Thanks for the quick feedback. I was finding it hard to swallow that the distance from the eye to the optic made a crucial, if any, impact on accuracy (sorry to disregard the advice of the poster who made this comment, but thanks none the less). Just thinking about it logically, if this were the case, we would regard the scout set up on rifles as being inherently more accurate than their traditionally mounted cousins, which I do not think is the case.
I can also see validity to the idea that the increased sight picture is negligible with regards to FOV because both eyes should technically be open, which would eliminate this argument... Damn these conundrums! lol. Regardless, thanks for the posts, I'm still very interested in people's opinions and any discussion that might ensue.