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Michael Seager

Hi folks,

Thought I'd post a couple of things I'd found about scoping lever action rifles after Nathan mentioned them in his livestream.

Top eject on things like

Winchester 1892 (And their clones, Rossi, Chiappa etc) - 357/38, 44 mag, 45 Colt, 454 Cassull
Winchester 1894 (and clones) - .30-30, 35 Rem
Winchester 1886 - 45-70 and other big stuff

Have the issue that the ejection port throws the cases straight up into the underside of your scope and if unlucky back into your action. You also have a problem of where to mount the scope due to the bolt not giving you any solid surfaces to attach mounts



You can try and use a red dot but these can be difficult to be precise with. Best option I found was a Scout Scope. Leupold and Burris seem to be where most of the market is. A word of caution: Fixed gives you a much more generous eye relief than variable options.

(NB The Leupold VXR 1.5-5x33 is a nice scope, but eye relief tops out at about 6" - not enough in my experience to have the scope mounted infront of the top ejection port on a lever action. Which something like a Marlin and you want the scope lined up flush with the back of the receiver for easy hammer access, this scope works a treat).

So, I ended up with a Leupold 2.5x28 Scout Scope on my Chiappa.



Hope this is useful to some people, I'll draft some of the things I have found regarding ammo choice next.

ATB,

Mike