I have a Chapuis two barrel set in 28ga and 30-30. I ordered the gun with shotgun dimensions and the LOP is 14-3/4". That makes it hard to find a scope with enough eye relief to see a full view of the scope image. I did find an old Leupold variable that was long enough to work, but it looked so disproportional on the little rifle. My go-to scope for long eye relief is the Leupold 2.5-8 Vari-X3 but it wouldn't work on this gun. For a while I had a 2.5X shotgun scope on it but I still couldn't quite see full view in the scope. I then tried a Leupold 2.75X scout scope and I really like that setup. I have it mounted in Recknagel swing mounts in a conventional position over the breech and the eye relief is perfect. I was concerned that it might be too close be it isn't. I'm pretty happy with this setup.

The beauty of having a scope so far away, despite the loss of FoV, is that you see so much more of the country around it. This can be of great importance if hunting something like buffalo, where the target animal may not be the only one you need to worry about.

Wouldn't a red-dot sight be better for all-round vision on a scout set-up?

Allen

I have a RGEX Series 3 caliber 6.5x57R with 28 ga. barrels. Zeiss Conquest 2.5-8x32 is perfect with the DR barrels. FYI, also have a UGEX .30R with Minox ZA5 1.5-8x32. Perfect again. Both in same Recknagel QD mounts as yours. Hope to see you and Sam next week.

I have a Red Dot, Ultra Dot on my 500 NE.
Works very well.

I have two scout scope set ups both 2x leupolds they are fast.

Mine is also a low power Leupold variable which is usually set to 1 (no magnification), but it is a "low rider" not a scout scope location. The trick is to mill the mount grooves into the rib: