Scope Recommendations

[lunkerslayer]

If it's a side discharge like a marlin 30-30 then why not

 

[espringers]

I just never used one with one, seen one or thunked of it. Not that it doesn't make sense though.

 

[Kentucky Windage]

A BLR is a lever gun trying not be a lever gun. This isn’t John Wayne talking about scoping up his Winchester.

 

[shorthairman]

I am just totally confused about the pickup comments...I didn't think you could shoot out of a vehicle with a firearm...

 

[huntorride365]

I must be nearly the only fella on here who never imagined a scope on a lever action. I would have never imagined this many serious responses. :;:thumbsup:;:thumbsup

We used to hunt with an old rancher up by Fairfield who used a scoped lever action .243. Never would have guessed there'd by a lever action .243, let alone a scoped lever action.

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I am just totally confused about the pickup comments...I didn't think you could shoot out of a vehicle with a firearm...

And I know what a pickup gun is. Whenever I hear the comment I'm thinking shooting from the window. I'm sure some don't; just what I think of when I hear it.

 

[SDMF]

I am just totally confused about the pickup comments...I didn't think you could shoot out of a vehicle with a firearm...

You can for varmints in ND and MT.

 

[1lessdog]

I am just totally confused about the pickup comments...I didn't think you could shoot out of a vehicle with a firearm...

You can if the vehicle is not moving and your not on a State or Federal highway.

 

[johnr]

You can if the vehicle is not moving and your not on a State or Federal highway.

and your wearing a mask too of course.

 

[huntorride365]

and your wearing a mask too of course.

From now on this shall be assumed.

 

[Zogman]

And the mirror on a FORD is a way better rest than a Chevy :;: ​or am I

 

[Mr. Stevenson]

A "pick up gun" is a rugged knock-about tool kept behind the seat or in the window rack. It's always "there" and reliable.

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FWIW: As the Savage 99 and Browning BLR solve a "problem"; they still top the ugly chart.

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Also, I'm mostly in the Espringer camp about optics on a levergun. I don't condemn and stick with my scope rec.

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Regarding my OP: I would get the cheapest Leupold I could find on E-bay, etc then send it for German#1 installation. Additional musing on the topic has softened my choice on a fixed X as IMO additional expense is rooted in novelty.

 

[Rut2much]

A "pick up gun" is a rugged knock-about tool kept behind the seat or in the window rack. It's always "there" and reliable.

Behind the seat?? Window rack!?

 

[Mr. Stevenson]

Yes. That's the traditional definition.

 

[Kentucky Windage]

True pickup guns ride shotgun. Yes, guns, as in more than one.

and having to accommodate for a passenger is terrible. Sometimes, they ride in the back because it’s too difficult to move everything.

 

[Enslow]

You put a gun in a pickup then its in the pickup.

 

[Mr. Stevenson]

I forgot to declare the gun may be moved or accessed as necessary. I now hereby declare this.

 

[snowcat]

There were a whole lot of model 88 Winchester's, that had weaver K4 power scopes on them, in the 60's, still have 3 of my dads. .243, .308, and the .284, picked up the .358 later to complete the set.