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I like 3.5 'ish.

3.5-4.0" Is what I like.I see a lot of people setting kids up with short eye relief scopes because they usually go cheap setting up guns for kids.Bad move,nobody likes getting slapped by a scope.You will likely develop poor shooting skills and a flinch.

If you've never been scope bitten, you're either shooting VERY heavy rifles, or not hunting much... both my cases of "magnum eyebrow" came in the field in hunting positions.

I've never been scope bitten and don't own a rifle all up over 8.5 pounds, most in the 7-7.5 pound range. I've been in the woods a time or two...

Or you have the scope mounted so far forward that under any condition other than max stock crawl and minimum magnification the view is reminiscent of that through a paper towel tube.

I’ve been hit my fair share. Not fun. Usually when goofing around with some odd angle field position shot.

Is the DD scope exam over with? Did I pass?

Me too Greg, 338's, 338 RUM that was light had a habit of bouncing off peoples face, but never mine...

Maybe your (and GregW's) glass is scared of you guys ugly mugs..........it's possible......I've seen pics.

Haha! Im not saying I'm cooler or better than anyone, just never happened to me. God damn I swear everytime Jim Shockey shoots a critter hes bleeding!! haha

The couple of times it happened to me it didn't even draw blood. Maybe because I"m hard headed. True about Shockey...ha!

Not everybody hunts like you. I shoot most of my critters offhand, once in awhile from a kneeling or sitting position and have never shot anything from prone rested over a pack. Rarely do I take a shot from a prone position even when varmint hunting {woodchucks here} shooting most from a sitting position with bipod. I do shoot up alot at tree squirrels but that's mostly with a .22 rimfire.

I reckon you guys that get whacked are just suffering from tunnel vision so bad when you're about to shoot at a critter you aren't aware of what you're doing. I think it's called buck fever by some folks.

Exam over. Pass but with only a D on the report card.

A correctly mounted scope wouldn't have bit ya.

Thank God. If you'll send me your address I'll send my rifles up to you so you can get them set correctly for me. Please? I did not realize that every time someone gets scopebitten, it's because the scope isn't mounted correctly. I've got it now though.

Too funny... I'm a "stock crawler" so all my scopes are set about as far forward as possible, and all have generous eye relief.

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.

What it boils down to for me, is could jeff_o maintain proper ear weld on the recoil pad given the eye relief and mounting area of this scope.....................................

I've been scope bit, and I've puked (cheap) scopes for unknown reasons(s). The minimum distance I'm comfortable with on a rifle with a good amount of recoil is 3.5" at least.

Ahh....I'll come down to your place for free and set them up, just show me where a couple muleys happen to live!