Scope mounting question....???

[jrebel]

So I'm mounting a scope on a rifle with a 20 MOA rail.  At the lowest power....4....the end of the barrel is visible in the very bottom of the scope.  As I zoom it, it is not visible at 6 power.  I have a taller scope base as well I have taller rings....though I like my objective bell to be as close to the barrel as possible.  Currently it is sitting about 1/4" off the barrel which is sufficient.  If I switch to the higher rail or higher rings....it sits close to a 1/2 inch off the barrel.  Never had this happen before and have mounted a lot of scopes in my life. 

Scope is a NF NX8 4-32 x 50
Rifle is a Savage 110 FCP 338 Lapua with 26" barrel

What would you all do??   

My guts says to leave it as is and I probably won't notice it at all in the case I had to shoot the rifle at 4 power due to the animals being so close.....?? 

[Magnum_Willys]

If scope fits leave it.  Just rare to have 4 power on 20 moa rail is why you never saw it before? 

[HillHound]

Luckily your aren’t building a brush gun and will rarely have it on 4x. Your son won’t notice it when he’s shooting that monster moose at 500 yards

[jrebel]

Perfect….thanks guys.   Just finished torquing the scope down and will let the loctite cure for a day or two and then it’s time to test some loads.

 

[Caseknife]

Borrowed my cousin's Rem 700 Classic in 35 Whelen many years ago, it had a 1x5 or thereabouts scope and you could see the barrel at lower power.  Didn't bother me at all, still killed a spike bull on my birthday with that rifle, probably with the barrel in the scope view.  Promptly gave it back to my cousin, could have bought it complete for $350, still kicking myself.