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That's the story with my VX-II 4-12x4-AO. To set it up for quick, full sight picture acquisition I need to pick which end of the mag range is most important before I set the eye relief and mounting position.

I set mine up with optimal eye relief at 4x since that's what I'm most likely to use in a hurry. If I have time to change power, I have time to slow down and adjust my eye position as well. YMMV, though.

Tom

When mounting the scope I set it on 10x for proper eye relief, that fits me without stretching my neck.

I normally hunt/stalk at 6x and for using the CDS I adjust to 12x to properly use it.

I'm not having these eye relief problems.

I had a 3-9x40 on a .243 and ran across a good deal on a 4-12x40, so swapped.

It looks identical. They use the same tube. Same ring position, same eye relief, only difference is it goes up to 12x instead of 9x. Generally eye relief complaints are from a scope incorrectly mounted or mounted too high