Thanks. I just shoot Barnes factory loads but shot 1" at 100 easy with my swarovski. I am not experienced with thermals and wasnt sure if you could fine tune them. Seems like i get larger adjustments than 1/4moaWhen I was working up a load of Sierra 110 pro hunters in my 6.8 and xq 50, I quit when I stacked 4 rounds vertically in about an inch. I was shooting at a small hand warmer and using 10.8x.
I’ve shot it out to 300 and got a 4” group. Sounds like either further load development or different factory ammo is in order if you want to improve on that. The scope is capable.
How tight of a group do you get with your thermal? I have an Apex XQ50 and group size is larger than when i had my regular scope on the rifle. At 100yds i can put 3 on a hand warmer but not touching like with a regular scope. Just curious.
Haven't read the other responses yet, but one thing that I noticed was just how much the reticle moves with your cheek weld if it is in different places. Since I'm a relative newby to the thermal game, I am sure that I am missing the correct terminology. However in the scoped rifle game we attribute it to parallax.
I would have sworn that the eyebox was not critical with looking at a screen (something like a parallax free holographic sight). But darned if i didn't notice it with my Trail XQ38 when I had it in a rest for a re-zero. **I'm sure that the difference in body position as it relates to recoil (bench to kneeling in the field) may have aided this***
Maybe I'm crazy, but it has caused me to be super conscious of my shooting position.
YMMV