Kids scope advice

[BenBhoy 4,706]

Evening gentlemen (plus stav & Sausagedog)

After some tips on getting kids used to using scope. 

Bit of plinking with air rifle with my 7 yo girl. Using pig saddle on a set of trigger sticks, no movement. Issue is she just can't see anything! Says she can just see reflection of her own eye..? Absolutely no fault with scope, I'm spot on with it ()! 

[Sausagedog 7,381]

Don't know but what comes to mind first is your daughter maybe shifting focus of the target to directly focusing on the ocular bell of the scope.

[lllluke1 329]

try a red dot sight.  Don't need to worry about eye relief

[Stavross 16,422]

  On 18/10/2020 at 19:29, BenBhoy said:

Evening gentlemen (plus stav & Sausagedog)

After some tips on getting kids used to using scope. 

Bit of plinking with air rifle with my 7 yo girl. Using pig saddle on a set of trigger sticks, no movement. Issue is she just can't see anything! Says she can just see reflection of her own eye..? Absolutely no fault with scope, I'm spot on with it ()! 

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I’ll have you know, I’m landed gentry 

of my own back garden

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

  On 18/10/2020 at 21:31, Stavross said:

I’ll have you know, I’m landed gentry 

of my own back garden

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Yep he lives in a posh mansion

[philpot 5,044]

It may be worth fitting a rubber extension eye cup to remove extraneous light causing the reflection. I did have one but just looked in the odds n sods drawer but it is not there otherwise you could have it. If the scope is good for you, it must be her relative position so the cup may be ideal and a lot cheaper than another scope.  

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2505460.m570.l2632&_nkw=rubber+scope+eye+piece&_sacat=7301

Phil

[Stavross 16,422]

  On 19/10/2020 at 08:37, FOXHUNTER said:

Yep he lives in a posh mansion

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Yeah, stavross towers ( not quite )

[Baldcoot 2,352]

Faulty towers more likely .

Pm your address Ben I got an eyecup thing going spare 

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

  On 19/10/2020 at 09:20, Stavross said:

Yeah, stavross towers ( not quite )

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For someone called Manuel , you look terribly ill Class Fawlty Towers

[BenBhoy 4,706]

  On 19/10/2020 at 09:28, Baldcoot said:

Faulty towers more likely .

Pm your address Ben I got an eyecup thing going spare 

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Cheers mate will definitely give that a try 

[Baldcoot 2,352]

On the way

[wilbur foxhound 480]

Tell her to look through the scope not at the eye piece,if she can’t see through the scope she will get reflection of her eye coming back at her,failing that she is winding you up,lol,w

[walshie 2,804]

Sounds like she's too far away or too near the scope. I borrowed a 223 off a mate with a decent quality scope on it and I couldn't see anything through it except a dot of light not even in the centre of the scope. By holding my head at a ridiculous angle I could get a sight picture, but the slightest moverment and I lost it again.

[BenBhoy 4,706]

  On 19/10/2020 at 18:22, walshie said:

Sounds like she's too far away or too near the scope. I borrowed a 223 off a mate with a decent quality scope on it and I couldn't see anything through it except a dot of light not even in the centre of the scope. By holding my head at a ridiculous angle I could get a sight picture, but the slightest moverment and I lost it again.

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Yeah I suspect that, I did get her to alter position few times but didn't do much. 

[BenBhoy 4,706]

  On 19/10/2020 at 09:28, Baldcoot said:

Faulty towers more likely .

Pm your address Ben I got an eyecup thing going spare 

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Arrived this morning, less than 24hrs! What a service, you put some of the business to shame!! Thanks again mate, really appreciate it.