relief Establishing EYE Relief on Handgun ScopesFocusing the Reticle Completing the InstallationPage Page Using a BORE-SIGHTING Collimator How to Sight-InTarget as seen Traditional BORE-SIGHTING Bolt ActionsFire a shot or two Final Step THREE-SHOT GroupsPage Making Precise Windage And Elevation Adjustments Adjusting Windage and Elevation On VX-7 Riflescopes Speedial Page Zeroing the Windage Elevation Dials After Sighting Bullet Drop Compensation DialsVX-II, FX-II Page Target-style dials can be adjusted to the new zero Page What You Should Know About Variable Power Scopes VX-7 Ballistics Indicator Ring Range Range Estimating with VX-III ScopesBracket the animal from Backbone to brisket About Fixed Parallax Distance Scopes Understanding ParallaxAdvantage of Adjustable Parallax Setting Scopes Page EFR Scopes and the Adjustable Objective Installing a Lens Attachment Using the Illuminated Reticle To illuminate the reticle Battery for Leupold Illuminated Reticle Is located inside Changing the BatteryDL1/3N Eyepiece Adjustment Windage / Elevation AdjustmentsLenses Scope Exterior Power Selector Ring on Variable Power ScopesAdjustable OBJECTIVE/SIDE Parallax Dial SealsTrouble Shooting Tips Leupold Product Service United States Best Consumer Protection in the Business Leupold Makes More than Scopes Leupold Electronic WarrantyPage Mise en garde Terminer L’INSTALLATIONÉtablir DES Ajustements Précis DE Dérive ET D’ÉLÉVATION Mise AU Point DU RéticulePage Utiliser LE Réticule Éclairé Aux États-Unis Service DES Produits LeupoldOcular Durante EL USO DE Rifles Y Escopetas PrecauciónTelescópicas VX-7 Riflescopes Speedial Cómo Enfocar LA RetículaDespués DE Apuntar CON LA Mira DE Tiro AL Blanco Y TácticasCómo Usar LA Retícula Iluminada Para Lograr UN Desplazamiento DE Ajuste ÓptimoServicio de entrega de paquetes Por correo Servicio DE Productos LeupoldAugenabstand BEI Gewehren UND Flinten AchtungScharfstellen DES Absehens Installation AbschliessenPräzise WINDABDRIFT- UND Höheneinstellungen Stellschrauben festziehen Verwendung Eines Beleuchteten Absehens Paketdienst Per Post Leupold Technischer KundendienstCompletamento DEL Montaggio Distanza TRA Oculare E Occhio SUI FuciliMessa a Punto Precisa Della Derivazione E DELL’ELEVAZIONE Messa a Fuoco DEL ReticoloDA Puntamento VX-7 PER Fucili Speedial Serrare i grani fino al bloccaggio del cilindro USO DEL Reticolo Illuminato LA Massima Corsa DI RegolazioneSe si usa un corriere Assistenza Leupold