I was at the range yesterday with my PU Sniper...a guy came over to me and said he use to have one some years back but he hated the optics too outdated for him. He asked me if you could re-place the old scope with a modern 30mm vortex scope , i had no idea if it was possible or if the rings are 30mm? Can this be done...
Thanks.
Marko
Vortex scope on PU Mount?
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Re: Vortex scope on PU Mount?
As long as the rings fit the eye relief is good any scope would work...
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Re: Vortex scope on PU Mount?
the rings on a PU are 30mm?
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Re: Vortex scope on PU Mount?
I just measured my PU scope & it came out to 29mm.
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Thanks! ...I'll have to measure mine if you got 29mm its a good bet the extra mm is there to push it to 30.
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You know what, yesterday I just grabbed my calipers & measured the tube close to the turrets. If memory serves me correct the eyepiece is just slightly bigger than the main tube. If I remember this afternoon I will pull the PU out again & take another measurement.MARKO65 wrote:Thanks! ...I'll have to measure mine if you got 29mm its a good bet the extra mm is there to push it to 30.
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Geez- he could just get the SureFire PU scope and mount! (Where is that puking smiley?!) I saw this abomination at SG yesterday when SWMBO took me there for my BD. (I got Guide Gear jeans for work-yea!) I didn't have my phone with, or I'd have a pic, but it was as cheezy as hell! 
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sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the
dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an
equation, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a
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Murphy was an optimist.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an
invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, conn a ship, write a
sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the
dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an
equation, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a
computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
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Re: Vortex scope on PU Mount?
SG? SWMBO ? BD? Birthday?
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Re: Vortex scope on PU Mount?
It's my impression that he just wants to replace the PU tube scope with a modern 30mm scope. It's not a permanent modification so I see no problem with doing so.entropy wrote:Geez- he could just get the SureFire PU scope and mount! (Where is that puking smiley?!) I saw this abomination at SG yesterday when SWMBO took me there for my BD. (I got Guide Gear jeans for work-yea!) I didn't have my phone with, or I'd have a pic, but it was as cheezy as hell!
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No one has really answered the question..... " what size are the rings on the original PU Scope" ???????????? If they are less then 30mm its probably not possible to put on a modern Vortex scope.
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Re: Vortex scope on PU Mount?
Can't help you out with that. The PU scope is 29mm. I'm not taking my scope out of the rings to check what their measurement is. You've got a PU so I would suggest you get yourself a digital caliper & take a measurement or wait until someone else comes along who knows the answer. Sorry I couldn't be more help.MARKO65 wrote:No one has really answered the question..... " what size are the rings on the original PU Scope" ???????????? If they are less then 30mm its probably not possible to put on a modern Vortex scope.
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SG= Sportsman's Guide. I live close enough to it to drive to the Liquidation Store on special occasions, like my-MARKO65 wrote:SG? SWMBO ? BD? Birthday?
BD= Yes, birthday. 51st.
SWMBO= She Who Must Be Obeyed. I am married. (for 25 years, as of Dec. 2nd!
) Can't help you with PU, though.
Yes, Titanium Hammer, I know putting a Vortex scope in a PU mount (Assuming no dremel or file work) is non-modifying, I just was commenting on the esthetics. That and if Bubba G. Smith sees it, he just might attempt something similar that would modify one.
"Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." -Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
Murphy was an optimist.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an
invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, conn a ship, write a
sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the
dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an
equation, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a
computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects - Robert A. Heinlien
Murphy was an optimist.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an
invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, conn a ship, write a
sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the
dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an
equation, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a
computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects - Robert A. Heinlien
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Re: Vortex scope on PU Mount?
I hear you entropy, whatever goes in there besides a tube scope will look rather hideous but to each his own I guess. 
The main problem that I see is that the 91/30 scope mount is pretty much made to accept only tube scopes since the screws are only on one side of the rings & really don't allow the rings to open up enough to put a modern non tube scope in there to my knowledge.
The main problem that I see is that the 91/30 scope mount is pretty much made to accept only tube scopes since the screws are only on one side of the rings & really don't allow the rings to open up enough to put a modern non tube scope in there to my knowledge.-
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Re: Vortex scope on PU Mount?
There are modern tube scopes out there. Every scopes pellet gun has one. Although I don't think they'd handle the 7.62x54r recoil, they're out there.
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