I have a friend in California that is building a Marlin lever gun in 50 B&M Alaskan. He is somewhat limited for range time, so wanted me to put this scope on the rifle for him when it is finished, sight it in for him and then send it out.
We had been looking for a 1X4 Nikon to put on, but they are just not easily found. So he decided to pick up one of the Nikon Black Force scopes. He bought the 1X6. I have two of the 1X4, and love the reticle, but hate 30mm because of the size. Well little did I know that this scope would be an issue mounted on the Marlin, unless you had a full rail across the top of it. I ordered one from Midway about 10 days ago, it came in finally. Midway, like everyone else in the Virus Crisis is running behind on everything, including shipping.
The only way you can get the proper fit and eye relief is to mount both rings behind the turrets. I have never done this, but there is no other way, not with this scope. I mounted it up yesterday. Looks a little funny, strange, but if it works and holds it should be fine. This BTW is mounted on MY GUN, as his is not ready yet, but figured I need to try it out before his gun arrives from SSK. When I get his gun I am probably going to spread those rings out at least
the rear one by one more slot.
I love the reticle on this scope. This would make a perfect Dangerous Game scope if it came in a 1X4 1" version instead of the big and fat 30mm size............
I sighted in with 400 Sierras at 2102 fps. Then I had a couple of Lehigh bullets to test, a 420 at 2037 fps and a 350 at 2251 fps. I really like the 350 in this rifle/cartridge.
Once the test work on the Lehighs was done, data recorded, I took some 400 Sierras back to 50 yards to see how the scope would do. Believe me, the rifle and load will shoot a lot better than this, the shooter was not doing his part today.............