Marlin 39A's......

[kamlooky]

Post'em with the glass and ring combos.
Not sure what to put on this gal I have.
I know 4x for optics ain't gonna work with
my crappy shoot'in eye.
Maybe this should of gone in the optics area?
Up to you mod's to move or stay.

 

[horseman2]

My Mountie has a Weaver 90 base with a Weaver style rings and a Bushnell Sportview 3 - 9 power and an adjustable objective.
Bought it about 20 years ago for my son's T-Bolt but the rings would move along the dovetails. So when it needed a scope for the winter, this one was available.
Come spring when Speed Steel starts up again the scope and base will come off for the Cowboy Production class.

 

[sillymike]

I really wish someone would come up with a 'nicer' looking mount for the 39's...

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Still pondering the possibility of doing something like this to my Mountie.

 

[Beater]

i have a wierd one, old looks like a mounty shorter bbl and rounded loop lever. i should post some pics

 

[Can-down]

They made the mounties with both rounded and squared levers.
Quoted from the Marlinowners page,

1953 First Mountie straight grip 24” barrel marked 39A rounded lever
1954-1956 straight grip 20” barrel marked 39A rounded lever
1957-1971 straight grip 20” barrel marked Marlin Golden 39A-Mountie rounded lever
1971-1987 straight grip 20” barrel marked Original Golden 39M squared lever

 

[willisjake]

Come on guys......Lets see some nice groupings, I will shoot mine with irons....

 

[kamlooky]

Come on guys......Lets see some nice groupings, I will shoot mine with irons....

Yung whipper snappers........just you wait.....
Dang 4X doesn't work for tight groups for me anymore,
even at fifty paces.
Wait, H, sell me that scope on yer Marlin 44.

 

[johNTO]

I understand why someone would scope a rilfe....but scoped levers look so awkward. Really takes away the nice clean slim lines.

 

[Beater]

guess mine is in the 54-56 it is not marked mounty and rounded lever 20" no holes up top for scope mounts ether

 

[willisjake]

this one is a 1955 39a

Come on guys......Lets see some nice groupings, I will shoot mine with irons....

 

[stickhunter]

I really wish someone would come up with a 'nicer' looking mount for the 39's...

Ditto. I really don't like the shape or size of the Weaver #90 mount. I have an older Marlin steel mount with a 3/8" dovetail that looks cleaner, but is pretty limited in terms of scope position.

Here's a friend's Mountie on top of which I just put a Weaver 2-7x28 rimfire scope, a Weaver #90 mount, and Burris Low Z-rings. The combo comes in at 6lbs 13oz, unloaded.

I was suitably impressed with the Weaver 2-7x28 scope, and it'd be plenty for tired eyes to hit squirrels/rabbits. The eye-relief is about 3.7-3.9". I prefer to use longer eye-relief scopes on levers so I can move them forward to just above the hammer, but not many suitable scopes exist. You tend to have to go to 2.5x shotgun scopes to get that to work.

 

[ff33]

I understand why someone would scope a rilfe....but scoped levers look so awkward. Really takes away the nice clean slim lines.

Here you go, a marlin with a Skinner site.

And a closer look.

 

[horseman2]

Now wearing a 3 - 9 Sightron with a leather lace lashed onto the lever.
It will group 1.5 inches at 100 yards with CCI Select at 1200 fps.

 

[leveractionjunkie]

Here you go, a marlin with a Skinner site.

And a closer look.

^^^^^This is the best way to go in my opinion. Ive got skinners sights on my 1894c and 1895g marlins. Probably one day will get one for my 39Amountie. Righ now it wears a cheap simmons

 

[Bearc]

I understand why someone would scope a rilfe....but scoped levers look so awkward. Really takes away the nice clean slim lines.

I like iron or peep sights on my lever actions.

Bearc

 

[aaron v]

Take a look at a leupold 2-7 x28 ultralight. Smaller bell and more compact design might work well for you on your 39