I am planning on purchasing my first lever action, a Marlin 336. I intend to put a scope on it, perhaps a Nikon or Bushnell in the $150-$200 range. I've read good things about each of them. Here's my problem. I don't know how to work scopes. I don't know how to mount a scope, I don't know scopes. I need a tutorial. Please, if you would, answer the following:
1) Once the rifle is purchased, what hardware do I need to attach the scope to the firearm?
2) Does the scope come with rings and a rail or will I need to buy that gear separately?
3) Does it matter what kind of and what size rings and rail I purchase?
4) It appears that Marlin provides drilled and tapped receivers. So is the rest of the mounting job something I can do on my own without the aid of a gunsmith, a wizard, MacGyver and power tools?
5) If I can mount the scope on my own, then how do I do that? What's the procedure?
6) How does one bore sight a rifle and scope if one does not want to purchase all those fancy clamp-rests and laser bore sighters? Are a couple of steady sandbags enough?
Thanks for helping.
1) Once the rifle is purchased, what hardware do I need to attach the scope to the firearm?
2) Does the scope come with rings and a rail or will I need to buy that gear separately?
3) Does it matter what kind of and what size rings and rail I purchase?
4) It appears that Marlin provides drilled and tapped receivers. So is the rest of the mounting job something I can do on my own without the aid of a gunsmith, a wizard, MacGyver and power tools?
5) If I can mount the scope on my own, then how do I do that? What's the procedure?
6) How does one bore sight a rifle and scope if one does not want to purchase all those fancy clamp-rests and laser bore sighters? Are a couple of steady sandbags enough?
Thanks for helping.
