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What are you using on your MR1? Mine has the fixed pistol grip stock and it's pretty awkward and seems to need a lot of eye relief. I would like something affordable too thanks.
MR1 owner scope question
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I use a Burris 1-4x24 MTAC and it does a very good job.
I needed to remove the back sight to be able to install it using Burris PEPR cantilever mount.
This is as good as it gets with a scope, a solid 7/10
You'll get much better result with a small red dot sight like a Fastfire II.
The issue : the MR1's design is very good for open sight or red dot sight use but it is a shotgun configured rifle...
Alex
I needed to remove the back sight to be able to install it using Burris PEPR cantilever mount.
This is as good as it gets with a scope, a solid 7/10
You'll get much better result with a small red dot sight like a Fastfire II.
The issue : the MR1's design is very good for open sight or red dot sight use but it is a shotgun configured rifle...
Alex
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We make a picatinny rail for the MR1 that allows you to mount a scope where it should be for proper eye relief. They are $165.00 BUT you need to carefully remove the factory rear site screws to be re-used. Benelli adopted some weird screw size and pitch.
My used $1200 MR1 came with a Burris 3-9 already mounted and the rear sight detached with the screws missing. Since I wasnt a fan of the iron sight setup on the gun to begin with, and my intended role for the gun was purely as a semi auto varmint gun. I did the unspeakable and CUT the front sight completely off! To solve the eye relief issue, rather than buying the ATR rail (which I didnt know about at the time), I simply bolted the original rail on backwards... That gave me the ability to mount the scope at the perfect eye relief. Because the front sight was removed, I was also able to the mount the optic super low, offering bolt gun height over bore characteristics. It turned out pretty slick IMO
As for optics, what it wears now is a $340 4-12x42mm Nikon P223 scope. Im a huge fan of Nikon optics because they are affordable, come with a 30 yr warranty, have great glass, clear reticles AND easy to reset turrets. But knowing what I know now, I WOULD NOT recommend this particular scope because the turrets are exposed on it. Which means they can be bumped and therefore your zero lost when you least expect it... this cost me probably 3 coyotes in one go around once lol.
My recommendation instead would be just the plain $260 Nikon 4-12 or 3-9x42mm Prostaff 5. It is the same as the scope mentioned above except it doesnt have the .223 REM BDC reticle... BUT IT DOES HAVE TURRET CAPS
I had one for like 2 years beating around on my SKS and it function perfectly the whole time! shouldve never sold it.
These pics all have the Burris scope that came with the rifle mounted to it. The 4-12 Nikon sits waaaaaaaaay lower... like maybe 1/8" clearance between the OBJ lens and the forend.
As for optics, what it wears now is a $340 4-12x42mm Nikon P223 scope. Im a huge fan of Nikon optics because they are affordable, come with a 30 yr warranty, have great glass, clear reticles AND easy to reset turrets. But knowing what I know now, I WOULD NOT recommend this particular scope because the turrets are exposed on it. Which means they can be bumped and therefore your zero lost when you least expect it... this cost me probably 3 coyotes in one go around once lol.
My recommendation instead would be just the plain $260 Nikon 4-12 or 3-9x42mm Prostaff 5. It is the same as the scope mentioned above except it doesnt have the .223 REM BDC reticle... BUT IT DOES HAVE TURRET CAPS
I had one for like 2 years beating around on my SKS and it function perfectly the whole time! shouldve never sold it.
These pics all have the Burris scope that came with the rifle mounted to it. The 4-12 Nikon sits waaaaaaaaay lower... like maybe 1/8" clearance between the OBJ lens and the forend.
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Cant remember how it was with the pictured setup. But with the low mounted Nikon it is perfect. In fact I'd go so far as to say its the most comfortable shooting setup I've witnessed yet in my collection and other guns I've shot.
I removed the rear sight and turned the picatiny rail around to gain more rearward space to mount the rings. I put a Zeiss Conquest 3-9×40 on tactical rings. These scopes have a full 4" of eye relief. I found that my fixed comfortech stock was just too long for me so I removed the factory butt pad and put a thin plastic one in it's place. Of course it required some goofing around but I didn't want to alter the stock in any way so I got creative. The 1" that I gained made a world of difference.
