Author Topic: What is the shortest eye relief? (Read 424 times)

xphunter · « **on:** January 26, 2005, 01:41:15 AM »

What is the shortest eye relief you you could live with while shooting a rear grip from both the bench and prone position?

skb2706 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 26, 2005, 03:30:48 AM »

Ernie - guess it depends on whats in the chamber. My 7-30 Waters is more than I want with any rifle scope. I am thinking 10 inches maybe a bit less with that one. I need someone to watch me shoot it and spot mark the safe distance for me. On the other hand my .221 I can easily use a rifle scope on and get away with the standard 3-4" no problem.
I think prone may tip your head forward a bit more which in turn would require more eye relief to get the same sight picture. It would also depend on what you needed to see to find your target......if you can get away with backing off to the point of not getting a full sight picture but can live with just spotting your target you gain alot. Again I would need someone to spot me to measure this and of course the situation would determine the actual amount I could live with.

DropTheHammer · « **Reply #2 on:** January 26, 2005, 05:06:41 AM »

A friend of my dads has an old leupold 2x pistol scope that I was considering purchasing for a great price until I got my hands on it recently. It doesn't have a focusing ring on it and when I put it on my G2 I found the eye relief to be lacking by about 10-12 inches. Oh well.

xphunter · « **Reply #3 on:** January 28, 2005, 10:11:06 AM »

Sorry Guys, I didn't make myself clear enough!
This would be a high magnification Long Eye Relief Handgun scope.
Power range (variable) 6-20 power.