Thamks for the good intel Redcoat. I'm probably going to have a barrel mounted "scout" type mount installed. My eyesight is turning open sights into a 100 yard (max) affair. I can go to 200 at the range in good light and with high contrast targets but game animals are underhanded. They hide behind stuff and camoflage themselves!
The side mounts are not really useable for me, though, I expect I could get used to the offset if I used one enough. They would make packing the rifle a bother, though. The scout mounts have their limitations, as well, but are useful where you can't mount a scope on the receiver or where it's undesirable to do so. I have a couple of milsurp rifles that I wouldn't want to D&T the receivers for a scope. The scope mounts which replace the rear sight block, with an EER scope work well enough. In some situations they can be outstanding.
