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just bought a ultimak scout rail for my 580. trying to figure out what i should put on her. scope or red dot, brands, personal preference, just throw in your 2cents. also, does anything cowhitness?
That's the issue. The mount I'm using (Ranch Products) requires LONG eye relief, as it centers the scope over the gas block.The long eye relief optical scope is intriguing. The Simmons ProHunter 2-6x32 has 20 inches of eye relief. That's a ton. I have no experience with LER scopes. Are there any consequences to mounting a scope with 20" eye relief at only 10" or 6" from one's eye?
When your eye gets too far from a traditional scope, the image shrinks to something less than the diameter of the rear element making the image unusable. Is that the same effect that occurs when your eye gets too close to an extended eye relief scope?I can tell you from experience that 20" is probably the minimum eye relief for that scope, as any closer and you get what I call "fish eye" like any other scope.
That's pretty much it. I can try and snap a couple pics tonight if it helps...When your eye gets too far from a traditional scope, the image shrinks to something less than the diameter of the rear element making the image unusable. Is that the same effect that occurs when your eye gets too close to an extended eye relief scope?
Mine currently wears an old Redfield 2.5X FrontIER scope, 3/4" tube. Nice, light, well-balanced package. Only thing I don't like is that the scope adjustments are 1" per click at 100 yds.just bought a ultimak scout rail for my 580. trying to figure out what i should put on her. scope or red dot, brands, personal preference, just throw in your 2cents. also, does anything cowhitness?