Several years ago, a fellow I worked with, fell upon hard times. He offered to sell me a VERY nice Ruger Mark ll in .223, which I gladly accepted. His optics on this were a no frills Tasco Lumina 3x9x40, with a tv reticle. I knew when I bought it, the sight picture was off, but didn't pay much attention to it as I thought maybe he would buy it back when he was a bit more financially stable. Well, he didn't and it's been sitting in my safe for the past 8 years. Found a cheap box of shells yesterday and thought I'd put a few rounds thru it. Well heres the deal. The TV screen picture as you look thru the scope is off. WAY OFF. Normally, the view would be wide, left to right. This one is turned past 90 degrees so the view is long going from top to bottom. Actually, it runs more like from the 10 oclock position tot he 4 oclock position.

Before you say, check your mounting, the scope is mounted properly. The top turret is on top, the side on on the side. The scope name is on the side. The scope is NOT canted at all, yet the view thru the lens is off the charts whacked. This scope will be coming off and replaced with a higher end scope, but if there is a way to correct this, I'd like to know. Perhaps use it on a .22 or something down the road. I tried to remove the ocular assembly to see if there were some internal adjustments, but it would only back out so far till it stopped. No change in the view.