Mixed Nuts
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Something not available to Col. Cooper when he started promoting the scout rifle concept was the intermediate eye relied (IER) scope. E.g., this Leupold VX-2 1-4x on my Ruger GSR:
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It's mounted on the factory rail in low Warne QD rings.
I like this setup because it allows the scope to be mounted very low, avoids any chance of me getting scope eye, and it's far enough forward that it doesn't interfere with rapid bolt manipulation. It's also not as vulnerable to glare on the ocular lens as long eye relief scout scopes.
The IER scope as shown on my Ruger would prevent loading from stripper clips, but AFAIC that's moot with the rifle's use of detachable magazines.
Anyway, it's another option for folks to consider.
Hello Dave, do you have to be careful to find the view through your VX 2 1-4x IER at the highest magnifications? Does the eye relief get short or become, as some call it, critical eye relief at the 4x? I ask because the FX2x28 has almost endless eye relief. I can see through the scope from behind the stock or with my eye up to the iron sight ring.