Got a dumb scope question, since the only dumb question is the one that’s not asked here it goes.
My two boys and I went to an Appleseed shot at Lima Ohio last Saturday. I was using a 10/22 borrowed from a relative since my youngest was using my usual 10/22. I had a horrible time trying to get a good sight picture through the scope. I had to constantly move my eyes around to try to not see black.
We are casual shooters, we may get out 10-20 times a year but I’ve never had this much problem with a scope before. My shooting was terrible because of it. Eventually the instructor taped some foam onto the stock to change my cheek location, that helped a little but it was still troublesome.
Now for the dumb part.
Are some scope designs more sensitive than other for this issue? I have never used the type of scope that was on this rifle. The kind where the muzzle end is about 2” in diameter and the butt end of the scope is around 1” in diameter. ( I can hear some of you chuckling). All the scopes I ever used have been the same diameter on both ends ( sorry I don’t know if there is a words for these different types).
I’ll be in the market for a scope for a gun recently returned from a relative and want to avoid the same problem.
Thanks.
My two boys and I went to an Appleseed shot at Lima Ohio last Saturday. I was using a 10/22 borrowed from a relative since my youngest was using my usual 10/22. I had a horrible time trying to get a good sight picture through the scope. I had to constantly move my eyes around to try to not see black.
We are casual shooters, we may get out 10-20 times a year but I’ve never had this much problem with a scope before. My shooting was terrible because of it. Eventually the instructor taped some foam onto the stock to change my cheek location, that helped a little but it was still troublesome.
Now for the dumb part.
Are some scope designs more sensitive than other for this issue? I have never used the type of scope that was on this rifle. The kind where the muzzle end is about 2” in diameter and the butt end of the scope is around 1” in diameter. ( I can hear some of you chuckling). All the scopes I ever used have been the same diameter on both ends ( sorry I don’t know if there is a words for these different types).
I’ll be in the market for a scope for a gun recently returned from a relative and want to avoid the same problem.
Thanks.