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<blockquote data-quote="Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow" data-source="post: 1168833" data-attributes="member: 7123"><p>Generally, more equals better - well the higher the *range* of eye relief the better. It's very very important on big boomers with a lot of recoil or with a scout type setup, OR if you want to forward-mount it in front of an AR-style charging handle, and low. You said yours recoils very little, so that doesn't call for any crazy eye relief, but if you want to mount it BOTH forward and low, then you may want such eye relief as is afforded by the Nikon Omega or some Trijicons and some Leupolds.</p><p></p><p>Oh, what is it..... It's the distance(s) (the range of distances) which your eye is from the ocular bell/lens, where the scope is usable - where you don't have blackout. Too far back or too far forward, you blackout and cannot use the scope. In between, you can. The distance in this sweet spot is the ER. Some scopes it is wide range (deep may be a better description), and on some scopes that window is very narrow/shallow. The Nikon Omega 1.65-5x36 has the deepest/biggest/best eye relief range of any scope made, I'm pretty sure - when on 1.65 power, it has a full field of view (no blackout) all the way from around 5.5" out to 13.5" or so. The Omega 3-9x40 when set on 3 power, has ER from 3.5" out to around 8 or 9"! It's much more than advertised - I think they don't want to cut into the sales of their higher priced premium lines by letting the word out too much about how good the Omega line is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow, post: 1168833, member: 7123"] Generally, more equals better - well the higher the *range* of eye relief the better. It's very very important on big boomers with a lot of recoil or with a scout type setup, OR if you want to forward-mount it in front of an AR-style charging handle, and low. You said yours recoils very little, so that doesn't call for any crazy eye relief, but if you want to mount it BOTH forward and low, then you may want such eye relief as is afforded by the Nikon Omega or some Trijicons and some Leupolds. Oh, what is it..... It's the distance(s) (the range of distances) which your eye is from the ocular bell/lens, where the scope is usable - where you don't have blackout. Too far back or too far forward, you blackout and cannot use the scope. In between, you can. The distance in this sweet spot is the ER. Some scopes it is wide range (deep may be a better description), and on some scopes that window is very narrow/shallow. The Nikon Omega 1.65-5x36 has the deepest/biggest/best eye relief range of any scope made, I'm pretty sure - when on 1.65 power, it has a full field of view (no blackout) all the way from around 5.5" out to 13.5" or so. The Omega 3-9x40 when set on 3 power, has ER from 3.5" out to around 8 or 9"! It's much more than advertised - I think they don't want to cut into the sales of their higher priced premium lines by letting the word out too much about how good the Omega line is. [/QUOTE]
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