Good article, John.

Swarovski has a long eye relief scope they call their EE (Extended Eye relief). Since it's in the lower magnification range (1-5), I expect it suffers less from the FOV loss; is that correct? I think something like that (120 mm or about 5 inches) would be ideal when mounting a scope with a relatively short mounting length on a long action rifle.

"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown