I think I mentioned to you that I bought a Hi-Lux 3 to 9 scope about 1 1/2 years ago. That scopes parallax was spot on. In fact I liked it so much I bought another late September. It was about 2 weeks before I got around to mounting the scope and checking it out at the range. After my first range session...I knew we had a big big problem with the parallax. I contacted them immediately when I got back from the range. He told me to send it back, so a techncian could check it out. That was 1 1/2 weeks ago...still waiting for my scope. It cost me $8 bucks to ship it back.

I wrote a personal message to you on how to check to see if your scope parallax was set correctly...did you get a chance to check it out???

If not, basically this is what I wrote.

Checking a scopes parallax

Cradle you rifle or ML on your shooting bags...get your gun rock solid with the cross hairs on target. Once the crosshairs are solid on target...move your head slightly up and down and left to right. If your cross hairs move (or wander) around the target while you move your head...the parallax isn't set correctly at that distance. If the crosshairs moves or wanders a little no big deal. However, it is almost impossible to shoot bug holes if the parallax is off and the crosshairs wander 3" or more.

If your scope has an adjustable parallax....forget the preset marks on the scope rings....they are only a guide line. Get on target as before and do the parallax head bobbing thing. Keep adusting the scope ring until the cross hairs settle in and stop moving while you are doing the parallax head bob. Your parallax is set correctly when you can move your head side to side and up and down and the cross hairs stay rock solid.

Yesterday, I was at the range and the guy sitting next to me was shooting a custom 243 Ackley Improved with a 10-42 power Nightforce scope. (about $1600 for scope alone) Anyway...he asked if I wanted to look through his scope which I did. I couldn't help notice that (for me) the parallax was way out of whack. I asked him if the parallax was set correctly for him. He looked at me with a confused look on his face. Find out...it wasn't and once the parallax was set correctly for him his group sizes tighen up significantly.