Scope view

**Texas Solo** · 05-11-2023, 11:54 AM

I got bad eyes. No scope has enough eye relief for me. If I get close enough to the scope to get a clear picture out to the edge, the scope will hit my face. (308)
If I stay a safe distance away, I get a much smaller picture. I'm OK with that but wonder if it affects my accuracy. I put the crosshairs in the middle of what sight picture I have and do ok, but thinking I could do better.

**Apollo117** · 05-11-2023, 12:15 PM

What make and model is the scope? What rings? Does your rifle stock have an adjustable cheek piece?

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**Texas Solo** · 05-11-2023, 06:08 PM

This is NOT a fitment issue.
FOV issue!

**Robinhood** · 05-11-2023, 07:53 PM

Field of View or Eye relief? You might need a scout or pistol scope.

**Blue Avenger** · 05-11-2023, 11:16 PM

Originally Posted by Texas Solo

I got bad eyes. No scope has enough eye relief for me. If I get close enough to the scope to get a clear picture out to the edge, the scope will hit my face. (308)
If I stay a safe distance away, I get a much smaller picture. I'm OK with that but wonder if it affects my accuracy. I put the crosshairs in the middle of what sight picture I have and do ok, but thinking I could do better.

We do that all the time using rifle scopes on handguns. Have to back up for eye relief. Lot of guys shooting long range. Hitting targets at 1000 yards is not that hard, so it must not effect accuracy that much.

**prdatr** · 05-13-2023, 06:08 PM

Originally Posted by Texas Solo

I got bad eyes. No scope has enough eye relief for me. If I get close enough to the scope to get a clear picture out to the edge, the scope will hit my face. (308)
If I stay a safe distance away, I get a much smaller picture. I'm OK with that but wonder if it affects my accuracy. I put the crosshairs in the middle of what sight picture I have and do ok, but thinking I could do better.

https://scopesfield.com/best-long-eye-relief-scopes/

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**Dave Hoback** · 05-19-2023, 11:35 AM

From what you indicated, it sounds like you simply do not have the the scope & your head positioned correctly. It has nothing to do with FOV. It’s not your eyes that are the problem. I too, have bad eyes.. well, EYE! My left eye is 100% blind & my right is heavily corrected with Astigmatism.

Your LOP, cheek rest & eye relief go hand in hand in hand. And then there’s your eye level, as Apollo referenced. First, make certain your head & cheek rest are in the same position every time. Then position the scope at the correct eye level and relief for full sight picture. Almost all scopes are within 3”-4” of eye relief. If you don’t have an adjustable cheek rest, you may need one, or you may need to change ring height. And of course, fitment issues with the scope size come into play when setting up.

**Ernest T** · 05-21-2023, 08:35 PM

Originally Posted by Dave Hoback

From what you indicated, it sounds like you simply do not have the the scope & your head positioned correctly. It has nothing to do with FOV. It’s not your eyes that are the problem. I too, have bad eyes.. well, EYE! My left eye is 100% blind & my right is heavily corrected with Astigmatism.

Your LOP, cheek rest & eye relief go hand in hand in hand. And then there’s your eye level, as Apollo referenced. First, make certain your head & cheek rest are in the same position every time. Then position the scope at the correct eye level and relief for full sight picture. Almost all scopes are within 3”-4” of eye relief. If you don’t have an adjustable cheek rest, you may need one, or you may need to change ring height. And of course, fitment issues with the scope size come into play when setting up.

I agree with Dave. Your visual acuity shouldn't affect eye relief. I wear trifocals with close, medium and far lenses. I have shooting glasses with only one focal point, distance viewing. That means the back end of the scope is out of focus for me, but I can see the target with a full field of view just fine.

**jkv45** · 05-22-2023, 09:45 AM

Question on glasses and reticle focus -

If you wear glasses, can you not wear them and instead just use the scope's ocular adjustment to focus the reticle?

Shouldn't you be able to get the reticle to focus by using that, no matter what type of correction you need?

Thanks.

**Ernest T** · 06-07-2023, 08:51 PM

Originally Posted by jkv45

Question on glasses and reticle focus -

If you wear glasses, can you not wear them and instead just use the scope's ocular adjustment to focus the reticle?

Shouldn't you be able to get the reticle to focus by using that, no matter what type of correction you need?

Thanks.

I tried that and focusing the reticle is no problem, but I had issues focusing what I was looking at in the scope. It could be that my vision is so bad, the side focus couldn't compensate for it, or more likely, the side focus is working, but my uncorrected vision is too bad to see the target clearly without my corrective lenses.