Encouraged by Dutchman after seeing his scope mounts for the Argentine Mauser, he sent me photos and ideas to whittle one out.
1-1/2 days of dinking on the milling machine, I "got-r-done"!
After removing the factory ladder rear sight and doing some measuring, came up with a T style nut to fit in the factory ladder spring dove tail
More measuring, figuring and head scratching to come up with a solidly mounted base for the scope rail
The rail is a Weaver brand rail for the Marlin lever rifle, bought local for 6 bucks
Mounted everything up
I must have done something right, after reassembling the rifle and putting the bore scope on it, the windage was dead nuts on! A slight elevation adjustment, and we are ready for a trip to the range to see how it works.
The scope is a Leupold VXIII 2.5-8 rifle scope that was rat-holed for a custom rifle I am waiting for completion on, but it has enough eye relief at 5x and under, to use for this purpose in the mean time. I do have to climb my face forward but I didn't have to buy a scope to work up some loads. When $$ comes available I intend to try one of the 2-7 pistol scope dutchman has been using.
Thanks again Dutchman!