Scope mounting

[beltfed]

I "eyeballed" those dovetail locations- rear sight dovetail plus the one 7.25" towards the muzzle
on my 32-40 hi wall that now has the usual location of bases 1.5 inches in front of receiver ring
and second, 7.2" forward for my Lyman STS or Unertls.
Those locations at and forward of the barrel sight dovetail, just will not work unless a person were to add a rail
that stretches back to the receiver and then install bases in more usual locations.

Other option is to have the barrel drilled and tapped at "correct" locations for scope bases. In my opinion this is the best option.
Arnie