@MistWolf:
With magnified scopes, eye relief will always be important. That is why they usually come with instructions regarding eye relief.
Eye relief for an Aimpoint/red dot is unlimited, within realistic limits of course.
I don't think that your test placing the Aimpoint on the other side of the room holds any relevance, seeing as that distance is outside it's intended use.
As the test showed, at longer ranges, having the Aimpoint mounted on the handguard drastically improved target engagement times. The test also shows that times are faster with forward placed optics than optics closer to the shooters' eye.
I'm not saying that it's the end all be all of optics placement tests, but the numbers the Dutch produced are pretty clear. Maybe, as Todd K. touched upon, forward optics placement has weaknesses with regards to unconventional or uncomfortable firing positions.
I find that a good cheekweld, and correct LOP/optic mount location/eye relief is a lot more important when shooting magnified optics than with a red dot optic. I noticed that when I used my Short Dot. I have shot many rounds with my HK416 using an Aimpoint both mounted on the handguard and on the upper, and it has never felt more difficult having the optic mounted further forward on the gun.
I could never figure out the whole nose to charging handle thing, and I shoot with my stock fully extended, so the distance from my eye to my optic is pretty long, prolly 20-25 cm. Doesn't negatively affect my times or accuracy.
I will concede that the size of the optic can influence how easy/difficult it is to acquire the dot, but I disagree with that being the case on a general basis. Not advocating mounting your optic on the flash hider, but there is no reason having the optic smack you in the eye either.
Not sure why the download isn't working for you, it works for me.
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