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Holland & Holland simply copied the WW1 Austro-Hungarian sniper scope mount, much like the one seen on this FEG "Mannlicher" sporting rifle. But as H&H did not use soldered half-rings, but clamping rings that were not proof against slight slipping, H&H added a distance rod as a mechanical crutch to keep the ring at the proper distance for secure lockup.

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Kuduae, dear friend,

Regarding the H&H type English scope mount, which in fact is only a variation of the claw mount system, it is wrong to write that H&H did not use soldered rings.
In fact, originally, many mounts used rings soft soldered on the scopes steel tubes of the period; and this remained until the sixties, mainly on Hensoldt scopes with steel main tube.
Notice also the use of H&H mounts fitted to German scopes with 70° prismatic rail, an excellent solution to prevent the assembly from being able to take play.
Tension rod between rings appeared in the early eighties with the generalization of light alloy and larger diameter scopes tubes whose rigidity could not guarantee an assembly free of tolerances when fitted to big game rifles.
26mm steel tubes did not need this device whose sole purpose was to maintain a constant spacing between the rings.
Below are some pictures to illustrate these points.
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