Eyebox is the combination of eye relief tolerance and lateral forgiveness. Premium scopes (Tangent Theta, Nightforce ATACR, ZCO) have famously generous eyeboxes. You can find the picture from a slightly imperfect cheek weld.

Cheap scopes often have tight eyeboxes that turn into edge-darkening or full blackout if your eye drifts a few millimeters off-axis. This costs more than people realize: every shot taken from a forced head position is a shot with degraded sight picture.

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