Rifle Scopes Scope Bite Help.
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Re: Scope Bite Help.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Rob01</div><div class="ubbcode-body">A good solid position behind the rifle. 3" should be plenty. </div></div>
Or a scope with a longer eye relief plus the above is still required.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Rob01</div><div class="ubbcode-body">A good solid position behind the rifle. 3" should be plenty. </div></div>
Or a scope with a longer eye relief plus the above is still required.
Re: Scope Bite Help.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: shamrock123</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Tips on avoiding scope bite? Scope has 3in eye relief. Rifle is chambered in 7mm mag. Thanks. </div></div>
A muzzle brake would help as well.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: shamrock123</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Tips on avoiding scope bite? Scope has 3in eye relief. Rifle is chambered in 7mm mag. Thanks. </div></div>
A muzzle brake would help as well.
Re: Scope Bite Help.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 19Scout77</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: shamrock123</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Tips on avoiding scope bite? Scope has 3in eye relief. Rifle is chambered in 7mm mag. Thanks. </div></div>
A muzzle brake would help as well.</div></div>
+1.....plus it would help to know how to drive that beast.....
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 19Scout77</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: shamrock123</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Tips on avoiding scope bite? Scope has 3in eye relief. Rifle is chambered in 7mm mag. Thanks. </div></div>
A muzzle brake would help as well.</div></div>
+1.....plus it would help to know how to drive that beast.....
Re: Scope Bite Help.
I AM SHOOTING IN PRETTY MUCH ALL STANDARD POSITIONS. PRONE, KNEELING, STANDING AND BENCH. I'M GUESSING THESE SAME RULES APPLY TO MY 30-06 AS WELL? HOWEVER FOR THE 30-06 MANY PEOPLE SAY A MUZZLE BRAKE IS NOT NEEDED. THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM FOR ME BECAUSE I ALWAYS TEND TO PULL MY HEAD BACK AS SOON AS THE SHOT IS FIRED, 7MM MAG AND 30-06. I AM NEW TO SHOOTING. THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP. APPRECIATE IT.
I AM SHOOTING IN PRETTY MUCH ALL STANDARD POSITIONS. PRONE, KNEELING, STANDING AND BENCH. I'M GUESSING THESE SAME RULES APPLY TO MY 30-06 AS WELL? HOWEVER FOR THE 30-06 MANY PEOPLE SAY A MUZZLE BRAKE IS NOT NEEDED. THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM FOR ME BECAUSE I ALWAYS TEND TO PULL MY HEAD BACK AS SOON AS THE SHOT IS FIRED, 7MM MAG AND 30-06. I AM NEW TO SHOOTING. THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP. APPRECIATE IT.
Re: Scope Bite Help.
Get with someone who knows what they are doing--or sign-up for a quality shooting course of some sort. Learn how to shoot right the first time and you will be WAY better off in the long run.
If you keep slicing open your eye-brow, shooting will get real old...real fast,
Get with someone who knows what they are doing--or sign-up for a quality shooting course of some sort. Learn how to shoot right the first time and you will be WAY better off in the long run.
If you keep slicing open your eye-brow, shooting will get real old...real fast,
Re: Scope Bite Help.
When you get the rifle up into your shoulder pull the rifle in tight. You may have to do this in all your positions with the scope loose in the rings and find the sweet spot that works for all postions with the scope away from your eye as possible to get a full field of view. Do this while dry firing your rifle.
Get the scope set and tight up the rings. If you are shooting with the rifle tight to your shoulder your eye should be out of the way. If not set the rifle and scope up in the positions you shoot it in the most. Then if you have to back off the scop in the other position just remember to keep the black outline that appears in the scope as you are too far away for the correct eye relief centered.
But you should be able to set it up so it don't bite you. May rifle don't bite me, But if I take a loose grip on it I have had it remind me. It does sometime hit my shooting glasses but it's just a touch.
When you get the rifle up into your shoulder pull the rifle in tight. You may have to do this in all your positions with the scope loose in the rings and find the sweet spot that works for all postions with the scope away from your eye as possible to get a full field of view. Do this while dry firing your rifle.
Get the scope set and tight up the rings. If you are shooting with the rifle tight to your shoulder your eye should be out of the way. If not set the rifle and scope up in the positions you shoot it in the most. Then if you have to back off the scop in the other position just remember to keep the black outline that appears in the scope as you are too far away for the correct eye relief centered.
But you should be able to set it up so it don't bite you. May rifle don't bite me, But if I take a loose grip on it I have had it remind me. It does sometime hit my shooting glasses but it's just a touch.
Re: Scope Bite Help.
I have found out you have to set the scope up for yourself (location within the rings & sighting it in) someone else can mount it for you but you have to fine tune it for yourself.
I have found out you have to set the scope up for yourself (location within the rings & sighting it in) someone else can mount it for you but you have to fine tune it for yourself.
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Everyone should experience scope bite at least once. At most, once, as well but I think some solutions have already been offered, position (in shoulder) and grip for instance. I have fired bolt-action .50's that have rattled my teeth loose in the gums but the optic never made contact with my noggin - and I have a fairly large and pronounced brow. Put it this way, when it rains I am already under cover. 3" should be plenty.
Everyone should experience scope bite at least once. At most, once, as well but I think some solutions have already been offered, position (in shoulder) and grip for instance. I have fired bolt-action .50's that have rattled my teeth loose in the gums but the optic never made contact with my noggin - and I have a fairly large and pronounced brow. Put it this way, when it rains I am already under cover. 3" should be plenty.
Re: Scope Bite Help.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: KHOOKS</div><div class="ubbcode-body">When you get the rifle up into your shoulder pull the rifle in tight. You may have to do this in all your positions with the scope loose in the rings and find the sweet spot that works for all postions with the scope away from your eye as possible to get a full field of view. Do this while dry firing your rifle.
Get the scope set and tight up the rings. If you are shooting with the rifle tight to your shoulder your eye should be out of the way. If not set the rifle and scope up in the positions you shoot it in the most. Then if you have to back off the scop in the other position just remember to keep the black outline that appears in the scope as you are too far away for the correct eye relief centered.
But you should be able to set it up so it don't bite you. May rifle don't bite me, But if I take a loose grip on it I have had it remind me. It does sometime hit my shooting glasses but it's just a touch.</div></div>
+1 Also plant your cheek good and firm on the stock, and try to stop moving your head, you won't move it fast enough not to get bit anyways. In standing you could try to lean a little forward to help you manage the recoil a little better. Good Luck
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: KHOOKS</div><div class="ubbcode-body">When you get the rifle up into your shoulder pull the rifle in tight. You may have to do this in all your positions with the scope loose in the rings and find the sweet spot that works for all postions with the scope away from your eye as possible to get a full field of view. Do this while dry firing your rifle.
Get the scope set and tight up the rings. If you are shooting with the rifle tight to your shoulder your eye should be out of the way. If not set the rifle and scope up in the positions you shoot it in the most. Then if you have to back off the scop in the other position just remember to keep the black outline that appears in the scope as you are too far away for the correct eye relief centered.
But you should be able to set it up so it don't bite you. May rifle don't bite me, But if I take a loose grip on it I have had it remind me. It does sometime hit my shooting glasses but it's just a touch.</div></div>
+1 Also plant your cheek good and firm on the stock, and try to stop moving your head, you won't move it fast enough not to get bit anyways. In standing you could try to lean a little forward to help you manage the recoil a little better. Good Luck
Re: Scope Bite Help.
you may have already set yourself up to flinch from now on. if you have the means to, i would shoot something more managable unitl you no longer have the fear. my waetherby 300wby magnum gets me a lot. but i havent had trouble with my 7mag with a leopold scope.
you may have already set yourself up to flinch from now on. if you have the means to, i would shoot something more managable unitl you no longer have the fear. my waetherby 300wby magnum gets me a lot. but i havent had trouble with my 7mag with a leopold scope.
Re: Scope Bite Help.
As far as flinching goes just make yourself not do it. Use some self-controll and don't flinch, I know it's hard to do just man up like you did when you where little and you knew something was going to hurt a little. If its going to hit you let it hit you alway wear safty glasses this will keep you from being cut. Think about your aim trigger pull the wind all the thing needed to put the round on target as best you can. The recoil is going to happen anyways.
I had a hard time when I was a young man with my dad's marlin 36 30-30 and a tasco 4X32 fixed power scope. It always hit me when I fired the rifle. Had a cut or two from the old gal but never had a flinch I just rolled with it. Now I think this was happening cause I was young and I didn't know how to set the rifle, scope, and myself up as I do now. My dad also helped me learn not to tense up to much. This also works when riding in a boat going over choppy water. If you tense up and fight the flow you will be sour. My mom could never understand this and would bang her arms on the side of the boat as it hit wakes. This made the boat unenjoyalbe for her.
Order you some snap caps for it. Get a friend it load the rifle and mix in the snap cap somewhere in the group loaded so that you don't know which one it is. Set-up and fired the string if you are flinching you will see it when you drop the hammer on the snapcap. You'll jump and the rifle will not do anything.
As far as flinching goes just make yourself not do it. Use some self-controll and don't flinch, I know it's hard to do just man up like you did when you where little and you knew something was going to hurt a little. If its going to hit you let it hit you alway wear safty glasses this will keep you from being cut. Think about your aim trigger pull the wind all the thing needed to put the round on target as best you can. The recoil is going to happen anyways.
I had a hard time when I was a young man with my dad's marlin 36 30-30 and a tasco 4X32 fixed power scope. It always hit me when I fired the rifle. Had a cut or two from the old gal but never had a flinch I just rolled with it. Now I think this was happening cause I was young and I didn't know how to set the rifle, scope, and myself up as I do now. My dad also helped me learn not to tense up to much. This also works when riding in a boat going over choppy water. If you tense up and fight the flow you will be sour. My mom could never understand this and would bang her arms on the side of the boat as it hit wakes. This made the boat unenjoyalbe for her.
Order you some snap caps for it. Get a friend it load the rifle and mix in the snap cap somewhere in the group loaded so that you don't know which one it is. Set-up and fired the string if you are flinching you will see it when you drop the hammer on the snapcap. You'll jump and the rifle will not do anything.
Re: Scope Bite Help.
Get a good .22 and do a lot of shooting with it. Cheap to shoot and you won't have any flinching issues.
Get a good .22 and do a lot of shooting with it. Cheap to shoot and you won't have any flinching issues.
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Dry fire the crap out of it to get rid of your flinch. Really, thousands of times.
Sign up for the online training on this forum to learn how to not get bit in the future.
It is well worth it, and now is the time to do it (young shooting carreer, less bad habits).
Dry fire the crap out of it to get rid of your flinch. Really, thousands of times.
Sign up for the online training on this forum to learn how to not get bit in the future.
It is well worth it, and now is the time to do it (young shooting carreer, less bad habits).
Re: Scope Bite Help.
Friend of mine got bit by my rifle. Cut him pretty good too. Get better eye relief and a .22 to rid the flinch.
Friend of mine got bit by my rifle. Cut him pretty good too. Get better eye relief and a .22 to rid the flinch.
Re: Scope Bite Help.
Put your shoulder into it. If you aren't stocking the rifle right, it will kiss you every time. If you shoulder it right the recoil gets absorbed by your body and prevents the rifle from traveling up to your face...
Put your shoulder into it. If you aren't stocking the rifle right, it will kiss you every time. If you shoulder it right the recoil gets absorbed by your body and prevents the rifle from traveling up to your face...
Re: Scope Bite Help.
If you suck your eye up to where it touches the scope before you pull the trigger it won't have any room to build up any velocity to actually hurt you.
If you suck your eye up to where it touches the scope before you pull the trigger it won't have any room to build up any velocity to actually hurt you.
Re: Scope Bite Help.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: shankster</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If you suck your eye up to where it touches the scope before you pull the trigger it won't have any room to build up any velocity to actually hurt you. </div></div>
Bro, you are flat out mean!
OP-gotta drive it right, and set the scope up for what you do. Oh, fill out your profile when you get a chance.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: shankster</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If you suck your eye up to where it touches the scope before you pull the trigger it won't have any room to build up any velocity to actually hurt you. </div></div>
Bro, you are flat out mean!
OP-gotta drive it right, and set the scope up for what you do. Oh, fill out your profile when you get a chance.
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