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Your scope is shockproof and waterproof. You should never try to take it apart or clean it internally.Your scope will perform it’s best if occasionally wiped clean with a lens cloth or an optical lens paper like that for eyeglasses and camera lenses. Keep protective lens covers in place when the scope is not being used.

Maintain the metal surfaces of your scope by removing any dirt or sand with a soft brush to avoid scratching the finish. Wipe the scope with a damp cloth and follow with a dry cloth. Finally, wipe with a silicone treated cloth to restore luster and protect the scope against corrosion. Be careful not to touch the lenses with the silicone cloth.

2. Focusing the Eye Lens

1. Hold scope about three inches from your eye.
2. Quickly glance through the scope at a featureless area, such as a wall or the open sky.

CAUTION: DO NOT LOOK AT THE SUN AS PERMANENT EYE DAMAGE, EVEN BLINDNESS MAY RESULT.

3. If the reticle did not instantly appear in sharp focus, loosen the eye bell locking ring, rotate the eye bell in either direction until reticle is sharply focused.

Riflescope Features
1. Eye Piece
2. Eye-Bell
3. Locking Ring (not on 44 Mag series)
4. Power Ring (zoom models only)
5. Elevation Adjustment
6. Windage Adjustment
7. Objective Bell
8. Adjustable Objective (some models)

3. Attaching Scope to Mount

1. Remove ring caps from mount, place scope in cradle formed by uncapped rings.
2. Slide scope fore or aft to position scope at the proper eye point so a full field of view can be seen.
3. Rotate scope to align the reticle horizontally and vertically.
4. Replace ring caps and tighten firmly.

4. Pre-Zeroing

If available, use a bore-sighter collimator to pre-zero your rifle.

At an approved range, or other safe area, bench rest the rifle. Remove the windage and elevation caps. If you have a bolt action rifle, remove bolt. If you have a lever, pump or semi-auto loading rifle, use a mirror type bore sighting device, available from your gun retailer.

If you have a zoom power scope, turn the power change ring to the highest setting. If your scope model is equipped with an adjustable objective lens mount for a parallax correction, rotate the focusing ring to the appropriate standard-parallax setting.

Sight through the bore at a target of 100 yards. Move the rifle about to center the target in the bore.

Sight through the scope and adjust the windage and elevation screws to center the target on the reticle.

NOTE: Never force the windage and elevation screws past their natural stop. Internal damage can result rendering the scope inoperative. The most common occurrence with over-adjusting includes: power change system jamming, broken lenses, poor image quality, insufficient grouping of shots, and limited or irregular movement of Point of Impact alignment.

5. Final Zeroing
Since final zeroing involves live fire, check bore to be sure it is free of any obstructions before loading. Use eye and ear protection.
Fire three rounds at your target. Note impact on target. Measure the distance from group center to target center.

Adjust the windage and elevation screws accordingly. Each click adjustment will move the bullet impact by the amount shown on the dials (type C or D) at 100 yards.

NOTE: Never force the windage and elevation screws past their natural stop. Internal damage can result rendering the scope inoperative. The most common occurrence with over-adjusting includes: power change system jamming, broken lenses, poor image quality, insufficient grouping of shots, and limited or irregular movement of Point of Impact alignment.

If the bullet hits were more than 3 inches (12 inches/100 yards) apart from where you aimed at, you have problems with your mounting system.

Replace windage and elevation caps when zeroing is completed.

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