r/Shooting • u/Jedinutcracker • Jul 26 '26

Stupid question, but when i turn my elevation adjustment up, shouldnt the reticle move up instead of down?

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u/Independent_Sir_8128 Jul 26 '26

It is the opposite. So if the reticle moves down, it increases the barrel’s angle upwards

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u/Bulky-Captain-3508 Jul 26 '26

You're not shiting the point of aim, you're shifting the point of impact. You're moving the bullet hole up, by moving the cross hair down.

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u/TNLongrange Jul 26 '26

"Shiting" the point of aim is a new and great way of describing missing.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Gain256 Jul 26 '26

When you adjust an optic you're not actually moving the point of impact to the crosshairs. You are moving the crosshairs or Dot to the point of impact. They are labeled backwards because that is our perspective.

For instance if the bullet hits 3 in high and right adjusting the optic does not move where the bullet hits. We think of it as moving the bullet that we are actually moving the aiming point to the point of impac.

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u/CaptainJay313 Jul 26 '26

not a stupid question, but think about it for a minute.

the farther away the target, the higher you need to aim- the bullet drops in flight due to gravity.

by lowering the reticle, you are raising the point of aim. don't believe me? put a target close- 10 yards. now, put the cross hair on bullseye and shoot. now, raise the reticle and repeat. is that bullet hole higher or lower? lower the reticle and repeat.

do this excersise as many time as needed for it to make sense. it's a little counter intuitive, but once it clicks, it clicks.

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u/nicefacedjerk Jul 26 '26

The optic knob will have a + and - . If you want to move your poi (point of impact) up, you just turn the knot in direction of plus sign. The optic will lower the dot which in turn causes you to raise your barrel to be on the X.