Leupold VX-6 3×18 44mm Scope Mounting Eye Relief on Browning X-Bolt Speed

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I purchased a pair of Browning 30mm scope rings for my favorite Leupold VX-6 zoom scope (a $100 add-on to the $1299 for the rifle).

VX-6HD 3-18x44 CDS-ZL2 Side Focus Illum. FireDot Duplex

 At first, the scope and Browning rings seemed to fit my VX-6 fine,  but I noticed that the eye relief was so far away that I got a serious case of  “tunnel” effect when looking thru the scope at high power.  Tech data says eye relief should be around 3.8 inches, I was perhaps 5 inches or more away in eye relief.

The objective bell taper on this scope is so long that it prevented rearward scope movement with a 2 ring system mounted on my rifle.

I can only get about 8x out of my existing setup and nixes any higher magnification. All else being equal, that stinks, doesn’t it?

Accordingly, I bought a Tally Picatinny rail with bubble level designed for the Browning X-Bolt Long Action and a set of Burris 30mm 1/4: height rings. I mounted the rail with a dab of blue Permatex Blue (medium strength) thread locker on the mounting screws. I also had to shorten the front of the Picatinny to clear the scope bell.

Browning X-Bolt 20 MOABurris Xtreme Tactical Signature Rings 30mm 1" Height - 4Shooters

Browning X-Bolt Speed taken apart with picatinny installed

 

Leupold VX-6, Picatinny and Burris Rings allows front tapered bell to clear the mount.

The secondary problem some shooters will run into, is that the combined height of rail and rings can cause the shooters cheek weld to be too low for eye/scope alignment but the Burris 30mm 1/4 inch rings work. 

Looks like I am building a custom rifle, doesn’t it? Just wait, the new Timney trigger will complete my custom build soon.

More Soon…

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About Ed Hale

I am an avid hunter with rifle and Bow and have been hunting for more than 50 years. I have taken big game such as whitetail deer, red deer, elk, Moose and African Plains game such as Kudu, Gemsbok, Springbok, Blesbok, and Impala and wrote an ebook entitled African Safari -Rifle and Bow and Arrow on how to prepare for a first safari. Ed is a serious cartridge reloader and ballistics student. He has earned two degrees in science and has written hundreds of outdoor article on hunting with both bow and rifle.