Before you remove the scope may want to try it. Takes getting used to to line your eye up but gets easier in time. I have eight long barreled scoped S&W guns (all have Leupold mounts). All my plastic gun buddies are changing their range schedules to get in on the fun. Instead of dumping a $100 in ammo into a silhouette their discovering the diminishing world of target shooting. That guns worth close to double that price.