IMO a lot of fellows think that they can successfully shoot free recoil with rifles that are not stocked or balanced properly to be shot that way, with caliber to weight ratios that are not suitable, off of rests that are not, with triggers that are not...yet they persist, because no one has told them that you can shoot your way into the short range group Benchrest Hall of Fame shouldering, holding and cheeking your rifle. Tell us about your rifle and rest setup. The other issue that comes into play is bench quality. There is one range in our area that has the most wobbly wooden benches that you can imagine. In order to shoot decently from them, no matter what your rifle, caliber and rest, you have to put both feet flat on the ground, hold the rifle and hold the whole thing, rifle, rest and bench still as you break the shot. Even so, comparing how my 6PPC shoots off of those benches, to concrete benches, I decided to bring my four leg portable bench to that range, because it is a lot better.
Getting to your original question, move your scope forward. You do not need the entire field of view to shoot from the bench at a target. I set mine up so that if I lean into it from my normal shooting position I can just get to a full field view, but in my normal shooting position I only see the center , with black around it, which is plenty to aim at a target.
