CNYCacher
Member
So, I was out in the woods waiting on Bambi's Dad to show up and I started looking at the rear sight on my Deerslayer when all of a sudden I noticed something I had never noticed before: there are dovetails cut on the sides of the rear sight platform!
Now, I have zero experience mounting optics since I put a $10 scope on my BB gun oh, 18 years ago or so, so maybe I don't know what I'm talking about, but if the rear sight platform does double as an optics mount, it sure looks to be the right size for most of the scopes and red-dot sights I have seen in the store or on other guns.
I don't think I want a scope on this gun, but I have been interested in getting a red-dot style sight in a 1 or 1.5 magnification. The only thing that was holding me back is the fact that I absolutely do not want to drill and tap my reciever, but if I can mount something on these dovetails, that would be great. I also like the idea of having the sights mounted on the barrel.
Has anyone here mounted any type of optics onto this location on their Deerslayer? What kind of optics, scope or red-dot? Haw did that work out for you?
Now, I have zero experience mounting optics since I put a $10 scope on my BB gun oh, 18 years ago or so, so maybe I don't know what I'm talking about, but if the rear sight platform does double as an optics mount, it sure looks to be the right size for most of the scopes and red-dot sights I have seen in the store or on other guns.
I don't think I want a scope on this gun, but I have been interested in getting a red-dot style sight in a 1 or 1.5 magnification. The only thing that was holding me back is the fact that I absolutely do not want to drill and tap my reciever, but if I can mount something on these dovetails, that would be great. I also like the idea of having the sights mounted on the barrel.
Has anyone here mounted any type of optics onto this location on their Deerslayer? What kind of optics, scope or red-dot? Haw did that work out for you?