I'm no rifleman, but I've been shooting them long enough and have never had this issue before, presumably because I've always been shooting short/medium action calibers.
Now I'm hunting dangerous game, which often have longer, magnum calibers and long actions. And two rifles in a row now, a Sako and a Ruger M77 Alaskan, are being very difficult to scope. I know there are work arounds, but I hate work arounds in general.
1) I'd prefer nothing protrude into the chamber space, e.g., the toe of a scope base
2) I'd prefer not to have a pic
3) scopes seem to be too short for the mounting spread on a long-action rifle -- scopes in DG configurations, i.e., 1-4, 2-7. The 1-4 Leupolds I've tried are maxed out with very little room to move fore/aft for eye relief; the 2-7 wouldn't mount at all. I know if I go to 3-9, the scope will be long enough, but I don't want a minimum of 3x for sudden encounters with brown bears.
So, where are my DG scopes, configured as above, that are long enough to span a magnum length action without having crap protrude into the action? (And is there some reason DG scopes can't just be made an inch longer?)
Now I'm hunting dangerous game, which often have longer, magnum calibers and long actions. And two rifles in a row now, a Sako and a Ruger M77 Alaskan, are being very difficult to scope. I know there are work arounds, but I hate work arounds in general.
1) I'd prefer nothing protrude into the chamber space, e.g., the toe of a scope base
2) I'd prefer not to have a pic
3) scopes seem to be too short for the mounting spread on a long-action rifle -- scopes in DG configurations, i.e., 1-4, 2-7. The 1-4 Leupolds I've tried are maxed out with very little room to move fore/aft for eye relief; the 2-7 wouldn't mount at all. I know if I go to 3-9, the scope will be long enough, but I don't want a minimum of 3x for sudden encounters with brown bears.
So, where are my DG scopes, configured as above, that are long enough to span a magnum length action without having crap protrude into the action? (And is there some reason DG scopes can't just be made an inch longer?)
