silvertip-co
Well-Known Member
I should know this as I have been shooting scoped rifles since 1963, and thought I did know it. But I was readin an old Jack O'Connor book for the 39th time and now I'm confused about scope height. I tried googling the answer to avoid embarrassment, but all I found was forum comments from knobbs who dont know the stock from the muzzle.
My question is does scope height over the bore effect the long range capability of a rifle/scope? ie... I was always trained to mount my scopes as low to the bore as possible and have done that since 1963. And I have mounted a ton of them for me and for others. But a comment in the O'Connor text threw me. He said something to the effect that ' I guess if a fellow wants to shoot longer ranges he should get a (more powerful) scope and mount it high above the bore'.
Technical comments appreciated.
My question is does scope height over the bore effect the long range capability of a rifle/scope? ie... I was always trained to mount my scopes as low to the bore as possible and have done that since 1963. And I have mounted a ton of them for me and for others. But a comment in the O'Connor text threw me. He said something to the effect that ' I guess if a fellow wants to shoot longer ranges he should get a (more powerful) scope and mount it high above the bore'.
Technical comments appreciated.