A number of you were kind enough to share your experience and insights on rifle scopes a while back in this thread:
http://appleseedinfo.org/smf/index.php?topic=20447.msg160361#msg160361Would you mind weighing in on the various types of scope mounts?
I shoot a Mini-14 exactly like the one in my avatar. It came from the factory with an ATI stock that has a long Picatinny rail on top. The rail is so far away from your eye that I'm not even sure a minimal reflex/holographic sight would be useful there. Of course, it has standard, adjustable peephole sights, but they are blocked when the rail is in place. So, I removed the rail to use them at my first Appleseed last year.
The rifle also came with a set of factory scope mount rings made to mount to two points on the receiver just above, and straddling, the bolt. You could mount a standard scope there but, here again, I think the peephole sights would be completely blocked. My father purchased the same rifle and mounted a simple Browning scope, which seems to work very well. I wouldn't mind doing this too, but does that mean I'd be stuck with a configuration that I couldn't easily use up close? TIA!