A buddy of mine recently bought a Zeiss FL Diavari and is having some issues getting it zeroed.As in, he cant, LOL.
He asked me if I would look into it for him, and even though I have zero experience with this optic,of course I told him I'd try to help, assuming it would be something simple.
Well, he dropped it off earlier in the week, and tonight I decided to look at it. I have no paperwork or anything, but how complicated can it be, right. uh, yeah.
Ok, the scope is an odd configuration, at least to me. (However, it is a very nice hunting optic, to be sure.)
The turret appears to be a CW elevation configuration, but it is marked 0 through about 65 units. According to the writing on the top each click equals .1mil. Now, that alone raises some flags for me. Assuming that is right, once you get it zeroed (and set the zero stop, which is also different than the ones I am used to) that would mean you have about 6.5 mils of up/elevation travel. (that would only get my 16" OBR to about 700 yards from a 100y zero with 175 mach kings?!) That sure doesnt sound like much, but it is a hunting scope, so maybe that is right.
His problem, he said, was that he cant get a 100 yard zero on his Browning 325WSM, with a no cant base. (It is mounted in Talley hardware. They are 2 separate rings, but have the base built in to each ring) But, from measurements I can get, and from eye balling it, there is no built in cant.
IIRC, he said he is low at 100y, even after he maxes out the elevation travel.
I have not taken apart the turret to see how the zero stop works, because I am hoping maybe some of you Zeiss guys can shed some light on this before I start messing with a zero stop that appears completely foreign to me.
Anyone have any advice? Also, on the total elevation travel, I looked around online and cant find a definitive answer on the total travel available in this scope. Is there really only about 6.5 mils of "up" left when the scope is roughly mechanically centered?
Thanks in advance.
He asked me if I would look into it for him, and even though I have zero experience with this optic,of course I told him I'd try to help, assuming it would be something simple.
Well, he dropped it off earlier in the week, and tonight I decided to look at it. I have no paperwork or anything, but how complicated can it be, right. uh, yeah.
Ok, the scope is an odd configuration, at least to me. (However, it is a very nice hunting optic, to be sure.)
The turret appears to be a CW elevation configuration, but it is marked 0 through about 65 units. According to the writing on the top each click equals .1mil. Now, that alone raises some flags for me. Assuming that is right, once you get it zeroed (and set the zero stop, which is also different than the ones I am used to) that would mean you have about 6.5 mils of up/elevation travel. (that would only get my 16" OBR to about 700 yards from a 100y zero with 175 mach kings?!) That sure doesnt sound like much, but it is a hunting scope, so maybe that is right.
His problem, he said, was that he cant get a 100 yard zero on his Browning 325WSM, with a no cant base. (It is mounted in Talley hardware. They are 2 separate rings, but have the base built in to each ring) But, from measurements I can get, and from eye balling it, there is no built in cant.
IIRC, he said he is low at 100y, even after he maxes out the elevation travel.
I have not taken apart the turret to see how the zero stop works, because I am hoping maybe some of you Zeiss guys can shed some light on this before I start messing with a zero stop that appears completely foreign to me.
Anyone have any advice? Also, on the total elevation travel, I looked around online and cant find a definitive answer on the total travel available in this scope. Is there really only about 6.5 mils of "up" left when the scope is roughly mechanically centered?
Thanks in advance.
