Scout Scope for a K-31

[ARperson]

I was wanting to try one of those scout mount and scout scopes on a recently acquired K-31. Can anyone recommend a good scope that would offer sufficient eye relief and good power. I was looking at the Leupold and Nikon scout scopes, but their magnifications are only 2-2.5X. Is there a reason they are so low? Are there any good 4X scout scopes out there that might fit this task?

 

[natedog]

I don't think you can get a scout scope with much more than 2x...eye relief becomes an issue IIRC.

 

[ocabj]

Weaver has a handgun scope 4x28 with 8-12 inches of eye relief.

http://www.weaveroptics.com/pg8_9/pg8_9.html

Model 849425 or 849426

 

[Eric86GT]

http://p077.ezboard.com/fparallaxscurioandrelicfirearmsforumsfrm85

Some info on K-31 (and other milsurp) scout mounts and pistol scopes. Most of the scopes they talk about are cheap scopes, but the info may help. One thing they say is that longer scopes might interfere w/ ejection on the K-31.

 

[mainmech48]

Burris also makes a great quality Scout 'scope, and you can often find 'em at Natchez SS for a hefty amount less than MSRP. While you might be able to use a 4X LER handgun 'scope in Scout mode, IIRC eye relief becomes more critical and less 'forgiving' as the power count goes up. 2.5X might not give you as much long-range precision as you'd like, but it's gonna be a whole lot better than irons and naked eyes.

 

[PAC 762]

The scope needs to be less than 3 power if you want to use the 2-eyes-open "snap shooting" technique. Jeff Cooper writes in detail about this.... try google.