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Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle???
      06/02/04 07:46 AM

I think the caliber is ideal for a scope.

Question: does your Merkel have precut (what do you call these) "gaps" "holes" for scope mounts? Most continental model SxS double rifles have little removable areas on the quarter rib where a scope can be mounted (this makes it much easier and cheaper than having gunsmith cut into the rib). Your choices are for claw and rail mount, or a EAW style pivot mount. I prefer pivot mounts (I have one on my 9.3 SxS by Chapuis), there are much cheaper and you can use different ring sizes and use whatever type of scope you want. You can have it done by JJ at Champlin, or New England Custom Gun (they import them from EAW, so you can buy them and have someone else do it), runs arround 300-400. Claw mounts are about $600 or so. Rail scopes by Zeiss or Kahles are also more expensive, so they also add to the cost.

Now for the eternal question: do scope effect regulation?

In my limited experience (one rifle) mine was not regulated for a scope. But I've found with a light scope regulation is not really affected (some "stacking" of barrel groups, ie one over the other rather than side by side) the groups remain the same, as far as I have tested to 100 yards. I have a 1.5-5 Leupold Var-III and a Burris 4X compact and they both work well with the pivot, totally detachable, keeping their zero.

Hope this helps!

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* Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? DBBill 06/02/04 05:37 AM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? zimhunter   09/10/05 06:48 AM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? Sunshine   09/10/05 02:25 AM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? mstarling   09/10/05 05:25 AM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? NE450No2   13/02/04 05:39 PM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? 4seventy   13/02/04 09:06 PM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? mickey   06/02/04 02:39 PM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? luv2safari   06/02/04 03:55 PM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? luv2safari   11/02/04 04:36 PM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? atkinson6   11/02/04 03:38 AM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? luv2safari   11/02/04 04:32 PM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? nopride2   11/02/04 03:57 PM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? ThomasEdwards   11/02/04 12:58 PM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? luv2safari   11/02/04 04:30 PM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? ThomasEdwards   11/02/04 04:41 PM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? luv2safari   11/02/04 05:01 PM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? Riodot   11/10/05 05:08 AM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? DUGABOY1   11/10/05 05:52 AM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? luv2safari   12/10/05 10:01 AM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? DUGABOY1   14/10/05 11:40 PM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? NE450No2   15/10/05 12:58 AM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? mickey   11/10/05 12:21 PM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? ThomasEdwards   11/02/04 06:43 PM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? mickey   12/02/04 02:17 AM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? 475Guy   12/02/04 11:51 AM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? atkinson6   13/02/04 08:31 AM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? srose   15/10/05 01:24 AM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? new_guy   15/10/05 02:24 AM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? jaz   21/10/05 10:19 PM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? mickey   22/10/05 12:30 AM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? jaz   23/10/05 09:28 AM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? luv2safari   14/02/04 01:10 AM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? ThomasEdwards   12/02/04 05:57 AM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? luv2safari   12/02/04 06:12 AM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? ThomasEdwards   12/02/04 06:18 AM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? luv2safari   11/02/04 04:57 PM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? DUGABOY1   11/02/04 03:57 AM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? NE450No2   11/02/04 05:28 AM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? Chasseur   06/02/04 12:51 PM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? nopride2   06/02/04 02:44 PM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? Chasseur   06/02/04 07:46 AM
. * * Re: Mounting A Scope On a Side-By-Side Rifle??? ThomasEdwards   06/02/04 09:10 AM

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