There does seem to be a trend to mounting the scope as low as possible. And up to about 50 years ago that was valid. Rifles were stocked so that the ergonomics would be right for the "iron" sights that came on every rifle. I do remember buying new rifles and rushing home and the first thing was to take off the sights and put on a scope.
Rifles today are for the most part stocked for optics. IOW the stock is straighter and the natural line of sight is a fair bit above the bore axis. I find that for the most part, I need the tallest rings or close to the tallest rings made to make the rifle "fit".
For us older shooters it's pretty easy to tell if the scope is too low, when I bring the rifle up to shoot and I'm looking over the top of my glasses, the scope is too low.
Co-witness rings on an AR are an example of what proper scope positioning should be. Traditional hunting rifles do not have straight AR like stocks, that lowers the scope a bit.
Higher mounting of the scope does change long range shooting, canting of the rifle will result in misses. Higher mounting does have a flattening effect on short range trajectory, IOW, the dead on hold range limit will be further out there.
Mount it high and then raise the comb if you have to. You'll be a better shooter.
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