red dot on a winny 94

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6.5x55swm

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need some info, I am trying to help out one of my many aging uncles with failing eye sight, 77 years old and refuses to stop hunting lol, his go to and only rifle is a 1956 which he bought new, he has tried a few other rifles with scopes which did not work for him. Last fall at the camp, some friends dropped buy and one fella had a 94 with a forward scout mount with a red dot scope and my uncle loved, he had to try it out and he could shot about a 5" group at 80 yds and now I am in the process of setting this up for him. What red dot would you recommend, I am leaning towards burris or vortex, his biggest worry is dead battery, how long do you leave these on and how long would a battery last.
 
Burris ff3 FTW
I've looked into this. There is a diffence in the mount pre/post 64 I believe. In the end I never went forward b/c I couldn't guarantee any expensive mount order would fit a pre 64
i put in truglow fibre sights. Great improvement without a rail.
 
I just picked up a Primary Arms advanced micro dot (MD-ADS) and it works great. It has in theory up to a 50,000 hour battery life which is ridiculous. Also 12 brightness levels. Apparently some guys turn them on and just never turn them off. You will still need a rail to mount it to.
Check them out lots of reviews online.
 
6.5x55swm said:
so when you hunt you just turn the sight on and leave it on until your done?
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That's what I will do when I take it out in the fall, haven't hunted with it yet. I think some of the higher-end red-dots come on with movement and time out after a while with no movement.
 
TURNBULL makes a nice no drill mount for FastFire II sight for Win 94, 64 and another for Win71. I put one on my71, works really well, you wouldn't believe the groups I get at 100meters. Really fast for hunting.
 
Has anyone tried an XS Lever Scout Mount, especially on a pre64? There's an FAQ that talks about having to drill and tap. Maybe worth buying an AE for this mount. Aesthetically I like it a lot more than the Pearson mount.

Also, out of a ff3, trs25 and a sparc the only one that has battery issues is the sparc.
 
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Tried to order the Fast Fire rail mount from Turnbull for a win94 today. Sorry, don't ship to canada - ITAR!!. ARG. Any suggestions to get this across the border? Brownell sells many Fast fire mounts, just not the one I'm looking for.
 
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