Cutting 3/8 dovetail on cooey 39

[gallen270]

Is there enough meat on the receiver for a gunsmith to cut a 3/8 dovetail on the receiver or is it better to purchase the dovetail scope base stock and bed it to the action?

Thanks in advance, gallen270

 

[Gordon M]

for the price of that work buy a new savage put a good scope on it and be happy ,, model 39s are made for iron sights and in my opinion should be left that way ,,

 

[kamlooky]

Drill and tap an option?
Deerdr has one done up, but I forget which route he went.
They look sort of neat with a scope on'im.

 

[bjake]

You could get a length of 3/8 undrilled dovetail from Brownells contour it a bit and use 5 min epoxy to attach it,easy and cheap as long as you don't want to take it off

 

[Al Flipo]

I have done a couple, there is not going to be a lot of material left on the right side..As suggested, drill and tape is a good option.

 

[camster]

I haven't seen one get dovetails cut, but that certainly doesn't mean you can't. I have seen a few D&T with a base added. The base usually has had a notch removed over loading area so "full sized" fingers can load it easily.

 

[guntech]

A short piece of the dovetailed base Brownell's sells can be installed with one screw and it works beautifully. I did many that way.