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Anyone mounted a scout type scope on their TC Impacts ,to make it easier to pull and release the hammer? Pictures? like ,dislikes. Thank you

Cant' do scopes and be legal for muzzle seasons here. Have a scout unit on a Marlin Guide gun, and one could run all the machinery with boxing gloves on.


This is a 2.5X Leupold and a fine handling 45-70 reserved for dark timber.

1Minute ,that is a good looking set up

You might try the immediate eye relief option, but for conventional eye relief, I believe you're out of luck.

I purchased an Impact four years ago for my wife to use. It's well made and plenty accurate, however, the hammer system sucks if one wants to install a reasonably low rifle scope. I managed to reach forefinger and thumb around the eye piece to cock the hammer, but the wife had great difficulty. Trying to safely lower the hammer was also a bad experience. I contacted T/C and there's no option. Even several talented machinists I know couldn't help design a hammer spur given the manner in which the hammer buries into the receiver when cocked.

It's too bad - great rifle but poor design in that regard. I wasn't going to put something like super high or IronSighter mounts on it so mine went down the road.

Good luck.

Much is made about the situation but I really don't understand a lot of it. I have a Leupold 2x7 mounted low in a DNZ mount and cock the hammer without any undue gymnastics or strain. Could it be a little easier? Sure it could, and T/C should have given that some thought. But it isn't such an issue to keep me from enjoying hunting with the gun and killing deer with it.