Open mission editor and place 'player' as a a
1.From normal zoom in either first or Third Person views (see "Step 1" labeled images above), toggle the zoom out feature (2x Num-pad "-" with default settings).
2. From the toggled zoomed out view (see images labeled "Step 2" above) go into Iron Sight/Scoped view (right click mouse button by default).
3. Un-toggle from Scoped view (right click mouse button) and you're in the 'zoomed in' setting. See Image labeled "step 3" above