Due to eye problems and the type of hunting usually done, I have used a low power variable scope the past few years deer hunting as my dominant eye has trouble focusing on the front sight like it used to, when using iron sights.
Anyway, Iowa now allows straight walled pistol caliber rifles for deer, so naturally the Beretta 391 rifled barrel is getting benched, and the Marlin 1894 has come out of retirement
Question #1: You folks that have placed a scope on your similar rifle, how much of a cheek rest do you find you need to retain a good feeling cheek weld, and align your eye to the optic? I am finding about 1.25'' to 1.5'' higher comb on the stock would be best for me, using a cheap Bearcreek neoprene sleeve to temporarily determine necessary added height. This seems like an awful lot. I am using the lowest scope rings that will allow the scope not to touch the XS Rail I have on the rifle. Leaning to asking Levergunleather.com to make a higher cheek rest, not real confident with the "jaw weld" trying to use a scope on a standard comb height gun.
Question #2: Out of curiosity, would you remove your rear iron peep sight (Mine is the XS Rail and peep sight system, ghost ring in rear that just threads out.) so you could place a normal eye relief scope as far back and low as you need it? Or would you go to the expense of buying a Scout type scope, with more eye relief, because the rear iron sight gets in the way of the old scope? If I could sell the 1.25-4x20mm VX-R Leupold I have for reasonable money, I would probably buy the 1.5-5x33mm VX-R Leupold Scout as the next solution.
Some honest questions I'm hoping you'll weigh in on, and some curiosity as to what the masses would do.
Thanks for reading.