I picked this scope up late June at our monthly OAC gun show when my friend put it out to sell on his tables behind me. Hesitant to buy it, having recently made a few other large purchases, but when I asked about it he handed it to me and told me he'd knock 1/3rd off the price, so I had to buy it!
I finally took time to consider which rifle I might install the Sidle scope on today, but everything I had required me to D&T a new pair of holes farther out on the barrels, until I pulled out the Schoyen I had restored about 6 years ago! Before sending it to Al Springer for rust bluing, and color case, I had filled numerous extra holes in the barrel. One set of filled holes was exactly where this front scope mount needed to be to use the Sidle scope! So set the gun up in my drill press and drilled out my plugs, and threaded it again for the same 8-40 scope screws.
I was a bit concerned that the threads might be slightly off the old holes, and could pull the old threads out, which could mess things up. But I had Loctited the plugs, and peened them before draw filing. So they D&T out just great, and tightened down without an issue. Scope looks like it's been there forever, and fits the gun era great.
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