Dealing with parallax on a non-AO scope?

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Other than a perfect cheek weld, which i do not have, and also taking note of the center of view by noticing the scopes limits and centering the dot, is there a way or technique that helps with parallax?

I noticed my groups were much tighter if i didnt move my weld, but then they main poi changes by 2-4 inches when i take a break and return with a new cheek weld..

Thanks
 
That's a lot of change of poi. Can't say I've every experienced anything that sever with my non-ao rifles. Can we be sure that is what is going on? What distance are you experiencing this at?
 
If you set the scope down on a rest, and without touching it, move your eye around behind the scope, do the crosshairs appear to move that far at 50 yards?
 
I have heard of centering a small ring in the eyepiece to look through the same way you would a peep site in order to help you center your eye in the occular housing. This essentially creates a ghost ring for you to use as an indication of center.
 
Life is too short to put up with gear that doesn't work right. Replace the scope.

Years ago I had a B & L 6 power scope with no parallax adjustment. If my position wasn't exactly the same shot to shot the poi was all over the place. I could move the crosshairs 6-8 " on the target at 100 yards by moving my head side to side. I sent the scope in to have the parallax adjusted. It came back the same as I sent it. I bought a scope with adjustable parallax and the problem went away.
 
I play with ring and base heights and modify butt stocks (sometimes install a rubber cheek piece) so that my scope is comfortably in the center of my field of view as soon as I shoulder the rifle with no twisting or crunching.
If you have to "wrap yourself around the butt stock" to get a good comfortable hold and center the scope you are inviting parallax aiming errors.
The more "natural" the hold as soon as the butt plate hits your shoulder the easier it is to stay on center and avoid peripheral interactions with the ocular lens that lead to parallax induced aiming errors.
Have shot deer beyond 400 yards with scopes with no parallax adjustment and no misses or wounding yet.
Knock on glass.
 
It is still best to try to be as consistent in hold as possible .... I am suspicious that many (if not all) adjustable parallax scopes do not necessarily achieve properly correct parallax at the ranges that their parallax scales indicate. And of course in the field when hunting we frequently dont know the actual range to game target anyway. On a target range it makes sense of course - if calibrated correctly.
 
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