Help with old zeiss

[Hmatt]

Friend of mine has a Carl zeiss diatal- D 6x42.
Having a hard time finding instructions how do adjust it as there is 4 screws and no indication of left or right on the adjustment dial. If anyone is familiar please chime in.

 

[Dosing]

If you loosen the silver screw it should allow you to rotate the disc. IIRC clockwise as it is in the picture if left, cc is right

 

[Hmatt]

If you loosen the silver screw it should allow you to rotate the disc. IIRC clockwise as it is in the picture if left, cc is right

Do you recall if 1 click is 1/4” at 100 kinda deal? Or since European could be anyone’s guess?

 

[Dosing]

I thought 1cm.

 

[Mr Bill]

Friend of mine has a Carl zeiss diatal- D 6x42.
Having a hard time finding instructions how do adjust it as there is 4 screws and no indication of left or right on the adjustment dial. If anyone is familiar please chime in. View attachment 1020405

The older German scopes including my S&B 8x56 had all their windage and elevation knobs ‘backwards’. Now if your order a new S&B you can request Americanized adjustment. I recall looking at the dial and seeing ‘H’ and was assuming it meant higher….i was wrong and whenever I was tweaking my zero it would cost me extra rounds and frustration. When my girlfriend was speaking German…again I was confused by her higher or lower instructions ….. you know the rest. Cheers

 

[Hmatt]

It’s really too bad these don’t click when you move the dials. Really caught me off guard. Doesn’t look any older than a weaver but totally different!

 

[AP]

is it 'image' moving or 'reticle' moving? if the latter its pretty easy to see which way to turn.

 

[marshall]

That's what I try to do, mount in a good rest and slowly turn the dial, I usually turn the wrong way first.

 

[AP]

… even when they are marked … I invariably turn the wrong way first

 

[jamesharrison]

send me a pm with your email address & I'll send you the instructions.

 

[Hmatt]

send me a pm with your email address & I'll send you the instructions.

Buddy ended up buying a new Burris instead of limping along this old scope. The reticle was JUNK; I was just doing him a favor since his cheap ass didn’t want to buy one. He caved after looking through my burris and sig sauer scopes

 

[jamesharrison]

Does he want to sell it?