Scope Eye

[honda450]

OK confess......who has had scope eye before? Me bout 3 or 4 years back Leupold VX3. 338 Win Mag. Was not a bad one, but my first and only. hehe


Man my heart was pumping so fast I didn't even feel it.

My cousin got revolver forehead one time.hehehe

[Pathfinder76]

Never.

[covey ridge]

I had one about 35 years ago. 300 win mag and a scope that did not have a lot of eye relief and a bad habit that I had allowed to creep into my form, Shooting prone with a bipod I started to crawl over my stock. Cut to the bone on my brow and I bled more than the whitetail deer I killed.

[bat119]

I've seen at few at the range one was very bloody, never had it happen to me.

[purgatory.sv]

yes

[honda450]

Never.

Dang chuck when ya stop shootin a 22............your life may change.:sHa_shakeshout:

[huntsfurfish]

So far so good. Seen a couple happen though. And seen the aftermath on a few too.:)

[Slicktricker]

Nope was close shooting a 460 wby though

[58thecat]

Too looosey goosy on the 7STW once and when I touched off the scope wacked me but I had a toque on so no broken skin but a wake up call for sure.

[DiabeticKripple]

I've had my Tikka 7mm Rem Mag kiss my glasses a few times. I changed it the scope for one with better eye relief and I'm not even coming close now

[schreyer]

Not me, personally. But a friend at the time wanted to try my deer rifle. (.308 win).

Pretty good scope cut. Five stitches.

[wildbill]

Not yet, seen my brother do a beauty on with an-06 she was a bleeder!

[WCTHEMI]

Been able to avoid it so far.


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[Bigwoodsman]

Nope. But seen a couple hunting buddies take one over the years. One fellow got both eyes on two consecutive shots at a white tailed deer. I've never laughed so hard in my life.

BW

[Pathfinder76]

Dang chuck when ya stop shootin a 22............your life may change.:sHa_shakeshout:

When you start mounting scopes correctly and shooting properly you'll quit hitting yourself in the face.

[Xbolt7mm]

I had 22/20ga. Savage over/under with a scope on it. No eye relief on a 22 scope lol, forgot i had it set on 20 gauge,,,ouch,,,,32 years ago and never done it since

[fitzy]

OK confess......who has had scope eye before? Me bout 3 or 4 years back Leupold VX3. 338 Win Mag. Was not a bad one, but my first and only. hehe


Man my heart was pumping so fast I didn't even feel it.

My cousin got revolver forehead one time.hehehe


The very first time I ever shot through a scope, Buddy brought his Dads 270 out shooting gophers.
The kind of thing you only do once lol

[EZM]

I was a young man, maybe 17 or 18. Had been shooting 300 win mag, 300 WBY, 30-06 and never had an issue. I used to go out with a buddy quite a bit to the Sibald Creek range, so it was a regular occurrence.

A friend of the family, older guy, found out we were going to the range and asked us next time we go, could we take his deer rifle out to sight it in. So we happily obliged.

The rifle was a 7mm-08 with two triggers. Guy showed us how it works and warned us it had a hair trigger.

He was right, I set it up, got her settled, cocked the trigger and as I went to slide my finger around to the front trigger the thing went off and came up and took a bite out of me. lol.

We were pretty careful after that. lol.

[Newview01]

First time shooting a 300 win mag.

Head wounds always bleed profusely.

[Battle Rat]

3 or 4 times.
Hard kickers, 338, 45-70 & 7 STW all shooting prone with poor position.

[ROA]

I've been bumped a few times but never actually been hurt. Lots of guys will remember back to the scopes of old and how bad the eye relief was on some of them. My last close call was with a little 270 I was fixing for a friend. Can't remember what brand scope it had but it was an old creeper and I dam near had to put my eye lashes on it to see the target. Since it was for his kid I told him to get a new scope which he didn't want to do...until he smacked himself with it the next day.

[colroggal]

I suppose I would have to buy a scope first:)

Colin

[morinj]

First rifle was a .270 got smoked pretty good but eye didn't go black luckily! Spoke to a Canadian military sniper one day about it, and he said it happens all the time even to vet, and competition shooters!

[Ken07AOVette]

Does shotgun cheek count?
I was at some stupid angle on an overhead bird and got whacked once.

[hayseed]

I'm with Chuck. Never. Never even close.

[Big Red 250]

I'm with Chuck and hayseed on this topic.A couple of years ago, I saw my son in law walking around with a doozie.

[Prairiewolf]

Never happened, but during my sighting-in session prior to this season I got "ballcapped", where the recoil took the top elevation turret into the brim of my cap. That didn't feel great.

Also I get shotgun cheek every time out. EVERY time out.

[dewalt18]

Knock on wood, but nothing yet. Got sloppy in my form sighting in a couple years ago on my 270 and felt it just brush my eyebrow. Smartened me up real quick. I've already got enough scars above my eyes!

[omega50]

Retired neighbor offered to refinish the stock on my old Savage Model 110 in 7mm rem mag about 20 years ago. Old Weaver 4X
In hindsight I think the stock sat in his humid garage a few months and when he dropped the action back in, the recoil lug did not fit properly and I did not pay enough attention until after it bit me.

It was a bitter cold day and I was hunting solo and I took a shot at a moose from a poor snow covered log very slippery downhill shooting position deep in WMU 308. I missed and got the Mother of All Scope Bites.Split my eyebrow so badly it took 10 stiches to close after my bloodied one hour drive to Black Diamond Hospital.

I think I still have the headache:)

Black eye and facial bruising:sHa_shakeshout:

[Kristopher10]

Only ever had one close call, felt the scope brush my brow. That rifle is getting a different scope soon.

[.257Weatherby]

Bin der, donr that.
Shortened the butt stock on the 300 WinMag A-bolt by about 3/8 of an inch .
Had a grouse at 25 yrds and popped him with a head shot, missed (not by much) and the muzzle blast tumbled it head over heals.
Put the gun in the truck and went to retrieve the bird doing the funky dance.
Then I felt something on my eye brow and wiped it off ..realized I was bleeding and when my attention returned to the Grouse, it got back on its feet and flocked off.
Oh well it was good for a chuckle and no scars.
Rob

[TimeOff]

I like my Ziess for the eye relief.

[Gray Wolf]

Once when I was a kid with my Dad's old 303.

Only caused a bruise, but I never did it again :)
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[Flight01]

Had it happen once with my 338 in hunting circumstances. Follow up shot, poor form and not a great eye relief on the scope. Didn't get a full blown gusher like I've seen but it did bleed a little. After a Few minutes it looked like I had bumped my head. No tell tale ring or semi circle :scared:

[gtr]

I like my Ziess for the eye relief.

I think it's commonly called zeiss eye. Never had either, thankfully.:)

[clock5849]

Two years ago my wife scoped herself taking a shot at a deer ( who got away) and her right eye looked terrible the next day.
The following day we were checked by the local conservation agent for routine road check in the bush. He kept staring at her. She caught on explained what happened two days before.
He didn't seem to buy it by the looks he gave me!

[dewalt18]

Two years ago my wife scoped herself taking a shot at a deer ( who got away) and her right eye looked terrible the next day.
The following day we were checked by the local conservation agent for routine road check in the bush. He kept staring at her. She caught on explained what happened two days before.
He didn't seem to buy it by the looks he gave me!

Awesome story. Had the pleasure of taking my then new girlfriend to the hospital for a couple stitches from walking into a door at work. The doctor kinda gave me a look while he was stitching, but nothing was said. And just for the record, there's actually video of her walking into the door, just in case it went to court lol

[DisplacedCaper]

Lucky enough to have never had a shooters shiner.
Did have one clip the brim of my ball cap once. Kinda been overly cautious of it since.


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[Mulehahn]

Never had any marks from but did have a pair of sunglasses cracked after the scope slammed into them. Never really realized just how close the scope was coming to my face until that. After that I always made sure to hold proper shooting position with that gun.

[NorthShore]

Probably 10 years ago now. Looking through my see-through rings with rifle on the bench. Face was a bit too close and got a nice gash above my left eye brow. Blood running down my nose. Thanksgiving dinner later on LOL.

[obsessed1]

I've never been scoped before but I did manage to bust myself in my nose / teeth while shooting skeet with pistol grip on my 12g. My brother bet me I couldn't double with the pistol grip so I took him up on it. Busted the first one then swung on the second and brought the gun way too close to my face and busted my lip . Man did my head ever snap back...IIRC I missed the second bird

[icehunter]

Enough...over a dozen with all being big bores.

[Digger1]

Never. But I'm all about comfort and downsized to an 8.25 pound 6.5x55 Mauser 98 now! Lol

[Jays toyz]

My first time shooting a gun was an old coey shotgun an aunt let me shoot with no instructions. Decided to brace my shoulder against a tree and keep the butt 6” away. Holy cow did that deeply bruise my 10 year old, 80lb body.

[calgarychef]

Scope eye? Luckily my doctor is good with small stitches and I barely have a scar. Eyebrows bleed like hell!

[elkhunter11]

I avoid this by choosing my scopes wisely, and by mounting them properly. The worst cuts that I have seen, were the result of Leupold scopes, that thin metal eyepiece tends to cut much worse than the rubber eyepiece that many manufacturers use.

[Steve W]

If you saw this episode of "Alaska the Last Frontier" you just knew this was going to happen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPU93TNmvMU

[philintheblank]

once with my new 30-06, thought I had the eye relief perfect. that one was a bleeder.

[shunda2]

It happened to me when I was young and very inexperienced, shooting up a steep slope. Hunting partners gun. It opened real good, I tried to tough it out,
but it's hard to ignore drops that big. The guy said after, yeh that gun kicks up
bad. Got 8 stiches at the old CNP hospital. I went to work the next and the old
supervisor took one look at me and said "what size gun you shoot boy"

[covey ridge]

After I got my idiot mark and got my deer dressed and loaded I drove to Calgary and went to a walk in clinic in the Temple area. I was still bleeding quite bad and they took me immediately into an examination room. When the receptionist asked what happened, she heard the words rifle and shot and she told me that she was required to report gun shot wounds to the police. I tried to explain it to her when another woman at the clinic agreed that it needed to be reported to the police. I was probably a bit loud when explaining what happened and attracted the doctor's attention. He come in laughing and told the ladies that this was not a gun shot wound but an idiot mark. As the doctor was a hunter I accepted his description. After a couple stitches he went outside with me and looked at my deer and we talked hunting for a few minutes.

[Sashi]

In my much younger years, I watched an older gentleman a few benches over at the Camrose gun range, sighting in his new 300 Weatherby magnum Mark V.
He had a couple of old scope bites on his eyebrow, they were still scabbed over.
He was using about 3 to 4 inches of soft padding between the rifle and his shoulder. I just grinned and left it alone, thinking if a young pup like me, trys to give him any suggestions, I'll probably, not to politely, be told just where to go.

[bat119]

A buddy of mine and I were out hunting I saw him shoot at a white tail then run over to the fallen deer, when I caught up to him he had blood running down his face. Wow did you get scoped? no the deer kicked me in the face when I grabbed its leg. The hoof mark on his forehead needed 5 stitches and left a scar he can brag about.

[denied access]

On my first caribou bull I saw the one I had to have moving pretty fast. I laid down to shoot prone but had not taken my frame pack off. The top bar was pushing my head down. It was a sako 7mm Mag. I knew the minute I lined up it was gonna hurt but the bull was gonna disappear outta my life forever. The pics are nice if you ignore the fact half my face is covered in blood and the front of my snow camo has red streaks all over it.

[fishtank]

Today went out with buddy and letting him try my 270 with a older Leupold XVII.. bang make a good hit on target as I was spotting .then I look over at him he got a cut the size of a half circle and blood was dripping it was pretty bad , he put a paper tower on it and We drive to the store to get some band aid to patch him up . I felt bad because I told him to put it against the shoulder and hold it firm he put it on the shoulder but was not square and the rifle recoil cause it to slide off to the outside :(

[Dozer31]

Bought a .300 win mag with a cheap scope. It just touched my eye brow. Held on tighter after that. And got a new scope

[Halfton]

I have only just had my eyebrow slightly kissed with no marks afterwards.....shooting uphill while laying down would seem to be the ideal setup to get whacked....lol.
I have seen some of my buddy's get hit pretty hard with one guy been knocked out for a minute or two. I would think you might develop a slight flinch if you happen to get hit more then once.


Jim

[thumper]

I'm in that club, and have the crescent moon membership scar to prove it! Scars give you character, and girls love character (or so I've been told)!

[bubba300]

Never happened to me but I had 2 friends come out to shoot at my range one day,I had my 300 rum out and buddy says he would like to shoot it so I let him,he put a pretty good cut in his eyebrow.Then my other friend shows up and is laughing at friend 1 and he says you try it,he says no problem.He cut his eyebrow also.Had a good laugh after the blood quit flowing.

[Beeman3]

High power rifles haven't been a problem for me. My TC Encore muzzle loader however has bumped me hard a few times, but never broke the skin. It is always when shooting it off the bench. Guess a full load of Triple7 and a 360 gr bullet will do that.

[Redneck 7]

I haven’t had it happen it me, knock on wood with my luck. My 338 wm had me extra cautious first time firing it.

[bobtodrick]

Never had scope eye.
Closest I came was the first time I shot my Sharps Carbine in 45-70. Nearly put the hammer thought by cheek.

[Nyksta]

When you start mounting scopes correctly and shooting properly you'll quit hitting yourself in the face.

Shooting 22s you would not even know if your scope is mounted incorrectly. Ignorance is bliss in that case.

[Arctic]

There's a reason they're termed "Weatherby eyebrows"!!

[bcshadow]

Tapped lightly once many years ago, and have made a point since of only using scopes with really good eye relief.... leupolds on a 338 win mag, 7mm rem mag.

[Huntsman]

Only ever had one close call, felt the scope brush my brow. That rifle is getting a different scope soon.

Yep. Same here. Only ever got kisses from my scopes. Mainly the Bushnell I had on my inline muzzleloader. Soon switched to a Nikon Omega with 5” constant eye relief.

[Norwest Alta]

Ruger canoe paddle stock in 338 wm. Not very pleasurable

[Viking Caliber]

being scoped by a rifle... never
being scoped by a C3 Artillery Howitzer 105mm during a direct live fire shoot... priceless.
yepppppppppp!!!!!! this guy!!!!

[Ken07AOVette]

Shooting 22s you would not even know if your scope is mounted incorrectly. Ignorance is bliss in that case.

Haha zing!!! :sHa_shakeshout:

[Barry D]

Got a couple over the last 40 years from shooting at odd angles, but it's the "scoped nose" that has got me more. I still touch up the permeant scare every once it a while. I get so focused on the shot no matter the situation, that I sometimes get myself good. The last time I did it, I made shot on a great buck, I never noticed until I got back tp the cabin and looked in the mirror. Damm Roman nose of mine.

[daveyn]

My very first rifle about 40 years ago, old sporterized 30-06 with a cheap Tasco scope bit me good on the very first shot I took. Had one of those "and people do this for fun" moments.

[lattery1]

T/C Encore with full load of Shockey Sticks and a 400 grain bullet / scope with short eye relief. Needed 2 stitches to close the gash and to add insult to injury I missed a great Mulie