I am looking to mount a scope on my Winchester Sx2 this year to use for the firearm deer season. I will possibly use this gun for waterfowl during those two weeks as well.
Can I expect everything to stay sighted in if I remove this type of mount as needed? There are two bolts that keep everything mounted to the gun.
Can I expect everything to stay sighted in if I remove this type of mount as needed? There are two bolts that keep everything mounted to the gun.
No, you cannot expect everything to stay sighted in. Nor will it, in all likelihood.
These “saddle” or “pin on” style of shotgun scope mounts have been around for ages and to say they work marginally well in some limited cases would be charitable.
The theory is great, but in reality it’s very hard to execute because the nature of action pins is that they have to fit loosely enough to be removed. Loose being the key word. Loose + anything to do with a scope = bad.
Grouse
Thanks Grouse, maybe I will pass on doing this and look for a cheap shotgun instead that I can dedicate to deer.
Thanks Grouse, maybe I will pass on doing this and look for a cheap shotgun instead that I can dedicate to deer.
That would be the best move if you plan on being in a situation where you’re hunting deer and birds close together such that removing a scope is impractical.
The alternative might be to get a cantilever mount, if one is available. But as a word of warning, I have heard highly variable reports on this style of mount as well. I don’t know anyone who has one specifically on a Winchester, however.
With the price of shotguns nowadays and some very good guns coming in at the entry level price range, it’s kind of hard to justify trying to cobble together a sub-par solution when it comes to scopes.
The strange reality of 21st century hunting is that compared to what I spend on all the OTHER aspects of hunting, the actual guns used become only part of the equation, and in some hunting situations, they aren’t even a very big part. I spend more in gas every year tooling around hunting coyotes than I spent on the shotgun that I bought specifically to hunt them.
I had a gun club member ask me a few years back if it would be a good idea to tip his Benelli shotgun for a scope. Well, in the process of looking at what he would have to spend on gunsmith work and a new barrel, we determined he could buy a decent pump action gun already set up for deer. There was simply no reason to start hacking up a perfectly good bird gun.
Grouse
The strange reality of 21st century hunting is that compared to what I spend on all the OTHER aspects of hunting, the actual guns used become only part of the equation, and in some hunting situations, they aren’t even a very big part. I spend more in gas every year tooling around hunting coyotes than I spent on the shotgun that I bought specifically to hunt them.
Your spot on here!
Winchester did make a cantilever barrel for the Sx2, but they very expensive. It would cost me more to buy that barrel now than it cost me to purchase the whole gun new!
New shotgun will get added to the list, maybe I will just shoot open sights this year. I wont have any long shots where I am hunting.
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