Based on scopes that other shooters have said worked for them, I get the feeling that I require additional eye relief to get most scopes to work for me. I definitely need a generous amount with my bad eyesight & glasses. Quite often, that has translated into some of the pricier scopes. In the past, I've had a Swarovski z5 2.4-12x50, Swarovski z6 1.7-10x42, a Schmidt & Bender 1.5-8x42 Stratos and a Schmidt & Bender 3-12x42 Klassik mounted on mine which have worked really well...at a cost.
Recently I did a scope reshuffle on all of my rifles & was able to move some older scopes to my Rugers that I like better because of their smaller size. The last scope that worked well for me was the Meopta R2 1-6x24 RD that I have on my 303 British. There was
one in the classifieds for sale here recently.
My 275 Rigby RSI has a Redfield Revolution 2-7x33 on it. My 6.5x55 SE has a Leupold 6x42 fixed. My 9.3x74r has a Minox ZA5 1.5-8x32.
Because I had so much trouble getting scopes to work for me on my various falling blocks, I got into the habit of drafting various scope models I was thinking of buying onto a cardboard template. Then I would hold them up against a mounted scope that worked great & I was able to judge how far back the rear ocular would be based on where the template contacted the rings and could make an informed decision about its potential suitability.
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I have a couple of affordable
Hawke Optics scopes on my smaller 17 HMR & 22 pneumatic. Several of their scopes (1-6x24, 1-8x24, 1.5-6x44, etc.) looked promising using the above method. The
Tract 1-8x24 scopes looked like they would work as well.
