Sammichman wrote:Erud wrote:Sammichman wrote:No chance. I have a ton of eye relief. thanks
In that case, you may want to re-evaluate your head position.
Thanks always looking to Improve but so far my head position is fine at least it is for me,,
I don't know how much shooting you have done with AR's, so if I'm telling you stuff you already know, please feel free to disregard. Some do not like to hear it, but there is a right way to shoot them, and also many wrong ways. The right way is with the tip of your nose touching the charging handle, for several reasons. Think about shooting an AR with A2 sights on it. In order to properly see through the aperture, your eye needs to be close to it. Nose to charge handle is about as close as you can reasonably be, and happens to be the proper eye relief for those sights. You could not shoot an A2 with your head where you are putting yours on your rifle. Also, having your nose touching gives you a tangible reference point every single time you mount the rifle, making it much more likely that you will mount it in the same place every time. This is even more critical with a scope, as the eye relief and eye box are much more sensitive than with irons. This is the exact reason that companies make cantilever rings for mounting scopes on AR's in the first place. How many times have you seen someone shooting a scoped rifle moving their head all around side to side and front to back trying to find the spot where they can actually see through it? If your scope is set up properly and you have proper head position, this does not happen. It also allows you to shoot your scope the same way you shoot your irons. Having your face floating around on the stock 6" behind the charging handle is not repeatable, and not conducive to good shooting. I would encourage you to try shooting with the scope mounted forward like it was intended, unless you have some sort of physical reason that prevents you from shooting this way.
Don't get me wrong, this is still America. You can mount it any way you like, and you will see plenty of others also doing it your way. That said, you aren't doing yourself any favors by doing it the wrong way when the right way is literally right in front of your nose...
