I've been having issues with my rifle accuracy lately, shooting 22lr at 50 yards. So much so that I bought another rifle and optic to see if it was me, and getting the same results. Can't seem to consistently do better than 2moa, sure some groups are better, but I think with my setup(s) I should be doing significantly better.
One of the things I've noticed that may or may not be a factor is that when I've got a cheek weld looking through the optic it seems like there are serious parallax issues. moving my eye around the eye box causes significant movement of the reticle on the target. Here's the interesting thing though, the scope has side focus and I adjust it not just by focus but by eye movement until there is little to no change, but this is done with my head turned sideways and elevated off the gun with the gun motionless. When I do this I'm not looking exactly through the center of the optic, but pretty much through the center of my glasses lens. When I have the cheek weld it's the opposite, I'm centered in the optic but looking through the top of my progressive glasses lens and not straight through it either but at an upward angle through the lens. Could this be indicative of an issue or am I just seeing the reticle move on the target by my head movement on the stock actually moving the gun?
I did briefly take my glasses off and refocus the ocular but I'm not really sure I got it focused correctly, shot a couple of groups with glasses off and didn't see an improvement. I'm shooting lots of various match ammo to try and find something the gun likes but everything is shooting exactly the same, so there is some underlying issue, and it could be the nut behind the wheel! I'd be happy to host someone on my property in Chatham Co to do a little shooting (and maybe a beer or two afterward ) if they think they might be able to diagnose what is going on. Hell I'm happy to host anyone to shoot anytime for any reason!
Oh yeah I'm shooting off a bipod and rear bag typically but I also have a sled, doesn't seem to matter. Gun is a RPR and I also now own a Savage B22, lol.
One of the things I've noticed that may or may not be a factor is that when I've got a cheek weld looking through the optic it seems like there are serious parallax issues. moving my eye around the eye box causes significant movement of the reticle on the target. Here's the interesting thing though, the scope has side focus and I adjust it not just by focus but by eye movement until there is little to no change, but this is done with my head turned sideways and elevated off the gun with the gun motionless. When I do this I'm not looking exactly through the center of the optic, but pretty much through the center of my glasses lens. When I have the cheek weld it's the opposite, I'm centered in the optic but looking through the top of my progressive glasses lens and not straight through it either but at an upward angle through the lens. Could this be indicative of an issue or am I just seeing the reticle move on the target by my head movement on the stock actually moving the gun?
I did briefly take my glasses off and refocus the ocular but I'm not really sure I got it focused correctly, shot a couple of groups with glasses off and didn't see an improvement. I'm shooting lots of various match ammo to try and find something the gun likes but everything is shooting exactly the same, so there is some underlying issue, and it could be the nut behind the wheel! I'd be happy to host someone on my property in Chatham Co to do a little shooting (and maybe a beer or two afterward ) if they think they might be able to diagnose what is going on. Hell I'm happy to host anyone to shoot anytime for any reason!
Oh yeah I'm shooting off a bipod and rear bag typically but I also have a sled, doesn't seem to matter. Gun is a RPR and I also now own a Savage B22, lol.
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