I'm not sure, but I don't think any such mount was ever made. I too think the receiver sight screw holes might be too small to handle the weight of the scope and recoil. That's why one finds so many Marlins from that era with scope mount holes drilled and tapped on the receiver, done by previous owners. My own 336SC from 1954 is such an example.

 

I just saw one I think here somewheres.
It was a small affair & used a special scope, pretty neat but obviously it didn't take off. I dont think they could withstand the torque of a full size scope, their just too close together.

 

Oh yeah, that's right. It was a dinky little 2.5X thing mounted on the side. I can't remember, but I think it had an Irish sounding name. I had never seen one like it before.

 

Stith and maybe others made a mount that used the receiver sight holes and the rear sight dovetail. The rear ring extended down to the side. The front was a tube with a dovetail on the front. The straight tube scope slid into the rear of the tube.

Here is an example:

http://mauser98.com/81stithalaskanright.jpg


Patent drawing:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=APZtAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=stith+scope&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=0_1

Bruce

 

Stith and maybe others made a mount that used the receiver sight holes and the rear sight dovetail. The rear ring extended down to the side. The front was a tube with a dovetail on the front. The straight tube scope slid into the rear of the tube.

Here is an example:

http://mauser98.com/81stithalaskanright.jpg


Patent drawing:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=APZtAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=stith+scope&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=0_1

Bruce

The picture in the upper link is an old Remington semi-auto. Did they make a similar mount for Marlins?

 

They made them for a wide range of actions, including lever and bolt actions.

Bruce

 

Pretty cool. Would be a bit limiting with todays belled tubes. But I cant really see why a weaver type mount with an extension to reach the dovetail & a thingamajigger hanging off the back on the left to reach the holes isn't feasable. Itd be pretty long but better than drilling the reciever.

 

Just make it easy and have it drilled and tapped.

 

Oh yeah, that's right. It was a dinky little 2.5X thing mounted on the side. I can't remember, but I think it had an Irish sounding name. I had never seen one like it before.

;DDinky 2.5X thing. lol ;D ;D

 

http://www.marlinowners.com/forums/index.php/topic,40179.msg379483.html#msg379483

 

Seen a few of side mounts but most used the peeps and drilled and tapped a side hole into the receiver near the bbl threads. Seen one that they actually drilled into the chamber, what a butcher job.

I do believe it could be done fairly easy using the two peeps and the side trigger plate screw hole, have to get a longer screw but then the lower screw is longer just order that. Might be kind of bulky.

Here is the ultimate in no drill tap, I have a black powder clamp to the bbl outfit that is one inch which just happens to be the same size as a Marlin receiver. I put it on my 1949 30-30 and it fit well.

 

http://www.marlinowners.com/forums/index.php/topic,40179.msg379483.html#msg379483

Yeah, that's the one, Boone. Not so Irish sounding at all, is it? But, it was a rather unique approach if ultimately quite unsuccessful in the marketplace. I wonder if such a rig would fare better today, what with the very small and light weight optical sights that are so popular nowadays.