Never got scope eyed,but I have had my nose bumped a couple of times shooting a 300 Win Mag with a scope that had barely over 3" of eye relief.Didn't hurt,but it's enough to make you think about it each time I shot at the bench.Changed to a scope with 4" of eye relief and that problem went away.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~ As Bob Hagel would say"You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong."Good words of wisdom...............
