Hello all,
A couple weeks ago, I had an issue with my Hawke Vantage 4-16x50 scope. I was trying to find out how much adjustment I still had on my turrets, so I adjusted it all the way down, and as you get to the bottom, you can feel that you are torqueing something down inside the scope, and then the windage adjustment got numb. It turns out that Hawke actually recommends that you turn the turrets all the way UP to find the end. The reason why is that you are tightening the screw down on the erector tube. Here is a diagram of how it works:
Here is the page on Hawke's site where that diagram can be found.
Finally, the response that I got from Ben at Hawke gives a brief little "rule of thumb" to get you started. Here is what he said:
"You should be able to get the reticle reset to center, then re-zero with no issues. When you adjust all the way the end of the adjustment range in some direction, you'll start restricting movement along the opposite axis (we have an article at the link below with some diagrams that may help explain that). Also, trying to count clicks can actually get you a little farther off track than you might think, so again just resetting the reticle to center should be all you need to get back on track.
To reset the reticle, first simply adjust both windage and elevation turrets counter-clockwise until they stop. Then adjust both turrets clockwise 3-1/2 full rotations. This will ensure the reticle is positioned in the normal operating range and relatively close to center. Once you've done that, you can reference the article at the link below again and perform the further, more precise procedure to reset to optical center, involving a set of 'v-blocks' (or from resting loose in the bottom half of your ring mounts)."
The link he was referring to is above.
My take away here is that you want to adjust the turret all the way up, and bring it down, rather than the other way around.
Anyway, hopefully this will help someone if they have the same problem that I did.
Cheers!
Jonathan
A couple weeks ago, I had an issue with my Hawke Vantage 4-16x50 scope. I was trying to find out how much adjustment I still had on my turrets, so I adjusted it all the way down, and as you get to the bottom, you can feel that you are torqueing something down inside the scope, and then the windage adjustment got numb. It turns out that Hawke actually recommends that you turn the turrets all the way UP to find the end. The reason why is that you are tightening the screw down on the erector tube. Here is a diagram of how it works:
Here is the page on Hawke's site where that diagram can be found.
Finally, the response that I got from Ben at Hawke gives a brief little "rule of thumb" to get you started. Here is what he said:
"You should be able to get the reticle reset to center, then re-zero with no issues. When you adjust all the way the end of the adjustment range in some direction, you'll start restricting movement along the opposite axis (we have an article at the link below with some diagrams that may help explain that). Also, trying to count clicks can actually get you a little farther off track than you might think, so again just resetting the reticle to center should be all you need to get back on track.
To reset the reticle, first simply adjust both windage and elevation turrets counter-clockwise until they stop. Then adjust both turrets clockwise 3-1/2 full rotations. This will ensure the reticle is positioned in the normal operating range and relatively close to center. Once you've done that, you can reference the article at the link below again and perform the further, more precise procedure to reset to optical center, involving a set of 'v-blocks' (or from resting loose in the bottom half of your ring mounts)."
The link he was referring to is above.
My take away here is that you want to adjust the turret all the way up, and bring it down, rather than the other way around.
Anyway, hopefully this will help someone if they have the same problem that I did.
Cheers!
Jonathan
