Scout setup for octagon barrel?
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foxtrapper
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Scout setup for octagon barrel?
XS sights just returned my email saying they do not make a rail for my Marlin 1895 cowboy. Has anybody found a way to scout scope the cowboy?
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AJMD429
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Re: Scout setup for octagon barrel?
The barrels aren't real thick, but a carful gunsmith could surely drill & tap four holes for a 'generic' weaver base.foxtrapper wrote:XS sights just returned my email saying they do not make a rail for my Marlin 1895 cowboy. Has anybody found a way to scout scope the cowboy?
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Re: Scout setup for octagon barrel?
Buy a rail blank and cut it to an approrpiate length. Drill it to use the two forward receiver mount holes.
Buy or make a threaded stand-off of appropriate height that fits into the rear sight dove-tail. Drill a hole on the rail to match.
Viola.
Buy or make a threaded stand-off of appropriate height that fits into the rear sight dove-tail. Drill a hole on the rail to match.
Viola.
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Re: Scout setup for octagon barrel?
FWiedner,
Thought I was the only one who thought of that.
The way some of the posts have been going lately, I thought the purists would send a lynch mob for me.
Thought I was the only one who thought of that.
The way some of the posts have been going lately, I thought the purists would send a lynch mob for me.
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AJMD429
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Re: Scout setup for octagon barrel?
FWiedner, that's just too darned practical, and the way you describe it, it sounds like it would even be easy to do, AND not cost all that much... 
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Re: Scout setup for octagon barrel?
AJMD429,
You can buy risers that fit the rear sight dovetails, they can be drilled to make a set/strain screw to hold it in the dovetail.
I have at my disposal a lathe and a mill, etc. so no problem for me.
But a file, hacksaw and some patience will accomplish the task as well.
Think of the arms bizzares in tribal Pakistan, they produce modern weapons with a forge, anvil, hacksaw & files!
You can buy risers that fit the rear sight dovetails, they can be drilled to make a set/strain screw to hold it in the dovetail.
I have at my disposal a lathe and a mill, etc. so no problem for me.
But a file, hacksaw and some patience will accomplish the task as well.
Think of the arms bizzares in tribal Pakistan, they produce modern weapons with a forge, anvil, hacksaw & files!
Re: Scout setup for octagon barrel?
If the rear sight dovetail is the correct distance from the receiver front, I would buy the XS LeverScout mount for the RB Marlin 1895 and grind the edges of the barrel-bearing portion of the base flat to fit atop the barrel flat & install it.
FWIW, the XS instructions for installing the LeverScout base on a Winchester 94 called for epoxying the base to the barrel for additional security, besides the dovetail slot adaptor & the two receiver ring screws.
B.S. ! !
Even though I mounted it on a Winchester BigBore 94 Timber in .450 Marlin, I wasn't about to epoxy anything to one of my rifles !
As an alternate solution. I applied a release agent (paste wax) to the barrel & the epoxy to the underside of the LeverScout base to ensure a perfect fit to the barrel top, then shot/hunted with the rifle for two years w/o issue one arising.
BTW, I used a Burris Scout scope on that particular rifle/setup, so scope weight was average for a scout scope.
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FWIW, the XS instructions for installing the LeverScout base on a Winchester 94 called for epoxying the base to the barrel for additional security, besides the dovetail slot adaptor & the two receiver ring screws.
B.S. ! !
Even though I mounted it on a Winchester BigBore 94 Timber in .450 Marlin, I wasn't about to epoxy anything to one of my rifles !
As an alternate solution. I applied a release agent (paste wax) to the barrel & the epoxy to the underside of the LeverScout base to ensure a perfect fit to the barrel top, then shot/hunted with the rifle for two years w/o issue one arising.
BTW, I used a Burris Scout scope on that particular rifle/setup, so scope weight was average for a scout scope.
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Re: Scout setup for octagon barrel?
torches...pitch-forks...lynch mob...please stand bye...your order will be filled in a timely manner... :)Mescalero wrote:FWiedner,
Thought I was the only one who thought of that.
The way some of the posts have been going lately, I thought the purists would send a lynch mob for me.