Seriously needing help!!
So I am just starting to get into Air guns. HAve been in archery for years and shoulders won’t take it anymore. Ran into problems right off the bat with my first air gun purchase. This is the present issue. I ordered a 1 piece scope mount from Pyramid along with a scope. The scope is a Leapers 5th Gen 3-12×40 Rifle Scope, Illuminated Mil-Dot Reticle, 1/4 MOA, 1″ Tube. It got great reviews and was the magnification I want. Problem is the 1 piece would not fit, no big deal I have other mounts but the scope itself is different from anything I have ever used. There is only a reticle adjustment on the eyepiece and elev. and windage. The instruction say to adjust the eyepiece till the crosshairs and target are equally in focus. Equally is not in focus. I am thinking this is a new type scope as I do see the type I am use to with the focus / yardage on the front and eyepiece on the back. What am I looking for. Will be returning this one post haste.
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Actually the focus on the rear eyepiece/eyebox is used only to make the reticle/crosshair sharp in focus. To focus the reticle/crosshair, look into a clear sky or white wall and turn the eyepiece focus until the reticle is sharp, nothing else besides the reticle should be in this sight picture. This will take several attempts to get the reticle to a sharp focus, looking at the reticle for short time, then looking at the reticle again. This alignment is only done once, rarely ever again.
Now you use the AO/Parallax or the other focus on the front/objective end of the scope to focus the sight picture. when you look at targets at different distances, use the focus on the front, to make the target sight picture sharp. You’ll be constantly changing the front AO/parallax to get a sharp sight picture!
This alignment is typical for most scopes, of course yours may be different, but it wouldn’t hurt go give this procedure a try.
Hope this helps
Sam 😀