Mike

Having the scope higher on the rifle (not designed to be that way)so you can't get you face down is more likely to belt the living daylights out of you! Is the LOP good for you on that rifle? A 1.5-5x Leupold would, IMHO, be perfect on a .416 Rigby. Can you try someone else's to get a feel for a different set-up? Looking at 600JDJ's rifle, you can see how far forward the ocular of the scope is, easy to do on a No.1, and a lovely No.1 it is too! Harder to do on a bolt rifle without bridge mts. Just checked my B&L Elite 3000 1.5-4.5 (on my .22) against the Leup 1-5-5x, the Leup will get the scope further forward, if your 3200 is like my 3000, and has about 4" eye relief.
Hope this helps, Chris

And by the way, there is no "Bad News" in your post. At least you are booked for August '08, not '07