with 2 eyes open you get faster sight acquisition
Both eyes open also leaves you with better peripheral vision, so you can pick up threats quicker.
I fully agree on both eyes open shooting, WHATEVER weapon you choose.
Could someone please explain how a receiver mounted scope FORCES you to close one eye? How is a receiver mounted scope slower to shoot with both eyes open than a forward mount?I have scopes that range from 1x4 to 5.5x22. Not one of them requires off eye closing to use. Not a single one! If I close one eye it is simply because I want to....and I usually don't want to.
Michael said the forward scope concept "
goes back to WWI and beyond".
Seems to me that it wouldn't be so rare to see a forward scope mount after
97 years if the idea held water.
The whole "scout rifle" concept seems like a solution desperately looking for a problem to solve.
IMNSHO, the sales pitch that this is the
fast! way to shoot a bolt gun with a scope is just that, a sales pitch with no grounding in reality.
If Ruger wants to build a niche rifle, great.
If they want to build a rifle that is different than most out there, great - I don't think the marketplace will support it but, you go Ruger!
If they still catalog this rifle 5 years from now, I will be amazed.