What is a reticle-and how do you adjust it.
I was in a kmart the other day, and I checked out their sporting goods. They had a new old tasco, 3x12, with a $10 price tag on it-I have a couple of old tascos from when they were made in Japan,werent horrible, and certainly worth ten dollars. I bought it. It did not have a box or papers, but I have a set of instructions for a tasco scope, so I got them out to adjust it so the picture was better.The instructions say to "adjust reticle",look at a white wall, or sky, and adjust the eye piece until the reticle is "clear and crisp". I always thought that the "reticle", was the crosshairs-now I am wondering, if the "reticle" is the entire glass. The crosshairs are fine, but the picture is a bit fuzzy-is this what adjusting the eye piece is supposed to fix?
Also, it makes no mention of where to set the power when adjusting, and how far from the "white wall" you should be when adjusting the reticle. When you adjust it, where should I have the power set, and how far should the target be that I am looking at.
I have been using Leupolds for the past few years, and have NEVER had to adjust anything-picture was always clear right out of the box. I have never had to do this-any help on what to do, and answering my questions would be appreciated.
"It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once"
-David Hume
Also, it makes no mention of where to set the power when adjusting, and how far from the "white wall" you should be when adjusting the reticle. When you adjust it, where should I have the power set, and how far should the target be that I am looking at.
I have been using Leupolds for the past few years, and have NEVER had to adjust anything-picture was always clear right out of the box. I have never had to do this-any help on what to do, and answering my questions would be appreciated.
"It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once"
-David Hume
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Adjusting the eyepiece focuses the scope. Look at something more than a couple feet away to adjust it, a lot of scopes won't focus clearly at close range so you find yourself getting the image or the reticle clear but not both. Look at something 20-30 ft away and see if that helps. If it is one of those little Tascos, you may also need to be very particular about how far your eye is from the scope.
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Reticle=Crosshairs,....focusing the reticle has nothing to do with focusing the objective lens.
The rear ring on the scope is the reticle adjustment. You point it at a white wall,..so that the contrast is black on white. you ARE NOT focusing on the wall,..you are focusing on the reticle (crosshairs). You turn the rear ring all the way in,..and start by turning it out one turn and then looking through it,..if it is not sharp,..then turn it another turn,..and check again. You do not look at the reticle for more than 3 seconds as eye fatigue will affect your sight picture. You repeat this process while making finer and finer adjustments,...until when you look at the reticle (crosshair) it is SHARP and black as soon as you open your eye to it. No haze around the edges of the lines etc.
The objective focus on the front of the scope focuses the target,..the rear of the scope focuses the crosshairs. they must both be set for YOU,...and then you will see the difference in both sight picture and far less eye fatigue.
Guns-and-Glass gave me the detailed instructions,..and I have since done every scope I have. He is the one to ask for the "finer" points on this,...as he certainly set me straight[8] The man knows his glass[8D]
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King Joey-thanks for the help.
JustC-It is a variable scope-where should I set it when I do this adjustment-High, low, somewhere in between?
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JustC-I just adjusted it. It was a big help to turn the ring all the way in-worked much better when I started when the reticle was completely blurred-I wasnt doing that before-so I was not seeing a big difference in clarity when I was starting where the reticle was only a "little fuzzy". Thanks for your help.
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Salzo,....use the maximum power when doing this,..and set the adjustable objective to, I beleive it is, mid-way on the scale.
Glad you had success with this proceedure. Now,...go out and set up on a target (anything outside) and dial in your objective focus,...then notice how well you see BOTH the reticle AND the target at the same time[:D][8D] Then you can watch your target for an extended period of time,..and you will notice your eyes don't blur or feel like they are crossing after a minute or two.
Many thanks again to Guns & Glass.[;)]
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JustC,I don't think salzo's scope has an adjustable objective ?
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ATF- Funny you should mention that, which brings up another question. The scope is marked;
"W312X40
Made in Japan
AO-04 05
Patent Pending"
I have absolutely no experience with "adjustable objective" scopes, but I think when a scope is mare "AO", doesnt that mean "adjustable objective"? It seems to me that scope was lying around the place for a long time-it had no box, or papers, and the lens caps did not fit properly-like someone found a set of lens caps to put on this scope that was lying around. Is it at all possible, that the "adjustable objective" piece, can fall off, or be taken off? It does not look like anything is missing on the scope, but like I said, I dont know anything about adjustable objective scopes. Is it possible this piece could have come off, or am I not understanding hat the "AO" means that is written on the scope? Adjusting the reticle, made the scope clearer-probably not but the reticle was so distacting I was having difficulty perceiving the clarity of the picture.
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Salzo,if it had an A.O. you would be able to see it.The front lens is adjustable it rotates and has yardage marked on it.When you get used to using one you can almost use it to judge distance.If it fell off the scope would be usless.
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If the objective bell (front) of the scope doesn't trun,...then it is not an AO scope. Therefore all adjustments are done VIA the rear ring.
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Before you make any adjustments;
> ALWAYS set the magnifacation to the highest power.
> Always set the AO or Range Focus to Infinity if there is one.
It looks like an '8' laying on it's side
Then continue as Just C has written.
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