What is best distance from eye for Aimpoint M4?

[skeeter]

Is there a best distance from the eye for mounting an Aimpoint M4? Is farther away better?

 

[Boris Bush]

There is no best distance. Just mount, sightin and go at it.......

 

[OBIWAN]

For you personally....maybe

With a good mount it is easy to experiment

I find that I pick it up better with my AR's where it is closer to my eye rather than my AK's where it is further forward

It works well in either position

 

[dwatts47]

that's the beauty of an aimpoint or eotech.... anywhere you put it, it works,

 

[FirstFreedom]

Well, right, it doesn't matter, but in my view, generally, the farther forward, the better, for quickly picking up a flash picture of the entire "landscape" of your target environment, which can help you get on target faster. Really far forward mounts like the Ultimak on an AK and a forearm mount on a AR work very well - they are super quick. But the tradeoff is having more weight-forward balance.