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I'm considering on getting a Leopold VXII 1-4x20mm. It costs around $300 and has 3.8 inches of eye relief and is all I need for hunting where I hunt. This is a bit more eye relief than the scope I'm currently using. I will be putting it on my Ruger #1 45-70 and I'm hoping it will give me a noticeable amount of extra eye relief. Being 6'2" I have a tendency to creep up on the optics on my #1's and if I'm not careful the 45-70 will bite me with the current scope ( a Bushnell 3200 3X9) while on the bench. I don't like putting the death grip on the forearm and sometimes just let the forearm rest on a sand bag without holding it at all. I get better groups this way but have paid for it with a split eye brow or nose in the past. What are your thoughts on this scope for it's eye relief or your suggestions for another with better eye relief. I don't want something that will cost more than the rifle so something around the $500.00 mark would be best. Also would off set rings help or is more/better eye relief the way to go. Thanks for the insight.
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Have you considered the really long eye relief scopes like those on "scout" rifles? They mount on the barrel, really long eye relief. Here's one of them: http://leupold.com/hunting-and-shooting/products/scopes/fx-ii-riflescopes/fx-ii-2-5x28mm-ier-scout/ There are others from the various makers, this one was just easy to find...
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+1 to what Vagabond said. My 2.5x28 is great.
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If you want a variable power scope, Nikon Monarch Gold 2x10 has 4" of constant eye relief.
May not be a good fit for your rifle, but their pretty good scopes.
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The Burris fixed 4x is up to 5" of eye relief and its pretty economical, around $150
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