Gentlemen, now that I have resolved the problem of getting throttled when I shoot my Ruger #3 in .45-70 I have to ask those of you who own #3's and #1's...What type of optics do you use? I took a BSA red dot 42mm sight, mounted it on the rifle finding that it strattled the front and rear weaver bases just fine. View wise, it provided an open field of view and just put the dot where you wanted the slug to go. I have given consideration to a luppy scout scope....but what are your thoughts? Do any of you use red dots? What kind of scopes do you use?