{"id":64,"date":"2019-02-05T11:42:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T11:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunterswiki.com\/?p=64"},"modified":"2020-03-16T11:25:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T11:25:14","slug":"distance-between-the-eye-and-the-scope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunterswiki.com\/distance-between-the-eye-and-the-scope\/","title":{"rendered":"How Far Should a Scope be From Your Eye?"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you are planning to get a scope for your rifle or you already have a scope and you are wondering how far should a scope be from your eye<\/strong> while using. Either way, you are at the right place. This guide will help you find exactly what you are looking for.<\/p>\n Eye relief<\/strong> is something very important to be considered when buying a rifle scope.<\/p>\n The distance of the eye and the scope eyepiece is decided by eye relief. Eye relief is the distance that you need to achieve and hold by your shooting eye from the scope eyepiece, in order to get the full image being produced by the rifle scope.<\/p>\n A short eye relief would mean your eye needs to be closer and a large eye relief would mean your eye needs to be farther. If you\u2019re too close than the proper eye relief, the image becomes blurry; if you\u2019re too far, it becomes a tiny object in the center of the scope lens. A health hazard related to eye relief is that if your eye gets closer than the proper level, a rifle or firearm with greater recoil could make the scope slide back explosively when its shot, resulting in an injury to the shooter\u2019s eye.<\/p>\n If you are wondering how to mount a scope on your AR 15, we’ve got you covered. Here’s the complete guide on How to mount a scope on AR15<\/a>.<\/p>\n Eye relief is measured in inches or millimeters, and it\u2019s mostly found in product descriptions and\/or packages, unlike power and objective diameters and any other essential information found on the scope itself. A common low power rifle scope\u2019s eye relief distance is 4 inches or 101.6 mm, which means that loss of image clarity will occur if one moves in closer or farther from it. The distance can vary between different brands and models of scopes. In general, more eye relief is considered to be better in scopes. For example, magnum rifles have large recoils and therefore, require more eye relief for safe shooting.<\/p>\n Keeping in mind the need and requirement of the shooter, eye reliefs vary from scope to scope. For instance, spotting scopes have short eye relief; their eye reliefs are always precise and close. This is due to the fact that they are only used for spotting and not for actually shooting, so short eye relief doesn\u2019t cause trouble for the shooter.<\/p>\nWhat is Eye Relief?<\/h3>\n
What does “Short Eye Relief” mean?<\/h3>\n
How to Measure Eye Relief?<\/h3>\n