Re: Best Scope at or aboot $1000 ?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: OutRider</div><div class="ubbcode-body">...I think I know the answer, but just how important is adustable parallax...???...
...I remember it as being important... </div></div>
Is Parallax important? Yes, but all scopes have parallax, to a greater or lessor extent, even scopes that have parallax adjustment.
Here what I mean. On my 22LR's I have both fixed and variable scopes. One is a fixed 7.5x50mm SF that focuses down to 10 yds (30 ft). The other is a 6-24x50mm that focuses down to 50 yds. Guess which scope has parallax error @ 10 yds??? Now the error is not much, but on an accurate rifle shooting at a very small target, it is noticeable.
That's one extreme. The other was a well renowned 10x42mm, with no parallax adjustment, the parallax was fixed @ 200 meters. When tried on a 22 lr, shooting @ a 1/2" target @ 50 yds, the scope had 1/4" of parallax error. Not good.
However, when the 10x42mm was shot @ 600 yds, no measurable error. Why? Because the target was big enough, and your group spread was big enough, that no parallax errors could be noted. A fixed parallax scope will have some parallax error at all ranges except what it has been calibrated for. But unless your target is relatively small and close you won't notice it.
So parallax is important at ranges under say 60 yds, firing at very small targets, and at very long range on scope powers over 10x. The higher the scope power, and the smaller the target, the more parallax can bite you in the butt.....