Duncan, I wish my scope rings were in a proper place, like yours.
When I bought my Chuckster, it had a different scope on it and it was too far forward.
When I bought a new scope, I had to replace the rings and put them this way to get the scope far enough back to see through.
Guess I should have spent more time picking a scope that was a better fit..........
Oh well, it works.
Vern.