So here's what I did tonight after our trip to the fair. It's a UTG tri-rail mount (without the sides) and an ncstar pistol scope. I did have to dremel the sight spring holes just slightly to line up with the screws on the mount but only so slight. In my highly untrained and unexperienced eye it looks as if the rail is sitting lower in the back causing the scope to point high. Since I don't have a bore sight I'll have to wait till I can shoot this thing at some paper to find out. I hope the elevation adjustments can compensate enough. It was really simple to install. If i can adjust the scope enough I'll go back and loctite all the screws. My problem now is that it no longer fits in the skinny shotgun soft case I had it in :-[

 

I hope to make it to the range this weekend and report back.

 

 

 

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You can do a quick bore sighting by removing the bolt and eyeing it from across the room at a target.  Should get you on paper. 

 

That looks like a gigantic pistol scope. 

I've never used a boresight and seemed to have made out okay. If you start with a target at 25 or 50 yds and have a big enough target you can get on target with a few extra rounds.

A good way to check the level of the scope/mount is to place a bullet level on the elevation knob of the scope. Just make sure the rifle is level first, other wise you'll get false readings. 

 

But it looks great. 

You can do a quick bore sighting by removing the bolt and eyeing it from across the room at a target.  Should get you on paper. 

 

That looks like a gigantic pistol scope. 

 

That sounds simple enough, Ill do that tonight. 

 

The scope is an NCStar 2-7x32. Seemed to be popular among those putting scopes on their mosins and its cheap enough on Amazon for $45.

 

http://www.ncstar.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=113

 

Maybe tonight Ill get to BA, 25 yards is at least something for now. 

No good :-( with the adjustment all the way I was about 8 inches low at 15 YARDS! I wasn't hitting anything at 25 and had to pull it in. It was actually kind of comical.

 

So off it goes and I'll have to try a different mounting option.

 

The long eye scope is pretty cool though. I have high hopes once I can get this right.

 

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How much are you looking to spend on a scope?

EDIT:  You meant off the base goes I think now.

Yes, the base needs to go. I like the scope for the whopping 45 bucks it was.

 

I have a different mount on the way.

 

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So I was lucky enough to catch a new base from the sales forum here and decided to give it a go tonight. This mount would require removal of the entire sight base revealing a small dovetail. The new mount I have now will clamp to that dove tail and provide a rail on top. So all I have to do is drive out two pins and I'm done.......right.......sure.

 

So I just ordered some penetrating oil off amazon. Similar to kroil but should be here faster. You can see by my attempts I'll need a new punch.

 

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