Bought a scope with a 300 yard parallax... but mostly shoot at 100 yards. Problem?

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I guess I didn't do my research well enough and bought a Zeiss Terra for my .223. I don't really need the bdc reticle but I got a good deal on it. The Leupold vx2 3-9x40 LR that's on it now is earmarked for my new CZ style 22lr. It turns out that the Terra with zr6 and zr8 reticle are set for 300 yards. But I usually shoot at 100 yards. And I do a lot of shooting at 60 yards, because my range has a lighted range that I can go to on weekdays after work during the winter, when it gets dark too soon to use the 100 yard range. Occasionally I go with friends to a place in the woods that's 200, but 95% of the time I'm 100 or 60.

Should I even care? It's not competition, just fun, but I don't want to put scope that's going to make me less accurate.

Can I send it in? Anyone know what Zeiss would charge to change it to 100 yards?

Or maybe I should try and sell it? I don't see any in the BST now, anyone know what they go for?

Or should I just find a club with a 200 yard range and start shooting longer distances? :)

TIA.
 
i6s1 said:
I've never seen it before either which is why I overlooked it. It's the Zeiss Terra 3x 4-12x42 RZ8.
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From the Zeiss website:

TERRA 3X 4-12x42
Magnification 4 x 12 x
Effective Lens Diameter 42 mm 42 mm
Exit Pupil Diameter 10.5 mm 3.5 mm
Twilight Factors 13 22.4
Field of View at 100 yd 28.7 ft 10.8 ft
Diopter Adjustment Range +2.5 | 2.5 dpt
Eye Relief 90 mm
Parallax-Free in yards 100
Adjustment per Click at 100yd 0.25 inch
Adjustment Range Height at 100yd 42 inch
Adjustment Range Lateral at 100yd inch
Centre Tube Diameter 25.4 mm
Eye Piece Tube Diameter mm
Objective Tube Diameter 50 mm
Water Resistance 400 mbar
Functional Temperature in °F -13 | +122 °F
Length 12.4 inch
Weight in Use 14.8 oz
Order Number w/o Standard Hunting Turret 522711
Order Number with Lockable Target Turret 522711
 
That's the plain reticle. RZ6 and RZ8s are 300.

sportsoptics.zeiss.com/content/dam/SportsOptics/usa/pdf/ZEI_3572_TerraFlyer3LR.pdf

"100 yds / 300 yds RZ8"
 
That's odd. Like I said I checked their website and several others and that is the only place I've seen it listed at 300 yards. I'd give them a call, or contact one of the site sponsors that sells Zeiss and check that out for sure.
 
Indeed they are set to 300 yards, . Its a long range scope, no big deal really. It should have little affect on your 60-100 yard shooting unless you are trying for single hole groups. If your eye is centered in the scope the parallax won't matter anyhow. I think you should just shoot away and enjoy it.
 
dizzy said:
Indeed they are set to 300 yards, . Its a long range scope, no big deal really. It should have little affect on your 60-100 yard shooting unless you are trying for single hole groups. If your eye is centered in the scope the parallax won't matter anyhow. I think you should just shoot away and enjoy it.
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I tend to agree. Too many people get involved with the smaller things that they read about, smaller things that are a very minor factor to actual performance. Shoot it and see!

If you were shooting competition, where every little point counts, then it would be to your advantage, if you were really serious, to change to another scope. It would seem from your post that your closer range shooting is more informal, and you are shooting for practice.
 
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