On 5/7/17 10:49 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 7 May 2017 08:30:44 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 5/7/17 7:11 AM, Poco Deplorevole wrote:
On Friday, May 5, 2017 at 4:02:58 PM UTC-4, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 5/5/17 3:46 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 05 May 2017 12:27:40 -0400, Poco Deplorevole
wrote:

Finally got the Ruger Mini-14 Ranch Rifle that I've been lusting for. Love it. Also love the Burris
prism sight. Of course, without the sight I was shooting dime size groupings at 100yds unsupported.
(Just kidding! I'm not nearly the shot our southern Maryland boy is!)

Here's a couple photos. Hope they're viewable:

http://s98.photobucket.com/user/jher...uger%20Mini-14



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Looks nice John. It's so unusual to see a rifle with a wooden stock
these days. Does it have an internal box magazine?

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Man, that "scope" is mounted high. No, it uses magazines.

Here, Harry. Even chubby cheeks can get a decent weld. I suppose you'd cut the handle off to mount the sight lower, eh?

http://www.hwsportsman.net/AR332-1.jpg

In case you think that is the 'exceptional' way of mounting the sight--

http://tinyurl.com/mv7dvbc

Learn something.


On the more modern versions of that "AR" rifle, there is no carry
handle. What there is is a rail mounted on the upper receiver right
above the action and the barrel. If there is a carry handle, it is
removable so a sight can be mounted on a rail. None of the photos in
what you posted show a Mini-14, anyway. I tried out the sight you bought
at a Bass Pro Shop. It is a decent sight for the price. Interestingly,
the firearms sales counters at that store are almost 100 yards away from
the other side of the store, so you can easily see how the sight would
perform at that fairly typical distance. I ended up buying a Vortex
sight instead. You pays your money and you makes your choice.

Tactical optics tend to be mounted higher than the scope on a varmint
rifle. Different type of optic, different sport, different kind of
shooter and done at a much faster pace.
You are right that AR optics have to be mounted higher because there
is virtually no drop at the comb. That was one thing that prompted the
"handle" (for iron sights)


I have this on two of my rifles, the Mini-14 and the CZ 512, and a
"fancier" laced-on leather one on my Henry lever action rifle:

http://tinyurl.com/k8hpxst

When I had my AR, I mounted the scope so it would co-witness with the
steel front sight.