I have the Burris Fastfire III mounted on a couple of guns just not lever actions. They hold up well even to 44 mag revolver recoil. Good luck.

 

The Fastfire 3 is a great little optic but I would mount it forward instead of over the receiver. I mounted a Fastfire 3 on the back of a Garand receiver. It was great at pistol shooting distances but on anything over 50 yards the parallax was HUGE. I believe it was designed for pistol use. I still have the one I removed from the Garand. I like it enough that I am considering mounting it on my 10mm Kimber longslide. Mounting it forward of the 1894 receiver should work out well.

 

Parallax is when you move your head at different angles to the optics dot or crosshairs ,the point of impact changes.On a red dot scope or reflex sight there is no parallax.It does not matter how you look at the dot,it will shoot to the same place.OB

 

I just purchased a new 1894c in 357 mag, I love the rifle. Looking for alternative options to peep sights & standard sights. Has anyone mounted the Burris Fastfire 3!, I use my 1894c for silhouette shooting from 25-300 meters & deer hunting. When target shooting, I to need to adjust for different ranges.

Thank you,

If you are like me this will become your favorite gun. I love mine and regret waiting so long to buy it. I bought mine in 2002 and should have bought one years before. But these are not long range guns. The bullets are short and fat, sorta like certain world leaders and they loose forward speed pretty quick. But for the ranges they are good for they are a hoot to get some range time with.

And if you are shooting out to 300 yards then yes, you will have to adjust for different ranges. No matter if you are using a scope or a red dot. The 357 round is NOT a flat shooting round when used for that range. Even a 30-06 will need holdover or adjustment at 300 yards. But not near as much as a 357 will. You may want to consider a scope with Mil Dots on the vertical wire that will have built in hold over points and then see where each dot impacts at extended ranges.

 

I looked up some trajectories for you. If you have a 158gr bullet with a start velocity of 1600fps, about what you will get with factory loaded ammo and sight in for 100 yards you will be around 2.5" high at 50 yards and down 40 inches at 250 yards. My chart didn't go to 300 yards but I bet you will lose another 10 inches. Maybe more at 300 yards.

If you handload you can push the 158gr bullet to around 1800fps and with a 100 yard zero you will be just under 2" high at 50 and 32" low at 250 yards. Not a whole lot better. With that kind of drop you may not have enough field of view in the red dot for 300 yard shooting. I'm not sure on that because I don't own one. Most consider pistol caliber rifles as 100 yard guns or maybe 150 yard guns. Yes they will shoot further than that but they are risky to be shooting at game past that range. The animals deserve better than to be wounded and allowed to run off and die unfound because or poor shooting.

 

I have Fastfires on three woods hunting rigs and think they're well suited to that purpose, but if winning silhouette matches is important to you there are far better choices.





Vooch

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I have used a Fast Fire 3 on my 1894, worked fine, have since mounted a 1-4 Viper PST on that particular rifle. Have two Fast Fire 3's that have been riding the slides of a Glock 40 MOS and Glock 41 MOS for easily a total of 2000 rounds and they have held up just fine.

For a rifle, Burris sells a mount with side protection (wings) providing excellent protection for the sight.


As I age, however gracefully or not, I find red dots and illuminated scope reticules a great aid!!!!

 

I have a Fastfire II on my Ruger Mark II, fantastic for quick shots...I actually got times in the low 5's for bowling pins. Would like the III so I don't have to sight it in everytime I change batteries.

The Leupold delta point is better for distant shooting as you can sight in at the top of the triangle instead of a dot.

Plus at distance that tiny dot covers about 4 feet...not to good for hunting.

 

I use the Fast Fire 3 on a tactical shotgun and a Glock 40 in 10MM.It is a very sturdy sight,but I have not used it past 100 yards.I bought the 3 Minute Dot.

 

I have used Dot optics on pistols and rifles. I find the 3 - 2 MOA dot to large for long range precise shooting. Its awesome for fast hundered yard or under shooting. JMHO

 

Not a Marlin 1894, but I put a FF3 on my Winchester 94AE Trapper in .44 mag. Seems to work just dandy! Fit like a glove, but I used the Burris W94 mount for it.

 

I put a 4x scope on mine as the dot just dosen't cut it beyond 25 yards if you want to shoot accurate.