How to Install a Rifle Scope on Military Surplus Rifles
- 1). Before purchasing, check to see that your scope mount is built to be mounted on an AR15/M16 mount, or the standard military issue MIL-STD-1913 dovetails.
- 2). Check the scope mount to see whether it is the quick detach variety or the bolt variety. The quick detach will have a small steel lever at the bottom of the mount, the bolt style will feature two bolts in the same location. Most mounts will be the bolt variety.
- 3). If the scope mount is a quick detach, flip the lever to the open position. If it uses bolts, unscrew the bolts. When the scope mount is open, place it on the gun mount.
- 4). Flip the quick detach lever back to the closed position or screw the bolts tight with the tool provided to secure the mount.
- 5). Look on top of the mount for the rings that hold the actual scope. These will have a small bolt on each ring, unscrew these rings.
- 6). Place the scope on the mount, put the rings over the scope, screw the rings back into place. You have now successfully installed a scope on your military surplus AR15/M16.
