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Alf,alf said:I believe most rifle scope w/o AO are set to be parallax free at 150 yards.
Also, side focus scopes have one more lens than front AO's, meaning the front AO's could have a potential clearer picture.....
True, including shotgun, muzzle loader, handgun, and rimfire, which wasn't what the OP was asking about.DocEd said:Different non AO scopes are set to be paralax free, at different yardages, by the manufacturer. Scopes intended for rimfire are usually set at 50 Yds.
Nodak7mm said:Having side focus is one of those things that once you have one, you wont like it with-out.. Kinda like a microwave above the stove vs on the counter or central air vs window mount.
You will really like it!
I like it so much I am slowly trying to upgrade several scopes on varmint rifles to have that option.
Rod
100% spot on Brian.brian427cobra said:Its really not a "side focus", it's a parallax knob, I set up scopes all the same way, in the day time I point my scope at the sky, parallax at infinity(sideway eight), max power, adjust the ocular until the reticle is crisp n clear, now this is very important, look away at the ground, read something on your iPhone what ever, now look thru the scope again and adjust the ocular until the reticle is crisp n clear repeat the looking at anything else but thru scope until every time you look thru the scope the reticle is crisp n clear pointing at the sky. Now when your looking at a target the scope is adjusted for your eyes, now adjust the parallax knob until the target is crisp n clear, but there's more, now make sure the reticle does not float by moving your head and not your rifle, if the reticle floats keep making fine parallax adjustments, so to recap the ocular adjusts the scope to your eyes, the parallax adjusts the scope to the target.
brian427cobra said:Its really not a "side focus", it's a parallax knob.
jkohler said:If buy chance your left handed like me a SF is a pain to work. So the old AO is the only way to go for left hand shooters.
Nat,Rustystud said:S&B makes fine scopes. Just as with any high end scope you pay the price. I have Nightforce, Sightron, and Leupold on my guns. The Sightron SIII are in a league of their own for the price. Nightforce may be tougher but no clearer. I have really lost interest in leupold as I had poor customer service last time I called. That and the fact they are having optics made by others than themselves now.
Nat