What's wrong with my Leupold?

What is it mounted on?
How is it mounted?
Post a picture maybe?

The VX-I 2-7x28mm Rimfire scope should have 3.8" inch eye relief at 2x and 3" inch at 7x.

Thats about par for the course for any variable scope of that power range.

rcmodel

That setup looks like it should work. Maybe it is even a little too far back. Hold a white cardboard behind the ocular lens and measure the distance that give you about an 8mm iris then adjust the scope position or your hold to get that same distance. If the distance is not 2-3 inches, something is definitely wrong inside the scope and Leupold will fix it. Higher power scopes tend to have less eye relief and less eye relief range, but a 2-7X should work nearly anywhere between the rings on a receiver mount.

Maybe it is even a little too far back.

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No doubt about it being too far back for me.

That sucker would whack me in the eye on a centerfire gun that kicked a little. And I'm a short fat guy!

Are you getting your head down on the stock with a good cheekweld on the comb?

I just don't understand it at all?

rcmodel

Send it to Leupold. My guess is the shipping will be no more than a return to Optics Planet. It will be returned in 2 weeks or less ( mine always have) and you can be sure when returned it will be in "as new" condition.

as far back as it will go and still don't have enough eye relief.

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If the scope is OK, there are a number of companies selling "offset" rings, which will allow more room in one direction. They're common enough you should be able to find a pair easily.

You can also get your eye closer by shortening the butt pad or the buttstock.

I have an 03-a3 and have that problem as the only mount is a one piece Redfield style. Leupold and Nikon Monarch with extended rings (both) still leave the scope 3/4" too far forward.

Solved it with a 60s Weaver scope. Configeration is all together different than the new 'compact' ones.