I’ve always used scope shadows to determine the optics center, especially if shooting cheaper scopes with no parallax control. It’s a great technique to check yourself so I still use it on high end scopes as well

If I understand correctly, scope shadow can be used to indicate whether your eye is centered on the optics. Please check with someone familiar with optics ray tracing.... Excellent use of a "problem" situation as an aid for / to the shooter!!

Awesome vid Todd. Thanks for clearing up and bettering our knowledge.

@KestrelBallistics

3 жыл бұрын

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Wow! I never knew this, thank you!

So some scope shadow is good. I wouldn't have thought of this myself. Thank you

@rfcdgaf

3 жыл бұрын

What is being taught even in the military today is no scope shadow. This is old and outdated... as you can see

@wilfdarr

3 жыл бұрын

@@rfcdgaf With no scope shadow, what method is used to center your eye?

@Guitarjourney4life

2 жыл бұрын

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@wilfdarr

2 жыл бұрын

@@Guitarjourney4life OK but then you are just moving until you find the shadow on both sides and guesstimating the half way point: that's not very scientific...

Learning sight alignment with irons and then applying to scope sometimes helps reduce parallax error.

Would love to see a video on tips/advice on spotting, especially when there is mixed terrain behind the target. Ex: trace, spash vs impact... I know this is an area where I have a lot to learn.

@KestrelBallistics

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion! We do have a tutorial coming up for Trace, spotting. Please stay tuned.-The Kestrel team

@toddhodnett1084

4 жыл бұрын

We shoot in crazy terrain all over the world. I use scope shadow every shot. I am only talking about a small amount of equal fuzz along the edge of the scope to ensure your eye is in the center of the glass.

Thanks

Creedmoor Sports sales scope lense reducers as an aid.

This is why my daddy taught me to shoot iron sights.

@vulcans2658

Ай бұрын

your daddy was a dead beat

Thank you so much for the great recommendation