Mini 14 Scout Scope

[dispatcher]

My eyes are getting old and tired.
Any suggestions on mounting a scout scope on my Mini 14? Mine is not a Ranch Rifle- it's stainless steel with the synthetic stock.
I'm not thinking of shooting Prairie Dogs at 600 meters, I want a both eyes open scope or sight good to 100 meters.

[smince]

www.ultimak.com

[Art Eatman]

A veer off the Scout scope: I always put a Weaver K4 on my Minis, in the conventional location. I used the mount that fits in to the rear-sight mount, with the "load" screw that bears on the receiver ring. Always worked plenty good for me.

Art

[Mannlicher]

The scout location looks good, but I went with a Weaver K2.5 on my Ranch Rifle, using the regular Ruger rings. This has worked well for many years.
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[blume357]

with wanting to put a scope on a standard mini-14 is there are going to be way too many choices.... good luck.

[dispatcher]

I appreciate the feed back.

[gr8gun]

I had a B-Square scope mount on my standard (non-Ranch) Mini-14, but I've always had problems with it loosening and/or shifting. I have a scope positioned in a forward "scout scope" placement on another rifle, and I really like it, so I'm getting the Ultimak rail for my 14.

As a side note, when I was looking for a Scout Scope for my other project, I was not satisfied with the 2x and 4x options Leupold and (I think it was) Burris had, that were specifically called "scout scopes". I went with a Burris 2-7x variable handgun scope, and it's fantastic. Has the best range of eye relief of any that I held up at the store, by far.

[FMB42]

Mount was always lose. Mini 14s can be scope eaters, so don't go with a real cheap scope. Some people even run anchored optic airgun scopes on Mini 14/30s.