Offset Base for Scope -- Options

[greisdor]

Anyone know of a scope base that a right hand shooter could use his left dominated eye? I was thinking of making one that would use the Leupold type that has the two screws in the back for ruff Windage adjustment....

Thanks JR

 

[1911nut]

Maybe this:

https://www.buckmasters.com/Magazines/GunHunter/Articles/ID/115/Sure-Cures-for-Wrong-Eye-Dominance

 

[greisdor]

This is a good start - but I believe the back needs to be adjustable.

Or maybe a ring set that is ?

Any ideas ???

Thanks JR

 

[JMayo]

I know a br shooter with his scope off set like that. Works well for him.

 

[natdscott]

Call Doan Trevor.

 

[greisdor]

Call Doan Trevor.

Ok - how....

What does he have ?

 

[prwhite]

Here's my solution...!/2" Picatinny riser with a JP 45 degree offset mount. Off the shelf parts. Gives about 2 1/4 inch offset with high rings.

 

[greisdor]

This is nice but still not adjustable. I would like to set it for 100 to 1000 yards.

Thanks JR

 

[prwhite]

When the scope is offset there is always a different windage setting for each distance. There is no adjustment to set one no-wind zero. I shoot F-class from 300 to 1000 usually with some number of sighters. The sighters solve the windage problem. I set the scope windage zero to impact about 5/8 moa right at 200 yards. Considering spin drift, the long range zero is close.

 

[snert]

Hart used to make a mount to move a scope over. Check with Bobby Hart

 

[JMayo]

Randolph machine in asheboro NC made my friends. Steve is who he talked to. I think he owns it.
Used to be Fulgram.

 

[ebb]

Don't do it, wear an eye patch and train the non dominant eye. My daughter did it when she started shooting a bow. After about 6 weeks she was fixed, never looked back.

 

[prwhite]

Don't do it, wear an eye patch and train the non dominant eye. My daughter did it when she started shooting a bow. After about 6 weeks she was fixed, never looked back.

I agree. I shot for years with a conventionally mounted scope and a scope mounted blinder for my dominant left eye, but a right eye retinal tear and subsequent macular pucker have left me with the offset option. I tried shooting left handed, but sixty years of right handed muscle memory won. It can work successfully.

 

[ebb]

My daughter Hannah won several state championships, and today many years later shoots handguns with friends. Most are LEO or former military, she out shoots them all. Yes with a handgun she out shoots me.

 

[bighorn06]

Graffs has the ones that look like the pic that greiser posted Item #WE99671, I think I still have a set I used on a Heavy Gun that stood tall and caused a strain in my neck. Mounted them on the 20MOA rail. worked great.

 

[ranger140892]

My 81 y/o mom is right handed, has macular degeneration in her right eye, and cannot shoot off her left shoulder because of her pacemaker. I tried a couple of different offset picatinny mounts, but all the ones I've seen are made for "accessories" and weren't rugged enough for a scope, especially her heavy Nightforce's and Schmidt Bender's. So I made this base for her. I just finished and tested it yesterday, and it worked much better than I anticipated.

I started with a set of steel picatinny rings, and milled off the scope radii. Then I TIG welded a 3/16" steel plate to the rings. I drilled out several 1/2" lightening holes, and drilled and tapped six 8x40 holes down the left side. Then I machined a picatinny rail from a blank, and attached it to the base. All the machining was done with the base attached to a model 70 receiver, in order to keep everything square in the milling machine. I made this base so that she could use it on any of her rifles that have picatinny bases. I've already hatched a plan for a better one, but she'll be able to finish out deer season with this mount.

 

[jonbearman]

This is nice but still not adjustable. I would like to set it for 100 to 1000 yards.

Thanks JR

Use Burris signature rings on it with the plastic inserts to jack it around.

 

[Forum Boss]

I am right-handed and left eye dominant. You may find that your right eye will take over naturally (mine does) when sighting through the scope. Another option is to wear a contact in your left eye (to alter focus), or just darken the left lens of your shooting glasses (or put a piece of tape on the lens as some iron sights shooters do).

 

[Ggmac]

When the scope is offset there is always a different windage setting for each distance. There is no adjustment to set one no-wind zero. I shoot F-class from 300 to 1000 usually with some number of sighters. The sighters solve the windage problem. I set the scope windage zero to impact about 5/8 moa right at 200 yards. Considering spin drift, the long range zero is close.

If you exactly have the offset on the rifle and you have your poi exactly the same , itll stay that way ( aside from wind and spin drift ) all the way out .

 

[TrxR]

I found the best way for me was to shoot left handed. I tried other ways to use my right eye but it gave me headaches when looking through the scope for long periods .I also prefer to shoot both eyes open.