Posted June 22, 20241 yr comment_4126463 Does anyone know if you can get an adapter to mount a 3/8th inch scope with built in mounts onto a 11mm air rifle dovetail rail I've just bought a Lyman 12x supertarget I wish to mount onto a Parker Hale Pheonix rifle with a 11mm rail.
June 23, 20241 yr comment_4126472 Most of the adaptor's advertised say they will fit 9-11mm/ 3/8th to weaver/picatiny etc so I would have thought your mount should fit an 11mm dovetail .
June 23, 20241 yr comment_4126474 If they're a standard pinch clamp mount try turning the ] up the other way. You may find they now fit.
June 23, 20241 yr Author comment_4126527 I've tried that and they don't work by turning the clamp 180 degrees. This scope was made in the 60's I think and you had to get mounting blocks from Lyman with the dovetail cut in and have a gun smith fit it to your rifle. Im going to file the two ends of the 11mm dovetail on the Pheonix down to see if I can fit it. I used a full length Weaver rail on top of the 11mm dovetail mount on the Pheonix anyway with my more modern scope so the alteration won't be visible
June 23, 20241 yr Author comment_4126673 Won't be doing that again. Hours and hours of hand filing . Filed the last inch of both ends of the 11mm rail to a 3/8" to fit the scope.. if I want to swap back to a modern scope, I just swap the scope on a weaver rail which covers the alteration. Scope bell clears the barrel by 5mm just enough room for vertical adjustment of scope
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