How to Mount a Red Dot Sight to Your Lever Action Rifle without Drilling

by | May 7, 2025 | Gunsmithing, How To, Hunting, Shooting Sports, Turnbull Restoration & Manufacturing Blog, Video, Winchester Rifle | 3 comments

More and more lever-action rifle hunters are turning to red dot sights from Burris, Vortex, Docter and others. For those of us relying on their favorite lever action rifles and carbines, installing our no-drill dovetail Picatinny rail mount to secure your red dot sight couldn’t be easier.

Turnbull Restoration’s Steve Lester takes us through the quick and easy process of installing our Picatinny barrel mount for red dot reflex sights. Our mount works on both octagon and round barrels.

ALWAYS unload and secure firearm before dovetail mount installation.

Tools used in this video:

  • Bench vise
  • Padded wooden vise jaw
  • Paper card
  • Ball-peen hammer
  • Brass punch
  • 3/32″ Allen Wrench
  • T-10 Torx Wrench

Red Dot sights shown in video (not included):

  • Burris FastFire 3
  • Trijicon RMR

Click here to shop all Turnbull Restoration Red Dot Mounts

3 Comments

  1. Ken Reimer

    That would be great on rifles like a Mod 94 and such. Great idea!

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