Thread: .22 sporter accuracy

Do some research on adjusting the parallax on your particular scope. No nitrogen can escape on a fixed power Leupold as you're only removing the section in front of the gold ring. As I said earlier, not sure about Leupold variable power scopes.

Originally Posted by 10-Ring

Do some research on adjusting the parallax on your particular scope. No nitrogen can escape on a fixed power Leupold as you're only removing the section in front of the gold ring. As I said earlier, not sure about Leupold variable power scopes.

Works fine on Leupold variables - I've done a VX2 2-7×33 and a VX3i 4.5-14x40. The difficult part can be getting the front ring off - I recommend a large hose clip over a scrap of leather. Just don't wind the front lens carrier out too far! Winding out is of course the way you bring the parallax free distance closer, but if you keep going you will indeed lose the inert gas fill. I haven't gone closer than 50m myself. I hear 25m is okay (haven't tried it) but presumably the risk goes up as you go closer.

That said, I don't think you actually need a parallax-free scope to shoot good test groups. There is only a parallax error if your eye isn't centered behind the scope. I find it easy enough to consciously keep my eye centred for each shot when doing limited testing. Not ideal, but works to identify if parallax is actually the issue.

Sorry to hear your Anschutz isn't shooting up to your expectations Hunter_Nick.