Bolt action "trunk gun" (practical rifle) project

[kmrtnsn]

Lever action rifles have always held my fascination. Maybe it comes from watching B&W western movies on TV as a kid (dating myself). For those fixated on military arms, the lever action was initially a cavalry rifle, then a carbine and has seen combat with American forces as recently as the last century (Spanish-American War).

[4thPointOfContact]

Like a few others, I too have a lever-gun. In my case a post-64 Model 94 AE. That horrid crossbolt safety's been removed and all the wood painted tacticool black. I went with a scout scope mount that replaced the normal rear sight halfway down the barrel. The original maker was WildWestGuns but XSSightsystems has a similar setup. My only real complain with a lever action is that my fingers must be the wrong shape as I'm always jamming a fingernail against the receiver when I throw a round through the loading gate.

[HeavyDuty]

Man, you lever gun guys need to go get a room.

Someone suggested I might want to look at a shotgun version of a 1-4x for this rifle. They seem to generally have 75 yard parallax, so I suspect they could be a better match for a point-blank-to-200-yard rifle like I'm trying to build. Can anyone comment?

[Army Chief]

The lever gun topic really is another thread -- I apologize for contributing to the hijack.

In my case, a lot of this was recently brought back into the forefront with a trip to Superior Firearms, as one of the owners has a particular penchant -- and talent -- for turning these guns into low-profile 16" "almost tactical" masterpieces.



I really don't have a lot to add, but for those who might wish to explore the lever gun topic further, I suspect that would best be done elsewhere.

Thanks for your patience to this point, HeavyDuty. We now return you to your bolt gun thread, already in progress. =]

AC

[4thPointOfContact]

Man, you lever gun guys need to go get a room.

Someone suggested I might want to look at a shotgun version of a 1-4x for this rifle. They seem to generally have 75 yard parallax, so I suspect they could be a better match for a point-blank-to-200-yard rifle like I'm trying to build. Can anyone comment?

The 'scout scope' on my pseudo-scout is a turkey scope. (Purchesed over 10 years ago when more modern stuff hadn't been invented.) According to the elevation cap, it's a Simmon's brand 3x28 LED w/illuminated reticle. Yes, it's inexpensive and no, it's not nearly mil-spec; but I'm not in the business where I might have to shoot people every day either.


Edit: errp.. not a 1x4. I've got a 1.75-4x, .... somewhere ... just not mounted on anything.

[HeavyDuty]

All in jest, Army Chief - I certainly appreciate the leverguns, and that pic is almost exactly how I would build one up. I was looking at doing an 336XLR cut to 16" (or was it 18"? - flush with the 5 round magazine in any case) with an XS Scout Rail, synthetic furniture and a red dot.

[GermanSynergy]

How about a K98 with a T-1 Micro?

[4thPointOfContact]

I'd like to scope my FR8, but there's really no where to put one

[C-grunt]

Ive always thought a Milsurp chambered in .308 would make the ultimate trunk gun. Good common chambering in a simpe rifle that will last for decades of hard use. Also have good tough irons as well.

[Army Chief]

How about a K98 with a T-1 Micro?

That's essentially the direction I went, albeit with a G.33/40 version ... though I added S&B glass and paid a king's ransom for the sporting conversion, so it is anything but a trunk gun.



Does a very nice job on big boar, though.

AC