| xausa |
| (.400 member) |
| 30/07/14 01:05 AM |
Re: Determining barrel shank size
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A small shank would indicate to me that the scope installation was factory original.
This Suhl type scope mount certainly is not "Mauser factory original". Mauser always used their own rear ring design on a square bridge, with a sideways push-button release, when a scoped rifle was ordered.
Now I am confused. On page 96 of Speed's Archive book (plate 170) there is an illustration of a factory installed scope mount on a round top action. On page 96 (plate 177) there is an illustration of a double square bridge rifle whose rear bridge was "milled down and fitted with a screw-on double-claw base." Plate 178 (page 97) illustrates another non-standard scope mount installed on a round top action.
I was left with the impression that the factory would install whatever mount the customer wanted.