Abstract: A sight mount for a firearm having a receiver and stock to carry a barrel where the mount includes a U shaped body having first and second leg means extending outwardly therefrom in generally spaced parallel relation so that one leg is received on either side of the receiver and where the legs have at least one aligned aperture adjacent the lower edge thereof for attachment to the receiver and where the first leg of the mount has a first notch to expose the ejection port of the receiver and a second notch to receive a pin carried by a bolt provided in the receiver.