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Originally Posted by bogie
I have a serious question. I have a Remington Model 700 bolt action 30-06. I want to put a scope on it. But I also want to be able to use open sites. What brand of scope do you recommend the can be mounted so I can site through or under the scope?
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I guess my first question is why? With a variable-powered scope, you can get some decent brush hunting quickness with low powers and have all of the long-range potential that a 30-06 should deliver.
You can get the see through scope mounts. My grandfather had some of these on his 30-30 and they put the scope up so high that it was really uncomfortable when trying to site with the scope.
That said, Weaver makes a pivot mount that will allow the scope to be hinged to the side allowing the shooter to use the iron sights. My dad bought a .308 one time that had this style on it. I got to carry the gun and the mounts did a decent job of staying true. One draw back though was if you didn't get the scope snapped all the way back into position, it would be off and you'd miss.
Seriously, I'd go for just getting a variable powered scope fitted with the appropriate sized bases so that you are comfortably looking through it when you pull the gun up. Then keep the scope on the low setting unless you need to zoom in on a long-range target. Once I got used to the scope, I don't have any trouble sighting in on a deer/coyote/whatever running through brush.