I just bought a tikka t3 hunter.It has a 21 inch barrel.. I mounted a nikon monarch 2.5-10 50mm bell on it with the rings that were provided with the gun. The question I have is that when my scope is turned down to 2.5, I can see the end of my barrel. Is this normal, or is there something I can do to get this out of my view.I have adequate clearance between the barrel and scope. Any help or advice would be appreciated

This is fairly common with low-power scopes. If it is bothersome, then higher rings will generally minimize it. But higher rings may also make normal target acquisition a bit more difficult as the additional height will affect your normal eye-to-scope alignment.

I've been seeing the muzzle of my BLR thru the Leupold Vari-X 2-7x for 23 yrs, hasn't hurt a thing cept a bunch of deer, elk and coyotes, momentarily anyway!!

thank you for your responses