I have Sig Blue Star and have been using it with iron sights only. I am thinking now of setting it up with Bushnell 3200 10x40 scope. What are all the parts I need and where is the best place to get it? Price is important. Will appreciate everyone's input. Also if you think that there is a better option than Bushnell for the money let me know. Thanks.
stupid PE 90 optics question
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I did have a whole tread with pics of different scope mounts and such but it seems to have been deleted with the new server change. You will need a rail or qd mount. I would recomend the rooster33 rail, either the old one or his new one that will be out soon.
You will need rings and or an mount that sits on the rail. It also depends on the lenght of eye relief on the scope and where it needs to be for you to see throught it correctly and how that possitions it in relation to the rear sight. For shorter eyerelief scopes like the busnell you can remove the rear sight to keep the scope low and then use normal rings like I've done in this pic:
Ignore the AR butt stock and just look at the rear sight housing and see that the drum is gone and the scope is held on with standard leupold QR rings. This should work with the bushnell scope and the standard butt stock for you.
Ignore the AR butt stock and just look at the rear sight housing and see that the drum is gone and the scope is held on with standard leupold QR rings. This should work with the bushnell scope and the standard butt stock for you.
This is the tread I was looking for... have a look through it for other mounts and scopes on the SwissArms rifles:
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21675
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21675
Hello,
I've owned two classic greens with the standard battle rifle configuration...first one I had equipped with a TA31. I hunted coyotes with this rifle for about a year, replaced it with a bolt gun, and then sold it. Was kinda sorry to see it go, so bought another one that wound up as a safe queen for about a year. Felt guilty about her getting no love, and then went through the scoping exercise and came away frustrated enough to sell the second rifle. I was frustrated that all the scoping solutions seemed so Mickey Mouse or miss-matched to the rifle and concluded that the standard battlesight version of these guns was best left that way.
In retrospect, my first rig with the ACOG was pretty decent other than the optic sitting slightly too high for my liking (and I HATED the esthetics of the Swiss Cheekpiece). During round two I had all manner of high rings to get a Leupold scope to clear the rear irons; as previously mentionned the effort left such a bad taste in my mouth I bailed.
Time goes by, and I find myself fondly remembering that first year coyote hunting with my swiss sporting rifle and that lust building again for the now forbidden girlfriend. I finally decide I can't live without her, but this time go the black special target:
While perhaps not as outwardly ###y as a bona-fida 550 clone with battle sights, she so has what counts when it comes to the real goods. Too bad it cost me 2 prior torrid type affairs to figure it out...
The only thing I now regret about round three is the MR/T...should have rather saved for the short dot. *Sigh*..that will have to wait for my swiss shorty....
Good luck...
Brobee
I've owned two classic greens with the standard battle rifle configuration...first one I had equipped with a TA31. I hunted coyotes with this rifle for about a year, replaced it with a bolt gun, and then sold it. Was kinda sorry to see it go, so bought another one that wound up as a safe queen for about a year. Felt guilty about her getting no love, and then went through the scoping exercise and came away frustrated enough to sell the second rifle. I was frustrated that all the scoping solutions seemed so Mickey Mouse or miss-matched to the rifle and concluded that the standard battlesight version of these guns was best left that way.
In retrospect, my first rig with the ACOG was pretty decent other than the optic sitting slightly too high for my liking (and I HATED the esthetics of the Swiss Cheekpiece). During round two I had all manner of high rings to get a Leupold scope to clear the rear irons; as previously mentionned the effort left such a bad taste in my mouth I bailed.
Time goes by, and I find myself fondly remembering that first year coyote hunting with my swiss sporting rifle and that lust building again for the now forbidden girlfriend. I finally decide I can't live without her, but this time go the black special target:
While perhaps not as outwardly ###y as a bona-fida 550 clone with battle sights, she so has what counts when it comes to the real goods. Too bad it cost me 2 prior torrid type affairs to figure it out...
The only thing I now regret about round three is the MR/T...should have rather saved for the short dot. *Sigh*..that will have to wait for my swiss shorty....Good luck...
Brobee
Thanks KevinB
I've removed a bunch of the non-scope pics from this tread to save space now that they are still available in the other thread.
BTW...
This combination worked very well for me at a BC service shoot this spring but I to am not keen on the look of the clip on cheek rest so I'm still experimenting:
Right now I'm waiting for rooster33's new extended length rail which will alow me to mount a Leupold LR/t 3.5-10x40 directly to it with standard hight mk4 rings. The eye relief is long enough with the LR/T for it to sit about 1in infront of the rear sight and the standard hight rings will place it low enough that the clip on cheek rest is not needed.
I've removed a bunch of the non-scope pics from this tread to save space now that they are still available in the other thread.
BTW...
This combination worked very well for me at a BC service shoot this spring but I to am not keen on the look of the clip on cheek rest so I'm still experimenting:
Right now I'm waiting for rooster33's new extended length rail which will alow me to mount a Leupold LR/t 3.5-10x40 directly to it with standard hight mk4 rings. The eye relief is long enough with the LR/T for it to sit about 1in infront of the rear sight and the standard hight rings will place it low enough that the clip on cheek rest is not needed.
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