Adjusting the ocular lens on my rifle scope

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Bill Daniel

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As my arms continue to get shorter I find that I have needed to adjust the ocular focus on my Leupold VXII scope. I now have it cranked all the way back and feel I need another turn or two to bring the target into fine focus. Do I need a new scope or to learn to shoot with reading glasses or just purchase my white cane with the red tip. Any advice from the presbioptic crowd is appreciated.
Thanks,
Bill Daniel
 
Reading glasses probably won't help. They're for seeing up close. Losing focus is a different thing. You may want to see an optometrist and have your eyes checked.
 
Are you looking through the scope as you're making your adjustments? If you are, don't. Your eye will try to focus on the blurred image. Look through the scope, if it's not focused, take your head away from the scope, turn the ocular housing one turn, then look again. Keep trying and see if you can't get it focused. The ocular focus is for the reticle.

If the reticle is sharp and clear, but your image is blurred, there could be a problem with your scope or, as previously stated, you need an eye exam.
 
I think its the adjustment of the scope. Eyes change as we get older so we need to re-adjust or focus the scope.

For Ocular, Loosen the lock right on the rear of the scope. Point the scope at the sky where you see nothing but the cross hairs on a clear sky. Now turn the rear adjustment one way or the other until the cross hairs are perfectly clear and sharp. Re-tighten the lock ring.

Now aim at the target, adjust the front of the scope until the target is clear.

This may have to be re-adjusted if you change distance.
 
What I do is look at the sky as I adjust it (not attached to rifle). I look at a clear blue patch in the view (basically, don't look directly at the crosshairs). I use my peripheral vision to see when the crosshairs come into focus. It takes a bit of practice. If you can't then as others have suggested, adjust it, take a look, adjust it, take a look.

There is a range of focus that your eye can see, but ideally you want your eye to be completely relaxed. You could still focus anywhere within this window but your eye would be straining if its not properly adjusted.

Having said that, the occular lens is not used to focus the *target*. It is meant to focus the reticle. To an extent it will focus the target, but the target being in focus mostly has to do with the parallax. If it does not have an adjustable objective then it will be fixed at a certain distance. Unless viewing a target at the specific distance it was set to you are always going to have one or the other in or out of focus (target vs crosshair).
 
Heh. Seems like I've been four-eyed most of my life. No big deal with a scope; just adjust the ocular until the picture is sharp...

However, less of a problem since my "Cadillac" surgery. :) Went from 20/70 to 20/30. (Amazing! The BossLady is still good-looking!)
 
Have a friend try to adjust if they have same results may be a scope problem trust me Leupold's can have problems also.
 
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