If you find yourself spinning your turrets in the “Up”, “Down”, “Left” or “Right” direction, but the reticle physically moves in the opposite direction, fear not – they are actually performing exactly the way it should. This is actually the exact way that all riflescopes should perform and we’ll explain why right here. If you have any questions, let us know at 1-800-426-0048 Ext. 5 or in the comments below with #AskVortex and your question might get answered right here.
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This is the best explanation yet.
You're moving the point of impact to the point of aim. A simple way to remember is.. You move the bullet to the scope, not the scope to the bullet. Iron sights can be tricky as well.. If you have a fully adjustable rear sight, and you're shooting low, just raise the rear sight elevation. If shooting to the left, just move it to the right. But, if your firearm doesn't have a fully adjustable rear sight, say it's a fixed rear sight with a dovetailed front sight.. If it's shooting to the left, you need to drift the front sight to the left. If shooting low, you can file down the front post.. If shooting high, you can file down the rear sight or replace the front post with a taller post. A lot of the old cowboy single action revolvers had non-adjustable front and rear sights.. On those, you can bend the front blade sight left or right for windage and use the file for elevation adjustment.
Mine still does the opposite lol
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Lol I understand it but I hate it, just make it the direction it says 😂
This drives me nuts i just label my dials to follow point of impact instead of opposing
I’m aware this is like 3-4 years old Guys ,but I have a question up on elevation is clockwise right ?so why does my scope works in the opposite direction down is up and up is down ?I turn right for elevation.I have my rifle zero dead on now but was wondering why is that ? took me a while to figure that my scope is not going in the direction of the markings windage is as it should left is left and right is right.Any ideas ?
This is the dumbest thing
Excellent explanation and demonstration. Thanks!
Thank you ! You are God! My goofy ass 🤦🏻 I am not gonna talk about it. Thank you for making sense of this!
wow wow wow as long as i have been shooting and that is a very long time. there have been times i went through a whole box of rounds to get close to zero. i was told as a wee child to zero a gun you fallow the bullet. that said i would move down and left, not up to the right. so i move like two clicks at a time moving all over the place. None of my guns are zeroed just close. Thank You so much, My Gosh thank you.
Good explanation!
Simple and direct.
Thank you for explaining this so clearly, I’ve been losing my mind trying to dial in my scope
Ok .. I'm still confused
I'm using a bore site. As I look through I see I have to go up and to the right . 4 moa to the right 4 moa up .. ok
I do that I'm farther away from center
I move now 8 moa to the left and 8 moa down.. Now I'm centered
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Not designed for deep thinkers who realize that the bullet is gonna go to the same place no matter what adjustments you make to the optics. Thanks for the clarification.
I’ll admit I am not the brightest when it comes to how firearms work and the details. I know I point my firearm pull trigger and hit target. This scope has given me the biggest Headache I have ever had. Great optics but zeroing this is a bitch. My question is once I get my grouping do I then turn my turrets to get my reticle on the grouping? Or do I put my reticle on the grouping and dial it to be on the bullseye?
Hi ..I'm shooting a 300win mag mounted with a vortex diamondback scope…what is my best distance to zero my rifle for long distance
Nicely done. Good and clear explanation. It's always hard for me to get into my head what the adjustments actually mean. I think I have a few different types of scopes and it makes things harder. When the scope turret says up, I can never remember if it means the point of aim or point of impact is going to move up
totally makes sense. i rarely use scopes, i was wondering why i kept fubaring my hits
I just came from the range helping my neighbor sight in his Vortex 6X scope on an AR-15 and the point of aim adjustments were backwards. At first I thought I had errored. The first three shots were 3" high and 12" left at 100 yards. After the front adjustment is was 6" high and 2' to the left. I tried adjusting it again and there were no rounds on the target. I removed the bolt and bore sited the upper, and found I had to adjust the sight opposite the direction arrows to bring it back to center. I fine tuned the scope to zero shootings rounds, but had to make the adjustments opposite the point of aim direction arrows on the turret and scope body. I told my neighbor it was a defect, but it didn't seem to affect the operation or accuracy. Definitely a new one on me; I've sighted in many dozens of scopes but never seen this before.
Best video ever
Thank you very much, that was a great explanation, now all makes sense, one has to concentrate on point of impact not point of aim. Have been searching for a long time to try to understand how to use my scope! Very grateful! New ro shooting, thanks a million!
I like how simple this guy makes it sound. Which it is. I have to admit I had a heck of a time setting my first MOA scope because I was turning the turrets in the wrong direction.
My problem is a little different. The turret on my scope (a cheap BSA 4-16X44 AO) is marked " 1/4 in for every 1 click and UP is CC". But no matter how many clicks (about 12 )I've already turned the turret CC, my point of impact does not change even after several shots. It stays where it was, low on the paper.BTW, gun is a springer Crosman Optimus .177 and I shot (artillery hold and all that) from a bench about 20 meters away. Should I give up on this hobby?
Which way drops the reticle, clockwise or counter clockwise?
Say this little ditty when zeroing: "Bullet Impact needs to go _____ (fill in the blank)" whatever you say in the (fill in the blank) is the adjustment you make on your turrets.
Prob solved. Easy and simple. Thanks
great video,,,, makes a lot of sense how he put it… always appreciate the knowledge,,, thank you,,,
I think of it as I am moving the bullet and NOT moving the reticle . Anyways just move the bullet fellas . To confuse everyone even more when u turn right the oh never mind …just think of it as Move the point of impact or move the bullet to where u were aiming like the man said . I like vortex scopes . No problems . Need one for this .22 ( since ammo s so pricey still need to have some fun ) .
This was the best, most clear cut explanation I’ve heard on this subject. Thank you
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