I upgraded from the Athlon Ares BTR to a Cronus BTR and took it out for the first time yesterday. I experienced something I've never experienced before with any other scope (vortex HST, Athlon Ares, Crossfire, etc).
1) the parallax on the Cronus didn't seem to be precise. i even had another shooter observe this. we were shooting at 720 yards, but the parallax knob had to be at 250ish for everything to look right. When i was looking at the 520 yard target, my parallax knob had to be at 150ish for everything to look right.
2) when i would get on the scope, the reticle and target would look great. then 2-3 seconds later the reticle would almost completely wash out to the point I couldn't barely see it. This was especially noticeable at 100yards when i was sighting the scope in. i've never experienced that before. Every scope i've owned the ocular focus has always been all the way in, and that's how I started with this Cronus. I did however adjust it and it never helped. My buddy said it was probably eye strain and it happens to him every once in awhile. i wouldn't know "eye strain" if it smacked me in the face, never experienced that before and I felt normal. i shoot all the time and never ever had that happen. if i took my face off the scope and then looked back again, everything would be in focus for 2-3 seconds then wash out again.
so what gives? is the reticle washing out issue related to my parallax issue? I know there's a proper method/steps to "setting up your ocular lense and parallax" i've just never done it because every scope i've owned worked for me out of the box.
i have a match next weekend and if that reticle washing out keeps happening...that worries me.
one thing I WISH i had thought to do was get behind a different scope (a razor HDII and another cronus) that was there and see if it was still happening to me. but i didn't think of it
1) the parallax on the Cronus didn't seem to be precise. i even had another shooter observe this. we were shooting at 720 yards, but the parallax knob had to be at 250ish for everything to look right. When i was looking at the 520 yard target, my parallax knob had to be at 150ish for everything to look right.
2) when i would get on the scope, the reticle and target would look great. then 2-3 seconds later the reticle would almost completely wash out to the point I couldn't barely see it. This was especially noticeable at 100yards when i was sighting the scope in. i've never experienced that before. Every scope i've owned the ocular focus has always been all the way in, and that's how I started with this Cronus. I did however adjust it and it never helped. My buddy said it was probably eye strain and it happens to him every once in awhile. i wouldn't know "eye strain" if it smacked me in the face, never experienced that before and I felt normal. i shoot all the time and never ever had that happen. if i took my face off the scope and then looked back again, everything would be in focus for 2-3 seconds then wash out again.
so what gives? is the reticle washing out issue related to my parallax issue? I know there's a proper method/steps to "setting up your ocular lense and parallax" i've just never done it because every scope i've owned worked for me out of the box.
i have a match next weekend and if that reticle washing out keeps happening...that worries me.
one thing I WISH i had thought to do was get behind a different scope (a razor HDII and another cronus) that was there and see if it was still happening to me. but i didn't think of it
