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Throw the rifle up with your eyes closed. When comfortable TO YOU, open your eyes. If you are looking through the scope and get a good sight picture, it is ideal. Same for iron sights.

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Thanks for the replies

After doing a little googling I see that John Barsness did a newsletter about scope height , February 2011. Would anyone be able to send me a link to that article ?

Dan

Saddlesore's got it. I mount the scope as low as possible, then cut the stock to match. When I build a rifle I figure what it's for and get the scope that makes it package. If the rifle needs a more-powerful scope to do ammo testing, I get(or prolly already have) taller rings to get the end bell to clear the barrel.
I only have one "classic-styled" stock, and it's my only 3X scoped rifle.
I don't think I'd put a straight-tube scope on a Weatherby, so I wouldn't have to rasp off the top of the Monte Carlo comb to get my eye to line up.
FWIW-most of my stocks are thumbhole and are fitted to my face. The scopes vary according to the rifle they are on. They reach from a 4X to an 8-32X and the barrels vary from a skrawny little carbine to a heavy Varmint.
The reason to have the scope-line as close as possible to the bore-line is there is less of a midrange rise. That is one of the reasons that people will tell you that their AR .223 shoots so flat. It appears to be flat because of the angle they are watching the trajectory
Have fun,
Gene