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Old 02-07-2012, 10:31 PM
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I just confronted this question when deciding where to mount an Aimpoint Micro on a bolt action Ruger carbine. As the Aimpoint has no critical eye-relief distance, and because the Aimpoints, at least (I don't know about other red-dot sights) are not fussy about parallax, (or perfect alignment of eye and optic), I opted to mount the sight as far forward as the mounting hardware would permit, because the dot is just as well visible and as easily aligned in the forward-most position, and where it obscures less of the downrange view. This permits the maximum view of the downrange target with a both-eyes-open, "heads up" view, and adequate placement of the red dot on target. To illustrate this point, try reading this post on your computer screen while moving your "thumbs up" thumb nearer and farther from your eye, and noting how much more or less of your view is obscured at various distances. It doesn't take much distance to make a big difference, as you'll see. Good luck.

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