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I think what you're going to run across when looking for scopes that have long eye relief, is a bunch of handgun scopes.

 

How many inches do you figure you'll need from your eye, to the eyepiece of the scope?

 

The Leapers stuff is airsoft quality. I have a $20 red dot (not Leapers, but basically the same crap) and it works, but the mechanism that holds zero is the weak point. It works, but I'm not going to trust my life to it.

 

Check out what Vortex offers. Even their lower priced stuff is decent, and it's backed by their unconditional lifetime warranty. I believe most of their riflescopes are 4" or less eye relief.

 

If you need more than that, you'll need to start looking at Scout rifle specific scopes, and handgun scopes. The problem with handgun scopes is depending on your needs, they might have too much eye relief lol.

 

SWFA may have some options to look at that would be far better than the airsoft stuff they sell on amazon.

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This will put you closer to $600, but you won't regret it.

 

The VX-R 1.5-5x33mm Illuminated Scout Scope combines the ease of the FireDot Duplex Reticle with a variable magnification optic that is designed to be mounted forward of the receiver.

 

https://gundigest.com/gear-ammo/leupolds-vx-r-scout-firedot-new-age-scout-scope

 

 

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This will put you closer to $600, but you won't regret it.

 

The VX-R 1.5-5x33mm Illuminated Scout Scope combines the ease of the FireDot Duplex Reticle with a variable magnification optic that is designed to be mounted forward of the receiver.

 

https://gundigest.com/gear-ammo/leupolds-vx-r-scout-firedot-new-age-scout-scope

 

I'd be all over that, but just 6" eye relief. In order to keep the action and ejection clear of scope I need 13".
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This is the Leupold Scope on my Ruger Scout rifle; I didn't measure the eye relief distance but I'm sure it's around the 12" range. I may lose something at that distance but I haven't really noticed what it might be.

Which model is that? Exactly what I want to do with mine.

 

How's the eye relief? Is it fussy? Have to shift your head around to see? Or is it something that is perfect and lined up for a snap shot as soon as you mount?

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I got the Burris 2-7X32. Looks great. Much better than the Bubba red dot that was on there, and with the exception of low light use this puts the "fun" in functional. Maybe Sunday I'll go to the range and zero.

 

Pay no attention to the messy bench.

So you got the handgun model and not the scout model of what is essentially the same scope, correct?

(eye relief being the major differentiator)

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I got the Burris 2-7X32. Looks great. Much better than the Bubba red dot that was on there, and with the exception of low light use this puts the "fun" in functional. Maybe Sunday I'll go to the range and zero.

 

Pay no attention to the messy bench.

 

So you got the handgun model and not the scout model of what is essentially the same scope, correct?

(eye relief being the major differentiator)

Yes, and because eye relief. The handgun scope actually makes me push my face forward an inch or two at 7 power, but the intent isn't to use anything more than 4 power anyway.
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