head position and the scope

[polebilly]

I was watching the GUNWERKS hunting program the other day, the program is called Long Range Pursuit. They have a segment on rifle tips. The young lady giving the advice was a smallbore position shooter. She suggested moving the scope away from the eye to increase the black ring that forms in the scope. This will let you see the amount of misalignment you actually have with the scope. I know that I have some misalignment with different stocks and was curious as to what effect that has at the target.

 

[waltersboy]

No effect.

 

[LHSmith]

Actually, by doing that, I believe the technical term is "vignetting", you automatically compensate for parallax if you are precise enough to hold the image in the center of the black ring. I especially like this practice when shooting a .300 Ultra Mag sporter from sandbags.

 

[mac86951]

Actually, by doing that, I believe the technical term is "vignetting", you automatically compensate for parallax if you are precise enough to hold the image in the center of the black ring. I especially like this practice when shooting a .300 Ultra Mag sporter from sandbags.

I would imagine so, if not to only make sure you don't get a nice scope ring mark around your eye...

I'll try this on my target rifle (.223). I have a super cheap scope on it, which works well, but has a parallax problem. I'd buy another scope, but so far I'm amazed at what I can do with $80. The tracking was off, but then I dropped it, now it works better.

-Mac