I like 'em that way scenar. I don't crane my neck forwards on the stock like most of you wierdos seem to!
My rifles- even light heavy kickers like my .325 Kimber, .338, etc are generally set up with the scope as far back towards me as the rings will allow. I don't get hit. It bears realizing- my head isn't any closer to the scope than yours would be... you know?
Plus, the scope on that 45/70,, a Burris 2-7 Compact, has some SERIOUS eye relief.
That pic is on Tower Mountain, in NE Oregon. I really miss hunting there. Fire changed the hunting conditions... the elk mostly left the area once the burned areas grew up in dense tamarack reprod...
