Athlon Talos 4-16X40 Parallax Markings

[dcmeyer]

I've had this scope about a year and I've notice the parallax markings are quite a bit off, ie, when shooting 50 yards I need to set it almost to 75, shooting at 100 I'm setting at 125. Consistent but off.

Is this common or is there something wrong? Doesn't really bother me except for a minor OCD issue, lol.

I'm always shooting at 10X. Very good optic, holds zero, clear and works well in low light.

[Manning]

Very common.  There will be an eyepiece setting (reticle focus) that will make the parralax markings close.  But that eyepiece focus probably won't be correct for *your* eye.  That being said I do have a Athlon talos 6x24 that has nearly correct parallax markings with the reticle adjusted for my eye.  First scope ever that was reasonably close. 

[dcmeyer]

Very common.  There will be an eyepiece setting (reticle focus) that will make the parralax markings close.  But that eyepiece focus probably won't be correct for *your* eye.  That being said I do have a Athlon talos 6x24 that has nearly correct parallax markings with the reticle adjusted for my eye.  First scope ever that was reasonably close.

Thanks. I have a couple "regular" scopes on powder burners that don't require all the detail that airguns do but I'm very new to this. It's quite a learning curve to shoots airguns at distance but I'm getting there.

[BackStop]

I never even look at the marking for parallax anymore.   If you get the reticle TRULY focused.   And that can be pretty hard.   Then, all you have to do is focus the objective and parallax is set.

Like I said, getting the eyepiece to TRULY focus the reticle is the key.   Sounds simple, but in my experience, it isn't.

There are plenty of videos about how to focus the reticle and most of them are correct.   It just isn't as simple as it sounds.   At least for me.