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<blockquote data-quote="7magcreedmoor" data-source="post: 1065195" data-attributes="member: 48559"><p>I'll state it plainly: Scope height above the bore is an outcome. If the rifle is laid out straight-line fashion, like an AR, then the height from your cheek on the stock to your eye must result in a higher scope mount. If staggered, like most bolt-actions, lever-actions and such, then since the comb is lower than the bore, the scope can sit closer to the barrel as a result. When we start putting 50 and 56mm objective scopes on bolt guns, we generally have to raise the comb in order to preserve cheek-weld, an essential to good marksmanship. With heavy recoiling calibers, a straighter line relationship between bore and stock reduces felt recoil and muzzle jump. Form follows function. Choose accordingly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="7magcreedmoor, post: 1065195, member: 48559"] I'll state it plainly: Scope height above the bore is an outcome. If the rifle is laid out straight-line fashion, like an AR, then the height from your cheek on the stock to your eye must result in a higher scope mount. If staggered, like most bolt-actions, lever-actions and such, then since the comb is lower than the bore, the scope can sit closer to the barrel as a result. When we start putting 50 and 56mm objective scopes on bolt guns, we generally have to raise the comb in order to preserve cheek-weld, an essential to good marksmanship. With heavy recoiling calibers, a straighter line relationship between bore and stock reduces felt recoil and muzzle jump. Form follows function. Choose accordingly. [/QUOTE]
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