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Has anyone set up a Browning Model 71 in guide gun configuration with a scout scope? How about a side mounted scope?


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I do have a Carbine with Lyman 56 peep, great rifle. 4 inch groups with a very heavy trigger at 100 yards.

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The .348 is not a long-range caliber, especially with flat nosed bullets. I don't see the point of putting a scope on one, because it decreases the usefulness of close shots in the brush, which is what it was designed for in the first place.


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Putting a scope on a '71 should get you waterboarded.


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I have one set up with the Burris red dot sight, and it works OK, but I'd rather use the Lyman peep as noted by Hornet.

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Water boarding would only be a start.....

Peep sight with the aperture removed (Ghost Ring), brass or gold bead or maybe a sourdough front sight; nice and fast.

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I use a peep and love it...and I'm using 56 year old eyes!

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I have a browning71 with a scout scope that is awsome! You shoot with both eyes open.


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My 13 year old boy took a bison at 180 yards with the 348 the caliber is an easy 200 yard rifle.


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Have shot a 71 for years with peep sight. set up as a guide gun can't see why you would want a scope of any kind , just more stuff to go wrong. With that said you would gain more shooting light with the scope, you will have to use a side mount and make sure the brass clears without trouble, if that is what you want to do try it and the heck with what other people say.

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I have a browning model 95 which was re bored to 35 whelen. no collector value obviously. is there a scout mount for it?


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