Rifle Scopes so scope feels too far back

[yocan]

I don't know a whole lot about optics, hence why I come here to ask questions. I have an ar, its getting SBRed right now 9have shot it on friends SBR lowers its fun) its 6.5 grendedl 10.5" barrel kinda wishing I went 12.5 but oh well I've had it for a while now.

thinking a fixed power optic would make more sense normally but I have a 1.5-8X26 ior valdada scope its heavy but I don't care about weight, and the gun has surprised me with its accuracy for such a short barrel 3 rds in 1 hole at 50m I'm pretty sure puts it at .75 at 100m. So thinking I might just leave this scope on. However with the rings it has the scope stops right over the charging handle with its forward scope ring at the front of the ar reciever and at the rear of the front section of the tube.

Is this right and I'm supposed to pull the adjustable stock to the 3rd or 4th position back? Or should i get some sort of mount that moves the scope forward so I can close down more and be tighter with the rifle. Also getting the scope away from the chargin handle making it easier to quickly hit that

this is more of an issue with standing seeing as pull the stock a little further back when I go prone. If your curious I got a magpul ACS stock to go with this scope, medium range stock medium range scope seemed to go together (the CTR IMO goes with fixed power scopes/optics at no to low magnification)

 

[Jig Stick]

Re: so scope feels too far back

Im assuming your rifle has a flat top? Can you play with the ring mounting positions + the position of the rings on the scope to get the proper eye relief?

 

[E. Bryant]

Re: so scope feels too far back

The stock first needs to be adjusted to get the right length of pull (LOP) for your body. That being taken care of, you'll probably still need a mount that moves the optic further forward than what you can get with mounting the rings directly to the flattop receiver.

There are a lot of ways to skin this particular cat - you can get some sort of rail extension such as that offered by YHM and others, and mount standard rings to this. There are also several types of integrated mounts that will provide the right mounting height and eye relief.

 

[gstaylorg]

Re: so scope feels too far back

Take a look at this:
http://www.laruetactical.com/larue-tactical-spr-s-mount-lt-158

or this:
http://www.laruetactical.com/larue-tactical-sprm4-193-mount-qd-lt-135

or this:
http://www.laruetactical.com/larue-tactical-spr-m4-scope-mount-qd-lt-104


or possibly even this if you really want to move it forward:
http://www.laruetactical.com/larue-tactical-spr-e-lt-139

 

[yocan]

Re: so scope feels too far back

thats what I needed the larue mounts, thank you.

 

[Bedlam]

Re: so scope feels too far back

Your body position on the rifle should be natural and the same whether you have glass or not. If you are moving your head or body back in an unnatural way to accommodate glass, that's bad. Move the glass forward, not your head back.