I am a long time shooter and bird hunter. However, I do not know a lot about scoped rifles. I have a Winchester 70 Sporter in 30-06 with a Leupold 3.5-10x40 scope. I had the scope professionally mounted by a gunsmith.
Here is my question. Since the gunsmith simply mounted my scope without me there to set the eye relief, how do I know the eye relief is correct? On 3.5x, I am at the edge of where I start to see black on the edges. If I dial up the magnification, all bets are off. The image shrinks and becomes dime sized and I am forced to crawl up the rifle and crane my neck to get the full picture.
Is this normal? My guess is that they didn't want it too close so I don't get smacked in the eye. But, I just don't know what is normal or what to expect.
Thanks.
Here is my question. Since the gunsmith simply mounted my scope without me there to set the eye relief, how do I know the eye relief is correct? On 3.5x, I am at the edge of where I start to see black on the edges. If I dial up the magnification, all bets are off. The image shrinks and becomes dime sized and I am forced to crawl up the rifle and crane my neck to get the full picture.
Is this normal? My guess is that they didn't want it too close so I don't get smacked in the eye. But, I just don't know what is normal or what to expect.
Thanks.