Hello - I looked on the web for this Q&A but can't seem to find anything, so I thought I'd give THR a try. You guys always come through.
A friend gave me a BSA 8x32 (44mm) scope with parallax adjustment to use for some general purposes. I know this isn't a high-end scope, but it will do for now.
Optics are clear, although it's no Leupold or Nikon. At 8x, I focused the eyepiece so that both the reticle and the target (about 100 yards away) are clear. I am finding that as I increase the power, the reticle stays sharp, but the target starts getting slowly more blurry.
I know that at 100 yards there is only so much magnification you can use anyway, but I notice the target starts to lose focus at ~ 10x or so and gets progressively worse.
My questions are as follows:
1) Generally speaking, is it normal for a variable scope, with focus set at a certain power, to make the target less sharp (the target, not the reticle) as you increase the power?
2) If so, how do you decide at what power to set the focus on, since the whole purpose of a variable scope is to have different magnifications.
I may be missing some basic points on setting up a variable scope, so let me know if so.
Thanks.
A friend gave me a BSA 8x32 (44mm) scope with parallax adjustment to use for some general purposes. I know this isn't a high-end scope, but it will do for now.
Optics are clear, although it's no Leupold or Nikon. At 8x, I focused the eyepiece so that both the reticle and the target (about 100 yards away) are clear. I am finding that as I increase the power, the reticle stays sharp, but the target starts getting slowly more blurry.
I know that at 100 yards there is only so much magnification you can use anyway, but I notice the target starts to lose focus at ~ 10x or so and gets progressively worse.
My questions are as follows:
1) Generally speaking, is it normal for a variable scope, with focus set at a certain power, to make the target less sharp (the target, not the reticle) as you increase the power?
2) If so, how do you decide at what power to set the focus on, since the whole purpose of a variable scope is to have different magnifications.
I may be missing some basic points on setting up a variable scope, so let me know if so.
Thanks.