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reinert · October 13, 2021, 06:58 PM

Easy, quick, way to see if your scope has parallax is to rest the gun rock solid with the cross hairs on target at 50 or even 25yds. As you're looking through your scope as you always do to shoot (clear, full picture in the glass), pull your head back a little until you get the black shadow ring around the edges of your scope. Now, while you keep the hairs on target, move your head slightly in a circular motion and keep your eye on the target and hairs. If the cross dances around and doesn't stay centered on target, you've got some parallax going on. Hope this might help.

October 13, 2021, 06:58 PM	#8
reinert Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 646	Easy, quick, way to see if your scope has parallax is to rest the gun rock solid with the cross hairs on target at 50 or even 25yds. As you're looking through your scope as you always do to shoot (clear, full picture in the glass), pull your head back a little until you get the black shadow ring around the edges of your scope. Now, while you keep the hairs on target, move your head slightly in a circular motion and keep your eye on the target and hairs. If the cross dances around and doesn't stay centered on target, you've got some parallax going on. Hope this might help.