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Heresy! Something to that account is probably what a lot of you are thinking at the moment, however, I really want to get some more range out of my 71. Of course, I don't intend on bubba'ing a Browning 71 in good condition by drilling a bunch of holes into it and that brings me here. I would prefer a scout scope since I think I would have trouble with one of the offset types. After doing some searching I found something I'd quite like, albeit this one seems to be sitting on a Model 1895, come to think of it, I seem to remember someone on here having one with a scout scope:


My idea is doing something similar to those Turnbull red dot mounts that go on the barrel, where you have a base that fits the barrel contour which is secured by pulling it to the barrel via threaded dovetail filler + screw.

Any advice or input would be greatly appreciated!