Setting up X-Sight II

[careybirdwell]

I'm trying to get my new ATN X-Sight II 3-14 mounted on my 300 blackout. I'm having a hard time determining if I need a riser to get the scope up or and extension to get the scope back for correct eye relief.

My question is, is your eye suppose to touch the rubber eyepiece? If so, do you really want to get really close up to the scope body?

Or should you back away like a regular scope, as long as you can see the entire sight screen?

Any help will be great appreciated. Thanks

[Pushbutton2]

I'd pm @Outdoor Legacy

I THINK he's our TBH NV Guru.
I could be wrong though

[Outdoor Legacy]

I'm trying to get my new ATN X-Sight II 3-14 mounted on my 300 blackout. I'm having a hard time determining if I need a riser to get the scope up or and extension to get the scope back for correct eye relief.

My question is, is your eye suppose to touch the rubber eyepiece? If so, do you really want to get really close up to the scope body?

Or should you back away like a regular scope, as long as you can see the entire sight screen?

Any help will be great appreciated. Thanks

Good question. Generally speaking, you should put your eye up against the rubber eye cup but you shouldn't press so hard that your eye is up close the actual hard eyepiece. You don't want to get nailed by the recoil. If you can see just fine without putting your eye against the rubber eye cup, that's fine too. It's really just whatever feels comfortable to you. The eye relief on the X-Sight is 65mm or 2.5". Compare that to most traditional daytime glass scopes with eye reliefs of 3.5-4.5" and you can see you are definitely wanting to get that X-Sight pushed back towards the buttstock more than a traditional scope.

In the end, as long as you can see the entire screen and it feels good to you, it's fine. However, it is assumed that you will put your eye up to and touching the rubber eye cup. I find the eye cups help me focus on the screen and give me the best view of the screen by blocking other ambient light and distractions. Some people can't stand them and they remove the eye cups all together. To each their own.

Hope that helps a little.

- Jason