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bohemianway Oldtimer Offline Posts: 648 Location: Andover, MN Joined: Apr 16^th, 2004	? Stevens scope #s and what are they? Dec 23^rd, 2013 at 2:44pm	Print Post
	The longer #480 is a relatively high power and was on a 219 G barreled 44.5 that I had built into a schuetzen and the screw in mounts were just to inconvenient for competition so I put it on the shelf. The shorter on is a relatively low power that I took off of a Stevens tip-up that someone had done a horrible rebarrel with a large muzzeloading barrel years ago. Just curious as to if these scopes/mounts can be good enough for competition.


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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: ? Stevens scope #s and what are they? Reply #1 - Dec 23^rd, 2013 at 2:52pm	Print Post
	The 480 is supposed to be 8X. You didn't identify the other one, but if it's a 438, it's about 3X. Only you can evaluate whether they're good enough for competition, but I doubt it.


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bohemianway Oldtimer Offline Posts: 648 Location: Andover, MN Joined: Apr 16^th, 2004	Re: ? Stevens scope #s and what are they? Reply #2 - Dec 23^rd, 2013 at 2:55pm	Print Post
	The second was a #470.


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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: ? Stevens scope #s and what are they? Reply #3 - Dec 23^rd, 2013 at 3:01pm	Print Post
	470 is listed at 4X. Of course, those ratings are always approximate.


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slumlord44 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2850 Location: Lebanon, Illinois 62254 Joined: Dec 21^st, 2007	Re: ? Stevens scope #s and what are they? Reply #4 - Dec 23^rd, 2013 at 9:27pm	Print Post
	Not suitable for competition. Just send them to me and I will put them on a couple of my Stevens plinkers and they will be well taken care of. Seriously, I would think there are scopes that are better suited for competitive shooting.


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LONG RANGE Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 414 Location: CHERRY VALLEY, CA Joined: Oct 3^rd, 2013	Re: ? Stevens scope #s and what are they? Reply #5 - Dec 23^rd, 2013 at 9:59pm	Print Post
	A friend of mine had one of the old Stevens target scopes that had mounts that were off-set to the left. I assumed it was made for right handed shooters who had a bad right eye. Mind you I am assuming that was the purpose of the scope and not making a definitive statement. I wanted to make that clear before some nitpicker gets his nickers in a twist.


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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: ? Stevens scope #s and what are they? Reply #6 - Dec 23^rd, 2013 at 11:04pm	Print Post
	Not only for top-ejectors were side-mounts intended, but for the considerable number who just wouldn't entirely trust any scope. I tried shooting with a side-mounted scope once & found it highly aggravating. However, a fair number of these mounts must have been sold, because I've often seen them on ebay. Winchester's side mounts look like direct copies of Stevens' idea.


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11522 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: ? Stevens scope #s and what are they? Reply #7 - Dec 23^rd, 2013 at 11:38pm	Print Post
	Quote. I wanted to make that clear before some nitpicker gets his nickers in a twist. Well said. Joe.

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BP Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 8039 Location: Westside Joined: Aug 27^th, 2006	Re: ? Stevens scope #s and what are they? Reply #8 - Dec 24^th, 2013 at 12:07am	Print Post
	A lot of the old catalogs illustrate the scope offset to the left side of the barrel/action. Some time back, Al Perry showed me a trick. If you instead place the mounts so the scope is offset to the right side of the barrel/action, when you slide your head forward along the comb maintaining your cheek weld to the stock, it all works together nicely.

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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: ? Stevens scope #s and what are they? Reply #9 - Dec 24^th, 2013 at 8:50am	Print Post
	BP wrote on Dec 24^th, 2013 at 12:07am: If you instead place the mounts so the scope is offset to the right side of the barrel/action, when you slide your head forward along the comb maintaining your cheek weld to the stock, it all works together nicely. Would make it easier to sight through the scope, but wouldn't it make the scope more of an obstacle for a right-handed shooter trying to load? For that or some other reason, all the off-set mounts were illustrated with the scope on the left side. Even the off-set Davidson scope of the Civil War was positioned on the left.


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BP Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 8039 Location: Westside Joined: Aug 27^th, 2006	Re: ? Stevens scope #s and what are they? Reply #10 - Dec 24^th, 2013 at 9:17am	Print Post
	Quote: ...but wouldn't it make the scope more of an obstacle for a right-handed shooter trying to load? Redsetter, Don't see how it would be an obstacle. It wouldn't be blocking the chamber of a single shot, or the loading gate of a lever-action, would it?

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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: ? Stevens scope #s and what are they? Reply #11 - Dec 24^th, 2013 at 10:25am	Print Post
	BP wrote on Dec 24^th, 2013 at 9:17am: Don't see how it would be an obstacle. It wouldn't be blocking the chamber of a single shot, or the loading gate of a lever-action, would it? Well, maybe not--have to shoot with one of them to know for sure. I always thought a Stevens tip-up would be nice to shoot--until I got one. But there's no doubt that, for some other reason then, the left side was considered the default position by all the makers of these mounts. Malcolm, Mogg, Sidel, all that I know of, showed them mounted on the left.


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