Noob here with a noob question. I bought a Bushnell HDMR with H59 reticle, and received it in the mail today. While I was inspecting the reticle at 21x, I noted that the reticle was centered about .2 mil to the left of dead center. Does this matter? This is the first scope I have ever owned where I have even been able to tell if the reticle was off by a small amount. I figure that it doesn't matter as long as the reticle is zeroed and level, but like I said, Noob here. Has anyone else encountered this with a scope? Does it matter? Is it a common problem? Thanks for the input.
Rifle Scopes Does the reticle have to be dead center in the scope?
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It probably won't matter. But you probably also got a bad sample. I'd be concerned that other things may be wonky.
This sort of minor misalignment is pretty typical, in my experience. I just looked through a S&B PMII 3-20x with the H59, and it's shifted maybe 0.1mil. The Horus makes it more obvious than other reticles since the crosshairs extend well beyond the field of view (FOV) with those fine 0.2mil hash marks; many other reticles don't have any sort of stadia right out at the FOV edge.
I can also see small movements of the reticle relative to the FOV edge by slightly moving my head behind the scope, so make sure that you are not inducing errors with your eye position while trying to look across the entire FOV.
That's really not a helpful statement. All you're doing is sowing fear and doubt.
I can also see small movements of the reticle relative to the FOV edge by slightly moving my head behind the scope, so make sure that you are not inducing errors with your eye position while trying to look across the entire FOV.
That's really not a helpful statement. All you're doing is sowing fear and doubt.
All I'm suggesting is that he look at it with a critical eye (which he seems to be doing) and consider sending it back (which I wouldn't hesitate to do). Rifle scopes are no different than camera lenses or other mass-produced optics. And I wouldn't treat them any differently. Actually, I would, considering that I might need that scope in a much different way than I would need a camera lens. These things (should) have really tight tolerances. And every now and then, one of them falls outside of those specifications… If I dropped 2k on a lens and it was buzzing the focus or the motors were whining or the zoom ring felt gritty, it'd be packed up pronto. And in the OP's case, I felt that what he described warranted a closer look at the package as a whole. In your judgement, it's not that big of a deal. And maybe it isn't. Either way, I'm not going to call you out on your opinion or experiences because they happen to be different than mine.
Fortunately, he has the options of seeking 3rd party opinion, living with it, returning it and/or contacting the manufacturer to see if his observations fall within their acceptable parameters.
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Fortunately, he has the options of seeking 3rd party opinion, living with it, returning it and/or contacting the manufacturer to see if his observations fall within their acceptable parameters.
Cheers
If the scope is second focal plane than yes it matters. If it is front focal plane than no, it won't matter. It'll just be slightly annoying.
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