Igorrock
(.400 member)
20/12/14 08:00 PM
Re: Mannlicher Schönauer at auction

IMO the question is the quality of work, not the way you mount your scope. Both soldering and weaver rail could be done badly if you don´t know how and what to do. But soldering is much more time consuming and expensive and you always need a gunsmith. I know that in Germany and Austria hunting /shooting has always been a hobby for people who have time and money to use gunsmith for all gun works but in scandinavia and USA hunting has in many cases been a part of living which means bad conditions and lower standard of living i.e. less money so that´s why these gunworks has been much more as DIY. For example I have seen fotos of famous Finnish seal hunters Mauser which scope mounts has welded to the rifle. Despite that this rifle was very accurate and served well as a tool for this prohunter.

So I think it´s mostly cultural question if you use claw mounts with soldered rings or steady mounts with weaver rail. Properly done both ways works well.



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