Help out my grandpa!
 

My grandpa is approaching 71 years of age. He has a .243 that he loves to shoot coyotes on his farm with. But the problem is with his eyesight and his scope. He shot a coyote 3 weekas ago but in order to do so he had to put his eye right on his scope just to see it, needless to say he split his head open but he said it was worth it. My question, does anyone know of a good scope that might be able to help im out? I don't think he wants to keep splitting his head open, I know how much he hates coyotes on his farm messing with his calfs and geese.

RE: Help out my grandpa!
 

please help if you can! Thanks in advance,

Zach

RE: Help out my grandpa!
 

why don't you get him some eyeglasses so he doesnt have to creep up on the scope like that? When you do that you are changing the parallax of the scope and he probably won't hit anything anyway. Try a pair of 1.5 to 2.5 diopter reading glasses from Walmart first and see if that helps him.

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i would try that ruger rifle where the scope is the worong place like in the front

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I use a .243 for coyotes and I use a Burris. I have to wear glasses sometimeswhen I shoot because of my eyes. Burris is a really good scope for people that have bad eyes and people with glasses.

RE: Help out my grandpa!
 

how bout u take a crack at em lol

RE: Help out my grandpa!
 

get a different scope, one with better eye relief and higher magnification.

RE: Help out my grandpa!
 

HillBilly, im actually going after them tomorrow night! wish me luck.

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The very first step is to have an eye exam unless you're positive he's not in need of one. And then, if an exam is undertaken, ask the optometrist or opthamologist what the answer would be to the particular problem of eye relief for your grandfather.
Otherwise, if no exam is deemed necessary, take him to a local shop where they can pop some different scopes onto a stock for him to view through and check out.

RE: Help out my grandpa!
 

Get a longer eye relief scope. Something around 3.5 - 4 inches is plenty on a mild kicker like a .243.

RE: Help out my grandpa!
 

A long eye relief scpoe would cetainly help, but maybe
that gun no longer fits him properly either.
As you get older you tend to hunch forward more because of muscle and bone loss..
So maybe now the stock is too short, and no longer recoiling straight back onto his shoulder,with muscle and bone loss, he is too week to handle the recoil going up.
If he loves his gun and you know you are not going to convince him to change the stock design maybe a recoil thicker reducer pad added to the end of the butt may keep a little more distance betwen thescpoe and his forhead.
If you can convince him,change the mounts they are probably wrong for him as well....