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I could write a dissertation on this subject but will instead show some of the mounts I've made in the last 10 years. I haven't made any for 5 years but I get requests every single day for one or another. In most cases my mounts are actually intermediate eye relief scope mounts as I design them to use the very inexpensive McStar 2-7x32 handgun scope. At 7x the eye relief is only 8.7 inches. At that distance the sight picture is much better than if it was 12-18" in front of the eye.
The m/1896 Swedish Mauser was the first mount I made that has the most requests. Primary design feature is the scope height is as low as you can go. Military rifles don't have optimum drop of the comb for scope use so getting the scope as low as possible is the name of the game. (hopefully!).
From the machinist perspective there's not much involved in these mounts. They require no modification to the rifle, which is the #1 design criteria.
The rear anchor I call a top-hat because it kinda looks like one. It fits in the slot where the ladder spring goes and can be challenging as it has to be fit tight.
Czechoslovakian-made Persian Mauser Model 98/29 made in about 1933 caliber 8x57mm. This is one of my favorite rifles. Because the handguard hump is lower on this model than say the 1908 Brazilian Mauser the scope sets lower and is much more comfortable for the shooter.
On some mounts I utilized a Picatinney rail for the Marlin 336 because the bottom is flat and it offers a lot of options. I bought about 60 of these rails from China for about $4 each.
The part that fits into the rear sight base I call the "insert". All my math is done with pencil & paper and all figuring is done without a calculator... and I keep all these notes in case there's a problem down the road I can see where I made the mistake.
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The m/1896 Swedish Mauser was the first mount I made that has the most requests. Primary design feature is the scope height is as low as you can go. Military rifles don't have optimum drop of the comb for scope use so getting the scope as low as possible is the name of the game. (hopefully!).
From the machinist perspective there's not much involved in these mounts. They require no modification to the rifle, which is the #1 design criteria.
The rear anchor I call a top-hat because it kinda looks like one. It fits in the slot where the ladder spring goes and can be challenging as it has to be fit tight.
Czechoslovakian-made Persian Mauser Model 98/29 made in about 1933 caliber 8x57mm. This is one of my favorite rifles. Because the handguard hump is lower on this model than say the 1908 Brazilian Mauser the scope sets lower and is much more comfortable for the shooter.
On some mounts I utilized a Picatinney rail for the Marlin 336 because the bottom is flat and it offers a lot of options. I bought about 60 of these rails from China for about $4 each.
The part that fits into the rear sight base I call the "insert". All my math is done with pencil & paper and all figuring is done without a calculator... and I keep all these notes in case there's a problem down the road I can see where I made the mistake.
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