How much does scope placement matter?

[jonny75904]

I have a home made phone mount i use on my Armada, but it brings the phone way too close to my face. Ive been making it work bt just holding the stock in one hand and trigger pull with the other hand, but thats no long term solution.


If I move my scope far up the top picanny of the armada - lets say all the way up just for example purposes - what effect, if any, does that have? I mean besides the onvious re-sighting in... Does it shift POI any more / less over range changes? Does it subject it to unwanted forces?

 

[shutik]

I don't think it will change POI over ranges much, as scope height will remain the same over the barrel.

Only downside I can think of is it will be to far forward once your remove the phone.

 

[jonny75904]

 yeah I’m going to try to find a scope placement that is a happy compromise between having the phone mounted and unmounted. The biggest issue is the fact the Armada has the breach just below the scope, and the available options are really limited Around the bridge if you use the included set of two mounts

 

[Smaug]

It won't change trajectories much. But you SHOULD consider:

• how often you want scope cam footage
• Whether you will lose/miss any shots due to reduced resolution or visibility

What I did when I was videoing my pesting was to just put the camera off-gun. Then, it doesn't shake when the gun fires, we don't hear big clunks of it being cocked and the image doesn't move at all. It's just a matter of accepting that if the animal runs off-screen, you can't follow him smoothly, as you would if the camera were mounted to the gun. (either through the scope or over it)

 

[HighAltAir]

I saw a thing called a side view where you can look through the scope normal and video with the phone out of the way on the side of the scope. It is not that much more than the Eagle Veiw setup for more than one scope. I think Utah airguns has them.
the video I saw looked really good.
CH

 

[xarus]

the side-shot is going to cost you over $200 but it works like a charm, and can be moved to different guns easily.