Scope mounted correctly?

[Bowhunter50]

Hey guys, I'm new to hunting with a firearm (always bowhunted) and just picked up my first rifle. I had a friend mount the scope for me and it seems like he mounted it back towards my eye as far as it would go. I just wanted to get some opinions on whether or not it looks right to you experts out there. Please excuse how big of a newb I am. Thanks in advance for any advice!!

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[rileybassman]

looks farish back to me - but if that is where your eye relief is...

close your eyes, shoulder the rifle and place your cheek where it feel right and open your eyes. If you have to move your head back to see through the scope, it is mounted to close.

 

[AdamW]

looks farish back to me - but if that is where your eye relief is...

close your eyes, shoulder the rifle and place your cheek where it feel right and open your eyes. If you have to move your head back to see through the scope, it is mounted to close.

+1 to that. I have had several people ask me to mount scopes for them so I mount it where it feels good to me then check to be sure it works for them. Ideally you are there with them when they do it but that can't always happen.

 

[hjcruger]

looks farish back to me - but if that is where your eye relief is...

close your eyes, shoulder the rifle and place your cheek where it feel right and open your eyes. If you have to move your head back to see through the scope, it is mounted to close.

This is exactly what you want to do. When you open your eyes, you should have a completely full scope without moving your head. If your buddy didn't loktite the screws and you don't have a full scope without moving your head, you can fix it easily in a couple minutes. Just loosen your rings a bit while still maintaining enough friction to hold the scope in place and move your scope in the direction it needs to go. Repeat until perfect, sight your rifle in, and hit the mountains. Good luck.

 

[gelton]

Yes definitely going to want more relief. Might work ok on a bench but the first time you attempt an up hill or downhill shot that scope will likely kiss you on the eye.

 

[hodgeman]

I push a scope as far forward as I can and still see through it.

I have a habit of crawling the stock....that one would kabob me before I knew it.

 

[GKPrice]

I have always mounted the scope the way most above describe but on the lowest setting if it's a variable, so when you open your eyes you have a full view and at the furthest point forward for that full picture, that way when it's turned to the highest setting you will have to very slightly crawl the stock to get the full picture greatly reducing the chance of a case of "scope eye" since it's no fun to catch, no fun at all - under normal circumstances when one is shooting at the scopes highest setting there is plenty of time to settle in but as with offhand shots, the last thing ever thought of is if the scope is gonna smack you on the beak

 

[16Bore]

You'll poke your eye out. Flip the mounts the other way, slide her forward.

 

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[Curvebow]

Set the eye relief so that you can see the full view through the scope at high power. Its a matter of personal preference & technique. I don't stock crawl at all, so my scopes are all far back. Friends scopes are sometimes as far forward as they can go.

Loosen the scope ring screws just so that the scope will move, then shoulder the gun with the scope on high power and with your eyes closed. If you can't see the full field (full circle) view in the ocular lens, then move the scope back. If you see a full field, then move it forward until it eclipses a bit, then move it slightly back. Be sure that the scope vertical part of the reticle is aligned to the bore (levels). retighten the screws a little bit each and try to keep the gap spacing on the rings the same (for good looks!).

Done.

 

[Bowhunter50]

Thanks everyone for the advice. My buddy took me through a similar process to what everyone has described. I think I'll take it to a gun smith to have an expert take a look at it as I'm still a newb to this stuff


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