FROM ZERO TO HERO
It was a daytime shoot around the farm, and while the intended quarry had been feral pigeons, there seemed to be plenty of ratty activity going on near a long-forgotten stack of wooden pallets. One particular rat seemed bolder than its brethren, darting about like a mad thing, repeatedly scrambling over and under everything in its path in order to reach some tempting grain that had been spilled on the ground before hastily retreating to cover to devour each morsel.
This furious activity made it rather tricky to target the rodent, until for some unexplained reason it stopped dead in its tracks. The shot was on! Only it wasn’t.
By the time the rat had been picked up in the sight picture it was already scurrying back to safety.
This unfortunate scenario might have ended very differently had the scope in question been a short eye relief optic. But just what is this type of telescopic sight and what are its pros and cons?
To cut to the chase, a short eye relief sight will offer the shooter a far wider field of view than usual, which means they’ll be able to acquire the target more quickly. That’s something we’ll return to in more detail later, so for now let’s talk about eye relief first. As with
