scope/mounts

[tapps]

as you can see in my previously posts i have an air arms s410F carbine (walnut thumbhole), with (MED) sports match mounts,i have to have the scope so far back due to the bottom of the scope being to close to in indexing post i thought i'd take off & try a mamba pro2 2-12x50i, off of my ratting set up a hw100ks in .22 flavour, i really like the SCB2 RETICLE, still the same result, it doesn't feel that comfortable at all, i really like the scope as low as possible, i've ordered a set of sports match HIGH mount's to clear the indexing post.are there any draw back's to using higher mounts.

[tonyc]

Your cheek contact won't be as good and the trajectory azimuth will be at longer range, which may be an advantage for long-range shooting but a disadvantage for short range. Both SM 25mm and 30mm mediums are high enough to clear the magazine and indexing post (they are on my Ultimate Sporter and on the S4x0f... not sure about the older S4x0).