Question about parallax adjustment between targets

[Tikka223]

I've never shot a PRS style match before and don't know anyone that does who can answer my questions, so thank you CGN!

Today I was shooting between 200-600m at various targets and was taking my time to get my parallax adjusted for each distance before shooting at the target. That made me wonder, since nit picking with parallax can be time consuming, what do people normally do when shooting PRS style matches?

I also wonder, do people figure out parallax before hand at known ranges and then mark their parallax knob for quick reference? Or can parallax change with environmental conditions?

 

[furtaker]

Very seldom will you have targets closer then 200 so I know on my rig I turn the dial to infinity and never adjust it at all. you don't have time to adjust it during a 2 minute stage with 3 or 4 targets and 4 different distances that have to be shot from 4 different stations.

 

[Ryan.M.Anderson]

Agree with the above. I was out shooting on Friday from 300M to 500M and it was set to 800 ish the whole time, I had no issues (as in my piss poor shooting was on me and not incorrect parallax adjustment).

 

[3of30]

I seldom adjust my knob as well. If I know the distance of a stage before hand and it does not vary, then I may adjust it before the stage. But that scenario is very unlikely.

 

[AP]

If you can keep your eye centred in the exit pupil (and you should for best results)...your reticle/target relationship will remain parallax free regardless of distance.

 

[BadAsMo]

Its your choice and you will loose time while setting parallax even if you have distances marked and calibrated but you need to weigh that against any accuracy loss by not setting it.

Setting it to mid distance before you are up to bat is one strategy.

Setting it to the most makeable distance is another strategy.

Either way, you can set your LOP long enough that your eye is just a bit too far away from the scope to cause the outside perimeter of your field of view to start to fog out. If you center that fog, you will minimize parallax error.