Scope Bite: What It Is and How to Avoid It

[Talyn]

The recoil of the firearm causes the rifle and mounted optic to drive rearward forcefully and make contact with, usually, the inside and eyebrow area towards the nose of a person’s face.

How to Avoid It

99.999% operator error in not setting up the scope properly, and just plain stupid.

My .02

 

[Oaktree45]

Generally speaking you will only do that once. It does hurt.