Thread: VIDEO - Rabbit control in the Orchard with the 17 Hornet

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

So you got it mounted . Was it a big deal to do?

No, I was lucky. As you know I bought the JW rifle at the show in Riversdale and then noticed the Nikko Stirling scope it came with it had a narrow dovetail mount. Hey, my Russki 1st Gen has stupid narrow mount on it, and it fit! The NV sight is rated for up to .300 Win Mag so it should cope with a .22LR. Unfortunately the sight had to be placed quite far forwards due to its controls interfering with the bolt knob otherwise, so need a cheek riser (grey foam pipe insulator piece) to get the right eye level. It's got a 2.5x magnification built into it so should be fine up to 50-75m for rabbits, especially with the IR illuminator on the right side making their cute bunny eyes light up. They're for the table.

The sporterised Arisaka hull I bought also has similar dovetails vandalised into its receiver but it has a way to go before it is shootable, will need to bend the bolt handle (read: grind deep "V", bend, weld) to allow me to mount the Nikko scope (fairly light recoil 6.5 Jap has), but other option is a scout forward sight. Would be great if the NV sight fits it too, but that has less utility there than on the .22LR as you can't do night hunting on DOC land.