Thread: Length of Pull / Eye Relief

My scopes tend to be mounted a bit further back than what you have there.
The distance from butt to trigger is about 350mm (10mm shorter than you) but the scope is 250mm from the butt, so about 2" closer.

Unfortunately you are going to need to compromise somewhere as the current scope/ring setup gives you almost no room for adjsutment, a common issue with long action rifles without rails.

Basically you will need a rail or a different scope with more mounting space but I'd say that Leupold is probably better than most.
I'd get a picatinny rail and some low rings, it shouldn't end up much higher or heavier than your current setup, but it looks as though taller rings may be required anyway if you end up pulling your scope back, as the objective bell will be getting close to the barrel.

I find I always need a cheek riser, even with a small objective scope mounted as low as possible. All my Tikkas with factory stocks I've ended up installing a cheek riser.
Whether you need a cheek riser depends a lot on your face structure, I've used some peoples rifles and can't even look through the scope because the cheek piece is so high.

Originally Posted by Beetroot

My scopes tend to be mounted a bit further back than what you have there.
The distance from butt to trigger is about 350mm (10mm shorter than you) but the scope is 250mm from the butt, so about 2" closer.

Unfortunately you are going to need to compromise somewhere as the current scope/ring setup gives you almost no room for adjsutment, a common issue with long action rifles without rails.

Basically you will need a rail or a different scope with more mounting space but I'd say that Leupold is probably better than most.
I'd get a picatinny rail and some low rings, it shouldn't end up much higher or heavier than your current setup, but it looks as though taller rings may be required anyway if you end up pulling your scope back, as the objective bell will be getting close to the barrel.

I find I always need a cheek riser, even with a small objective scope mounted as low as possible. All my Tikkas with factory stocks I've ended up installing a cheek riser.
Whether you need a cheek riser depends a lot on your face structure, I've used some peoples rifles and can't even look through the scope because the cheek piece is so high.

Yes, 2" is a significant difference and I think that is why I was struggling with it.

Lifting the comb with a cheek pack would be easy enough, it's pulling the scope back which is my main goal.

I didn't really appreciate that about long actions until now.

Thanks

Originally Posted by Feebz

Yes, 2" is a significant difference and I think that is why I was struggling with it.

Lifting the comb with a cheek pack would be easy enough, it's pulling the scope back which is my main goal.

I didn't really appreciate that about long actions until now.

Thanks

Yeah its definitely a problem with Remington style long actions.

I ended up moving everything to picatinny rails years ago and have no regrets. Even on short actions or Tikka tye set ups you can run into problems.

I would also run unto issues with the bolt handle hitting the scope and the mag ring fouling on the rings hen trying to mount too low.

So I tend to just go medium (1") rings, pic rail and cheek riser on everything these days.