How to Set up a Airsoft Rifle Scope

Before you zero your scope, you must ensure it is correctly mounted and fixed in a comfortable position that provides optimum eye relief.

Lens Adjustment

All rifle scopes are fitted with an adjustable focus used to focus the reticle to match your eye characteristics. To achieve a crystal-clear picture, carry out the following adjustments:

• Hold the scope about three or four inches from your eye and look through the eyepiece at a blank, flatly lit, bright area such as a wall or open sky.
• If the reticle is not sharply defined instantly, turn the eyepiece a few turns to focus and quickly glance through the scope again.
• If the focus has improved but is still not perfect, continue turning until focus of the reticle is achieved.
• Never look at the sun with a rifle scope – it may permanently damage your eyes!

Adjusting Turrets

After mounting, you will need to access the turrets for zeroing. Some rifle scope turrets have a turret cap, remove these to access the turrets adjuster.

Zeroing with a rifle or gun

Zeroing your rifle scope should be carried out with quality BBs. For the first test, we recommend shooting at 5 yards to ensure that you are accounting for scope error only. After this first test, you should always zero at the distance that you are normally going to shoot at. From a steady rest position, fire three rounds at a target. Observe the point of impact on the target and adjust the windage and elevation turrets as needed to correct the point of aim & point of impact.

Repeat until the point of aim and point of impact are the same.

You have now achieved zero!

Note: if the point of impact is significantly off target after firing your initial rounds, inspect the mounting of the scope to ensure it is not poorly aligned or positioned. If required, try removing the scope from the rings and rings from the rifle and starting again. This may remove any error in initial mounting.

Warning: Eye protection is recommended at all times.