Anyone mount a scout scope on a Marlin .357?

[357wheelgunner]

Just curious. I have terrible eyes and was wanting to mess around with a lever action rifle with a scout scope on it. I have plenty of .357 revolvers so I can share the ammo, and I can shoot the rifle at indoor ranges where they allow anything pistol caliber.

Does anyone make a scout scope and a rear peep sight for the Marlin 1894? And did Marlin ever make this rifle in .357 and stainless steel?

 

[grimjaw]

XS (I think) makes a rail mount for the 1894 that uses the rear drill and tap plus the groove from the dovetail. I think they also still make a ghost ring rear sight. Wild West guns used to make a rear ghost ring, too. If you check Midway USA, they should have some parts listed for the 1894 that cover what you asked for.

I've mounted a scope on mine but I didn't like the setup because it was too high. I went back to irons.

jm

 

[stormspotter]

Scoped 357 rifle

Saw one at a gunshop that had a Millett red dot on it. It wasn't too tall and looked like it would be very handy.

 

[electrode1998]

scope and sights

Hey 357,
I just bought and mounted the following on my 336A which I think is the same mounts as the 1894. One set front and rear peep sights from skinnersights.com, an xs scope rail and a leupold scout scope. XS also makes peep/ghost ring sets but they cost about twice as much as the skinner sights. This complete set up should run about $400 give or take if you find a sale.
Have fun.

 

[357wheelgunner]

Thanks for the link! I will definately be buying a skinner sight set, fantastic price for what it is.

 

[Furncliff]

I purchased a Marlin 1894c in Dec. on Auction Arms. Good transaction all the way. I wound up with an as new, made 79. I knew that the open sights would not work for my eyes and bought a red dot. It's a Bushnell Trophy. It's small so it doesn't interfere with handling, has 4 interchangeable reticules, eleven light intensity setting and rings. I believe the gun shop mounted it on a Weaver mount. It's easy to use, it does not eat batteries and the batteries are cheap. I'm happy with this set up, and non-gunners who have used it have been very accurate with it right from the start. A bit over $100, IIRC.

 

[atomchaser]

I have an 1894c with the scout rail on it. I also have the XS peep sights installed and a Wild West Guns Happy Trigger (big improvement over factory trigger). Great little gun. Right now I have a red dot mounted on the rail but I haven't decided on the final configuration. I had to do a little work on the scout rail with my dremel to get it fit flush.

Marlin made a special addition 1894 in stainless a couple of years ago. I think only 350 or so were made in each of the 357, 41, 44, and 45 cals. Someone had one up for sale recently on the forsale forum.

 

[Legionnaire]

My 1894C in .357 wears a Burris scout scope on an XS Sight Systems scout rail. It came together easily. However, I already had the Burris scope. If you're trying to scope your Marlin on the cheap, a red dot in conventional rings would be less expensive.

That said, avoid the very low priced red dots. They often have horrendous parallax problems. I have a Millett red dot on another rifle, and have had good success with that one.

 

[357wheelgunner]

Can you please post a pic of the rifle?

 

[sansone]

I mounted a weaver base($6 fits 336 marlin also)+ a cheap Tasco 4x32... what a blast! my old eyes suck so tried a cheap scope first. will be putting a better scope on real soon. .357 cartridge done justice with this marlin 18" levergun. accurate to 100yds

 

[Legionnaire]

357wheelgunner, I don't have a pic of the .357 1894C yet. Here's a pic that will give you an idea of what the package looks like, though. The top rifle is an 1894S in .44 mag. I replaced that gun with the 1894C. FYI, the lower rifle is a Marlin 336RC in .30-30 with a Leupold scope mounted. Both pics should give you an idea of what a lever scout looks like.

 

[Trisha]

Very, very nice!

Thanks for the pics!

 

[skeeter1]

Yes, I have a 3-9x32 Tasco on my Marlin 1894C, but I'm not too crazy about it. I'm looking around for a 2-7x40 scope. My eyesight isn't the best, but I rarely move the scope beyond 3X, and I think a larger aperature would be a bigger help.

 

[357wheelgunner]

I can't see the picture

 

[Kilgor]

I had a scout scope on my 1894 .357 and it was ok. A lot of people like the scout system though and I may go back to it later as my eyes age. I'm 28 year old and found that I preferred peep sights as they keep the gun slim as a lever action should be.

I am selling the AO scout rail for the 1894 if you are still interested.

http://thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=289109

And here's the Burris scout scope.

http://thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=289106

 

[Kilgor]

Ok, those threads got deleted because I didn't put (ARKANSAS) in the title, which apparently is very important to PAX.

If you are interested the links are now:

Scout scope mount for 1894:

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=289238

Burris scout scope:

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=289237