Lever gun and optics

[crabo]

I am thinking about doing the pawnshop crawl today, and was wondering what is the best lever gun for optics. I am looking for a 357 and want to put a red dot on one.

Thanks,

Crabo

[Lloyd Smale]

marlin or a angle eject win are about your only choises. Both are decent guns.

[kawalekm]

Hi Crabo
I have two Marlin 1894's, one .357, one .44mag. They're both come drilled and tapped for scope mounts. I have scopes on both and never have had any problems. You can find a mount for them at www.midwayusa.com or www.cheaperthandirt.com.
Michael

[Scrounger]

Puma has announced a new lever action for this year:

[jh45gun]

You can buy a scout mount for a pre angle eject model but I would not use it on a pre 64 as you do need to drill and tap. I saw one at the local Gander Mountain fixed up that way that their gunsmith did with a red dot on it and it was pretty slick. I still prefer a peep sight myself.

[45r]

I had an aimpoint on my 357CB for a while and it was a lot of fun bouncing cans as fast as I could get the dot on them.Got a leupold 2x7 on it now and quite accurate.Glad I got it when I did.Hard to get one in some places like Indiana where they are legal to hunt with now and people are seeing how much fun they are.

[Poohgyrr]

Just put the sight forward of the action (scout scope).

[Wayne Smith]

Not 357 but Savage 99s and 357 Marlins are easily scoped in the normal way.

[lovedogs]

Guess I may be prejudiced; if it ain't got Marlin stamped on it I'm not interested in owning it.