Hello,

I was thinking about adding a Nikon Monarch Shotgun scope 1.5-4.5X20 to a Marlin 336 35 Rem.

Would the 50 yard parallax setting be a problem?

I currently have an Ashley ghost ring on the rifle but want to be able to see better in the shadows and bushes. A woods gun..it gets darker in the woods long before the end of legal shooting.

Last year I thought I saw movement through the bushes about 70 yds away at dusk. I checked it out with binoculars and it was a nice deer. But the deer spotted me and I couldn't trade off again to the gun during the stare down. If I had used a scope instead the deer would have been an easy shot.

Has anyone tried this scope or one of similar size on a lever gun? Since I am breaking tradition should I just put a real light sucking 42mm on it? I was hoping the smaller scope would help me and not destroy the handling of the rifle all that much.

Thanks

No for ranges out to 200 yards I doubt if you would notice any difference. Lots of folks are using these on muzzle loaders within that yardage range.

To be on the safe side I would recommend continued use of the binoculars for spotting. An AD while using a rifle mounted scope could ruin a number of lives. It is better to loose a deer rather than shoot another hunter by accident. As for scopes with a 50 yard parallax setting, that is my standby for .22's and pistol cartridge levers, as I very seldom take shots over 50 to 70 yards.

Lee's advice on using binocs' for spotting is what is taught in Hunter's Education classes. One can never be to safe.

Nothing like glassing the countryside with a pair of binocs and finding someone looking at you thru a rifle scope to make your day.

Nothing like glassing the countryside with a pair of binocs and finding someone looking at you thru a rifle scope to make your day.


I always return the favor just in case .

You should always use binoculars to identify potential targets while hunting.

As far as shooting with a shotgun scope is concerned, faucettb is correct. Parallax does not introduce any error at any range IF your eye is lined up in the same position as when the rifle was sighted in. The farther you are off of that sight in axis, the greater will be the error. If your scope is 1.5" above the bore, there will be a maximum error of 1.5" at the muzzle and at 100 yards, using a scope with zero parallax at 50 yards. At intermediate ranges the maximum possible error will decrease from 1.5" to zero as you go toward 50 yards, and then increase to 1.5" as you go from 50 yards to 100 yards. There is little chance you will position your eye exactly where it was when you sighted in, but it is also unlikely that you will be far off, thus reducing the possible error to a negligible amount for ranges within the capability of a 35 Rem rifle.

I appreciate everyone keeping their conscious clean and reminding me to always use the binoculars rather than the scope when trying to identify a target. I have no argument with that at all.

I have never looked through one.... how limited is the field of view in a 20mm scope @ 1.5X? So far no one advised on whether to stay small and balanced or to go ahead and put a larger scope on it.

What scope would you put on your 35 Remington if you had one and wanted a scope?

Just learned about a weaver v3, think that will go on the lever gun.

I appreciate everyone keeping their conscious clean and reminding me to always use the binoculars rather than the scope when trying to identify a target. I have no argument with that at all.

I have never looked through one.... how limited is the field of view in a 20mm scope @ 1.5X? So far no one advised on whether to stay small and balanced or to go ahead and put a larger scope on it.

What scope would you put on your 35 Remington if you had one and wanted a scope?

My favorite scope for my marlins is an older model Weaver 2-7v with the steel tube with a 20mm objective.

I use a Weaver K2.5 on my 336 the 1-3 would be a good choice and save you some bucks.