I'm not trying to be a jerk here, but I have to disagree. I was taught to fire a rifle in the military and they never once talked about moving our eyes out of the way of the scope due to recoil. To be honest, I only learned to fire an M-16, and they didn't have scopes on them, but they did go through a very long teaching process on how we were supposed to fire the rifle.
Having said that, I have fired some sniper rifles with scopes on them, and if they are set up correctly, you just don't need to get your eye right up next to the scope to look through it. If set up properly, there is a clear view through the scope if you are a few inches behind it.
Here is a video of a guy firing a .50 caliber sniper rifle. As you can see here, he was able to keep his eye on the target throughout the shot, because his eye was never right on the back of the scope. I bet it would be pretty cool to shoot one of those bad boys! :D
I'm not trying to be a jerk here, but I have to disagree. I was taught to fire a rifle in the military and they never once talked about moving our eyes out of the way of the scope due to recoil. To be honest, I only learned to fire an M-16, and they didn't have scopes on them, but they did go through a very long teaching process on how we were supposed to fire the rifle.
Having said that, I have fired some sniper rifles with scopes on them, and if they are set up correctly, you just don't need to get your eye right up next to the scope to look through it. If set up properly, there is a clear view through the scope if you are a few inches behind it.
Here is a video of a guy firing a .50 caliber sniper rifle. As you can see here, he was able to keep his eye on the target throughout the shot, because his eye was never right on the back of the scope. I bet it would be pretty cool to shoot one of those bad boys! :D
.50 cal sniper rifle fired from kneeling