Leupold Hunting Equipment manual Know Your Scope, HOW Scopes Work

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Know Your Scope

Riflescopes have become far more sophisticated over the years, but the four most basic parts have remained the same. Working from front to back they are:

1.The objective lens (or front lens) is critical to a superior sight picture.

2.The internal erector lenses which right the image.

3.The reticle, often referred to as the crosshair, provides the aiming point.

4.The ocular lens (or eyepiece lens) works with the other lenses to magnify the image, provide correct eye relief, and make diopter corrections.

HOW SCOPES WORK

As light passes through and beyond the objective lens, the resulting upside down image is sent to the internal lenses. Known as erector lenses, these internal lenses return the image to a right-side-up position. Finally, the ocular lens makes a final enlargement of that image and sends it on to your eye. Your Leupold scope was designed, manufactured, and tested to ensure that, when properly mounted and sighted-in on your firearm, you will enjoy

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Contents Page Page You’re Part of the Tradition Contents HOW Scopes Work Know Your ScopeParts of the Scope Lower the SCOPE, the Better How to Install the ScopePlease Read this Entire Handbook Before Mounting Your Scope 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 Lenses Windage / Elevation AdjustmentsEyepiece Adjustment Adjustable OBJECTIVE/SIDE Parallax Dial Power Selector Ring on Variable Power ScopesSeals Scope ExteriorTrouble 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 AchtungPräzise WINDABDRIFT- UND Höheneinstellungen Installation AbschliessenScharfstellen DES Absehens Stellschrauben festziehen Verwendung Eines Beleuchteten Absehens Paketdienst Per Post Leupold Technischer KundendienstCompletamento DEL Montaggio Distanza TRA Oculare E Occhio SUI FuciliDA Puntamento VX-7 PER Fucili Speedial Messa a Fuoco DEL ReticoloMessa a Punto Precisa Della Derivazione E DELL’ELEVAZIONE Serrare i grani fino al bloccaggio del cilindro USO DEL Reticolo Illuminato LA Massima Corsa DI RegolazioneSe si usa un corriere Assistenza Leupold