Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Muzzleloader Hunting => Topic started by: craigapphunt on May 07, 2025, 09:45:33 AM
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So I picked up a $15 Durasight pic rail for my cva optima v2 only to realize I couldn't mount it to the rifle the way I wanted to. I decided for $15 I'd try to modify it to mount "backwards" and get it as far back (close to my eye) as possible. Out to the garage I went and with a dremel tool and small drum sander bit I got to work. Finish with some permanent marker and bolted her down. I'm probably not the first to do this but I couldn't find anything online that solved my problem so I thought I'd share.
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The way durasight designed it to be mounted
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After modification
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Material removed
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Material removed
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No clearance issues
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Product and tool used
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Looks good. I am all dialed in with mine, but if I do any mods this would be one for sure.
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I didn't mention in my original post that I'm mounting a primary arms prism 1x scope that while it has fairly generous eye relief it wasn't going to work where the rail was mounted prior to modification.
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Finished product. Eye relief is good and perfectly usable though probably not as ideal as it could be if you could get the eye piece to 3-4 inch mark to achieve full field of view.
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Looks like same optic as well. 3 whitehots and a 300 grainer is my go to.
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Sounds pretty similar to what I've been feeding it withe the old peep sight setup I had on the gun. I'm curious to see what it's capable of with a proper optic.
