I was at the range today shooting my 209X50 Encore. I've got a Bushnell Elite 3200 3-9X40mm scope mounted on it and was cautious about getting whacked with the eyepiece. The Bushnells don't have a whole lot of eye relief.
I usually wear shooting glasses when at the range and was glad I had them on today. I always do when shooting handguns and muzzleloaders, but sometimes don't when shooting rifles. I was shooting 100 grains of Triple 7 and 240 grain T/C Mag Express Sabots. No, this isn't a maximum 150 grain loading with real heavy bullets, but it does have some omph.
Twice the eyepiece came back and smacked my glasses. My glasses ar the type that have a single lense - a wrap around style. This spread the contact area out onto my eyebrow. Instead of the thin ring of the scope eyepiece that would likely cause a brusie, or even worse a cut, it was a pretty broad contact area.
That's my reccomendation for any heavy recoiling rifle wearing a scope. Wear shooting glasses. If you do get whacked you'll at most get a slight bruise rather than a gash.
Ranger413
