Scope or sight with long eye relief.......anyone using a red dot?

[Duckfish]

QB 57 on the way what scope would be good?

[Motorhead]

Hawke Eclipse 30's are a tad over 4"

[zenonine]

You didn't say how long eye relief. NC star makes a 2-7x32 "scout "scope 8-10in eye relief. Not the best quality though.

[Duckfish]

Sorry QB57 should be here in a couple weeks, thanks for your imput.

Duck

[Bullit]

What distance are you looking at for your eye relief?   

[Doug Wall]

I'm using a Tasco Bantam 2.5 x 20 shotgun scope. With the scope mounted as far back as I can get it, the eye relief is good. The low power eliminates the need for an AO.

[lillysdad621]

considering it is a bull pup design means that you do not need a long eye relief, as the scope is not that far from your eye. i would get a compact scope (bug buster???) and adjust on the rail... If you get a long eye relief you migh need off st mounts going forwards to place it at the correct focal distance. i used a 4x32. then moved to a red dot. Keep it as a short range blaster.

[Duckfish]

Red dot sounds cool, got a pic?

Duck

[GarthThomas]

This is my setup, I couldn't find a long eye relief w A/O so I picked up an off set mount with a Barska 4x32 A/O. I changed the original scope rail for an NCstar 10/22 combination and I think that's a Tuffforce offset mount.
I had tried a pistol scope with 8.5" eye relief but it was too much and no A/O which all my scope now have.

[ac12]

I use a red dot on all my trainer/starter rifles.

The dot on my Tasco is fine for plinking and the stuff that I do, but that dot is pretty big for precision shooting.
I cannot remember the size of the dot 5 or 8 moa.

And you have ZERO magnification for small targets. 
Which is of no help to those of us with middle-age eyes.
So I just shoot larger targets that I can see without magnification.

[Duckfish]

Garth, how did you do the barrel, is that a shroud?   Tell me about the stock.

Duck

[GarthThomas]

It sort of is a shroud, the stock I carved from laminated baltic Birch plywood and then painted with bed liner spray and krylon paint. This is before I got the off set scope mount.
http://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=32010.0

[lillysdad621]

really nice qb57... makes me miss mine. Those weird older chinese sidelevers... gotta love them! I have been tempted to order the new one that Archer has... but this time in .22.

[lillysdad621]

that would be 



No namesake to be used on the GTA ... even cleverly coded.

[Duckfish]

Arrived yesterday, seems to be in good condition, I will shoot it this Monday and we will see.

Duck

[Bullit]

If a guy could get a good 3moa unit, that had good control of intensity, I'd be all over it.  I bought 1 cheap one, and 1 very expensive one.   They are what they are.   I kept the cheap one for my turkey gun.  Lowest level it's okay for a shotgun.

[Duckfish]

really nice qb57... makes me miss mine. Those weird older chinese sidelevers... gotta love them! I have been tempted to order the new one that @=S+S%^$# has... but this time in .22.

Beer post?

[lillysdad621]

nah... you can't use some sellers rightful name... so improvise i must.

[Duckfish]

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[lefteyeshot]

I've got two QB57's. The newer one from parts for the older one's spare .22 barrel and lock tight the barrels on both. I've got a TruGlo dot sight on the .22, works great. On the .177 I replaced the 11mm rail with weavers. It took a 2" and 41/2" to get the right length. Rail extends an inch beyond the top of the wood forpiece, the scope a 1/2" more. The scope is a BSA Edge 2x20 pistol scope with an advertised 8"-14" eye relief. Mines at 11", Works great. I used 1" tall see thru mounts, replaced the useless front sight with a nail, zeroed the nail with a couple of snips with wire cutters and painted the nail red. Scope and nail hit targets just fine.