713959I Bushnell 3-9x50 Banner Illuminated Reticle

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Hi,

After shooting 10-20 rounds .30-06 with this scope, the crosshair (reticle) gets blury if I focus on the target, on the other hand if I focus on the crosshair the target gets blury, does anyone recognize this problem? Can this be fixed in some way or do I have to send back the scope for repair/replacement?

Thanks.

MrGman · Guest

First you should point the gun in a safe direction and look at some blue sky and see if the reticle is in sharp focus or not with no distraction of the target at any distance. If it is, then there is notthing to adjust and we will talk about your vision later.

If its not in sharp focus then you have to adjust the ocular bell for this. If it has a fast focus ring on the end of the eyepiece of the scope that you can adjust turn it back and forth until your scope reticle is in sharp focus. Then look at the target and see if its in focus as well. If you don't have a fast focus ring on the end of the endbell then you have to loosen up the locking ring and rotate the entire end bell to get to the cross hairs in focus. If you find that you can't adjust the end bell within its useable range and get the cross hairs in sharp focus, then you need to have a doctor check your eyes out. YOu will have to wear corrective lenses to get within useable range of the scope.

Special note: Progressive lenses will make it hard to focus through the scope correctly and not have distortion problems between the target and the cross hairs. If you wear progressive lenses this will be a distraction to seeing the target through the scope accurately and as you move your head up and down to try and refocus will cause problems in aligning the sights on target and focusing issues. If you wear progressives but also have fixed lenses for distance seeing those are the pair you want to wear.

once done with focusing the cross hairs if you did it successfull time to check out how the target looks: If they both start out in focus (crosshairs and target) then you find you can't keep them both in focus, you can try readjusting the eyepiece for the cross hairs to match the target. If you still can't keep them both in focus, its your eyes. Or in this case your shooting eye.

My non shooting eye normally goes out of focus within a couple of minutes when I am shooting through a scope at the range and doesn't come back for hours. My shooting eye in this case stays good for most of the day.

I have to wear my corrective lenses which are +1.5 diopter as well as turn the fast focus ring on my rifle scopes to give me about another +1.5 diopter to get the cross hairs in sharp focus. I normally notice that turning that ring while focused on a target while help to sharpen that up a little as well, but its main purpose is for the cross hairs.

The reticles are supposed to appear as if they are way out there so that you don't have to refocus your eyes from long distance to close up for the reticle. I don't know if all of these illuminated reticles are the same. Keep the light to a very minimum to help it from being too much of a distraction and further fatiguing your eye. If you cannot keep everything in focus as the shooting day progresses, then really have a good Opthamologist check out your vision.

The banner series are okay scopes but they are not the best in clarity.
You may need to step up to a better class of scope that is clearer to help minimize eye fatigue over time.

I have never known any of my reticles to change their focus positions as a function of shooting the gun. It would have to be able to move back and forth along the longitudinal axis of the gun to do this, which they can't. Its always been me getting tired. The ocular bell and the lenses in that would also have to move substantially along the longitudinal axis to have such a shift which I doubt is happening.

The higher the magnfication that you shoot, the, more pronounced this effect and strain on your eye will be.

What is the exact modification and model of your scope? What mag do you shoot it at? Is it all in focus when you start the day? Do you see that you have a problem focusing that eye later after you have been shooting on things near or far without the scope as well? If so, then again, you should really see a good eye doctor and let him test you thoroughly. good luck.