Lawyer Daggit
October 26, 2009, 02:43 AM
I have just acquired a second hand BLR (actually an MLR but the same rifle) and am wondering what site to fit - I have a second hand Burris scout scope and a second hand Leupold variable lying around.
Has anyone installed a scout scope on a BLR / MLR .308? (ideally with straight western style stock) how does the gun balance when carried?
Do you have any experience using this sight when the sun is low in the sky and behind you- does the sun get on the lens preventing use?
How does the Scout scope perform in low light situations ie in heavy timber late in the day.
Comments on currently available mounts and rings are also welcome, I have not scoped a rifle for a few years and do not know 'what is out there' in terms of the newer developments ie I know QD rings are available for a weaver base- are they reliable when a scope is removed and reinstalled? am I going to need to shoot the gun in again after swopping sights.
Anyone have any experience fitting both a conventional weaver base and a scout base on this type of rifle, enabling a quick change from the use of scout scope to a conventional scope?
Thanking you in anticipation for your response
Has anyone installed a scout scope on a BLR / MLR .308? (ideally with straight western style stock) how does the gun balance when carried?
Do you have any experience using this sight when the sun is low in the sky and behind you- does the sun get on the lens preventing use?
How does the Scout scope perform in low light situations ie in heavy timber late in the day.
Comments on currently available mounts and rings are also welcome, I have not scoped a rifle for a few years and do not know 'what is out there' in terms of the newer developments ie I know QD rings are available for a weaver base- are they reliable when a scope is removed and reinstalled? am I going to need to shoot the gun in again after swopping sights.
Anyone have any experience fitting both a conventional weaver base and a scout base on this type of rifle, enabling a quick change from the use of scout scope to a conventional scope?
Thanking you in anticipation for your response