Home Forums Lever Action Central Lever Actions - General Is is heresy to put a scope on a lever-action?

I have a Weaver 1-3 variable on my 30-30 336 and a Leupold 2-7X33 VX2 on my .243 Savage 99.

Scopes increase the practical capabilities of any rifle. As for the 99,..it's as accurate as a quality bolt rifle and the .243's useful range is far beyond most people's ability to shoot with open sights.

In my opinion, a rifle is incomplete without a scope.

To me it is heresy. They are meant to be fast handling rifles. You can make full use of their range (most of them) with a set of Lyman peep sights. Want a scoped rifle, look to a bolt action. That's the way I feel about it. YMMV.

While I will never put a scope on my old 92 Winchester I can see the reason why one would put a scope on a Lever Gun. When you get older your eyesight goes so scope up. My "new" Savage 99 looks great with a scope.

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It's all a matter of personal preference.

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I didnt read through all the replies so someone else has probably answered this but a scope with a 20mm objective,usually looks fine on a lever rifle. Something like the Leupold 1-5X 20mm vari X lll is a fine place to start.

I use a 1.5-5x20 Pro-Diamond shotgun scope on my .45-70 Marlin Guide Gun. Works good for me and looks good. I have replaced the rear sight blade to a One Ragged Hole peep on some of my levers. I like them, but some folks don't. Good luck.