93x64mm & Wanabebwana,

Thank you for your comments.
To say the true, there's not more difficulty to make the scope mount low than to do it high. The problem lies with the ocular size of our modern scopes that have increased more than 30% in the last years. Finding an high-end European optic (Zeiss, Swarovski, Kahles, S&B…) with and ocular diameter less than 40mm is near impossible now and with a 90° lift bolt handle we end with such a shape.
Indeed we could have go to a higher mount arrangement but our goal was to fit a wide angle Zeiss "Victory" HT 1-4x24 and to use it as a quick acquisition sight.
In that kind of mount he rear base is dovetailed in the rear bridge and affixed with screws.

Regarding the express rear sight, indeed, as on all our rifles, the folding leaves will sit flat after having been regulated at the range.

The Rigby peep sight is used in conjunction with rear sight for long shots as it can be raised but it will be replaced by a folding Lyman n°1 bolt peep that I prefer.

For the Rigby magazine floorplate, it's a personal choice because we have made such a rifle in the past and I like the idea to have a 9,3x62 treated like a "Big Game" rifle…but it's only my own view and I highly respect your choice of a more traditional straddle floor plate if you prefer it.

You must understand our building process: after action careful blue printing, it's barreled (chambered, headspaced, profiled) then we work on the functioning (feeding, ejection) before making the iron sights. The barreled action is now mounted in a "martyr" stock (we have a lot of them) for the first tests and the scope is fitted to valid the project.
When all is Ok, the barreled action goes to the proof house while I work on the stock design and plan. With the rifle still in the white and the wood in the semi finished stage the sights are perfectly regulated at the range, then finished and seated flat in the base.
I will try to post photos of the making.

Regards.

DORLEAC
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