mount a scope on a CF lever rifle? ABSOfreakinLUTELY!
Marlin (new) Model 1895 .45-70 Weaver 2.5x POST reticule.
Marlin 336 .30-30, Weaver 1.5x POST
Browning BLR .308 WIN 3x9x duplex
Ruger No.3 .22 Hornet 3x9x standard crosshairs
Ruger No.3 .45-70 Weaver 2,5x POST
Ruger No.1 .375H&H 1.5x4.5x duplex
(they are lever guns, just not repeaters)
I don't consider my guns crippled. I consider them improved. And I don't particularly give a rat's hindquarters about how you
feel about how MY rifle looks.
I also (oh the horror!
) put oversize Pachmyr grips on most of my Single Action revolvers.
All for the same reason, I can shoot them better that way.
I did read somewhere that some folks are putting those "moon scopes" (50mm objectives or even bigger) on the old classic Marlin/Win .30-30s. Not for any long range shooting, not for stalking, but for stand hunting, where the big scope gives a few more minutes of usable light, at the beginning and ending of shooting hours. I've seen plenty of times when, at first or last light your eye can tell its a deer, but not if it is a legal deer.
Its a specialized application for a general woods rifle, but really, what matters most, what works or what you look like?