To be honest, not sure. I'm not a scope guy. I am all about iron sights. I haven't shot this one much, and only took it in a trade awhile back because of the collectability of it. I do most my paper shooting on the AR platform, and the M1 Garand. And no, this mount was specific and actually harder to come by than the rifle is. It has a specific mounting bracket for the CC which has a slide mount on the side of the receiver to accept it. If I remember, it doesn't magnify alot, I think only 2X, if that.