FWB300S-Scope

[bowzette]

Any problem loading pellets with a 14" length scope mounted with a 42mm AO?  I would use a one piece high mount rings.

[airnutz]

Hi bowzette, the space will be cramped.  14" is 35.5cm.  I have a 12" on my FWB 150 (same area at hand), but with a 4x32 scope.  I have to sneak the pellets in from the side with my thumb.  Wadcutters are more difficult because I can't feed them in as well as with domes.  To be honest, it gets on my nerves after a while, because I mashed my thumbnail last summer, and it is only now getting back to normal.

So, if your scope is longer, and bigger this will be covering up even more.  The guys usually go woth bigger scopes to get past the problem.

I'm not sure however,  if 14" and mounted higher will help you.  Other guys will have to chime in.

Here's a pic with a 12" scope, 4x32.

[bowzette]

I have a 3-9x32AO Bug Buster and reverse cantilevered Leapers mount that works well-not at all in the way.  For the money the BB is pretty good.  I do shoot the finale match.  I was looking at a Sightron Blue Sky while there is a $100 rebate which ends the 31st.

[airnutz]

OK.  I'm not familiar with the scopes in USA.  But hey, a hundred is a hundred in any language.  That's a bunch.

Since I have no interest in shooting more than 20 yds. anyway, I've no experience with bigger scopes.  Don't need them.

[ac12]

YES, you will have problems.
IMHO 13" is the max length of the scope that you can use, in the standard position.

My scope is 13" inches long, and I am covering half of the loading port.
If you keep the rear of the scope fixed in location, then a 14" scope would have the objective bell completely above the loading port.  That would be impractical as you could not load the gun.  The only option is to have the rear of the scope further back.

This depends on 3 things
1) The size of your fingers.  If you have thin fingers, you can cover up to half of the loading port.  Covering half the loading port is not easy to load, but doable.  If you fingers are big, you need more of the loading port exposed, thus forcing the rear of the scope further back.
2) Head position.  With the front of the scope fixed in location, the back of the scope come further back.  If you tilt your head forward, as in prone or some bench rest positions, your will crowd the scope.  If you shoot with an upright head, you will have a little more space to work with.
3) Eye relief of the scope.  Because of #2 above, your eye maybe quite close to the rear of the scope.  So how close to the scope can you put your eye, and still use the scope.  Remember that the scope will recoil towards your eye about 1/4" when you fire the rifle.

If you don't have the scope yet.
- Cut a piece of cardboard the length of the scope.
- Put the front of the cardboard covering half the loading port.  This it the most forward position of the scope, if you have thin fingers.  Move the front edge of the cardboard further back if you have big fingers, all the way back to expose the entire loading port if you have very big fingers.
- Note where the back of the cardboard is, and determine is that is workable for you from an eye-to-scope distance.

There is another mounting method, BUT, that involves a LONG scope.
You need to use a scope that is long enough that the entire objective bell is located FORWARD of the loading port.  This will allow you to load under smaller tube of the scope.  But, you can do this only if you have thin fingers.

[bowzette]

thanks for the information. I got a really great buy on a Sightron SII Big Sky 12X I couldn't pass up.  I can mount it on several powder burners and use the Bug Buster or peep sights on the FWB.