Need info on scope mount for a .22 rifle

[John Sabato]

Yours must be an early one... I owned the same rifle as a child and it had the grooves to mount a .22 scope. The old Weaver N3 mount is what you need, but you probably have to drill and tap for the screws into your receiver.

Here is a photo of the mount, and also a photo of the mount that is attached to a .22 rifle of similar vintage...

[sheepherder]

Here's what mine looks like. The iron sight 'dovetail' isn't even a 'standard' cut.

I also once owned a Stevens .22 tube-fed bolt action with that style side-mount scope mount. I think the open top receiver of the Higgins would require an offset scope too.

[sheepherder]

OH MAN!!!

There is a scope + N3 mount on eBay right now but only 40 minutes left!!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-WEAV...-/400924123489

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by John Sabato

Yours must be an early one... I owned the same rifle as a child and it had the grooves to mount a .22 scope. The old Weaver N3 mount is what you need, but you probably have to drill and tap for the screws into your receiver.

Here is a photo of the mount, and also a photo of the mount that is attached to a .22 rifle of similar vintage...

That looks like my tube-fed 22 Stevens, and even has the same steel-strap trigger guard.

The receiver looks different from the Higgins [pic below] but the N3 looks like it would work. I had forgotten that the N3 used 7/8" scopes. Do they even make 7/8" scopes today???