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Send it to J. J. for claw mounts. They're vastly superior and worth every thin dime. On a large bore double, mounts need to be strong and detachable in less than a couple seconds. Claws detach faster and are stronger than any other detachable mount.

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In addition the scope can be mounted lower, and IMHO the mount looks better on the gun both with and without scope.

With regards to strength, however, I would like to draw you attention to the new german book "doppelbüchsen" (double rifles) by Norbert Klups. The author considers pivot mounts ("Schwenkmontagen", like ERA or EAW) to be stronger that claw mounts. The reasons he lists are :
1. The solid area that will "receive" the recoil is larger (34 square millimeters vs. less than 24 square millimeters for claws)
2. the correct mounting of claws is so difficult that very few smiths can do it 100% correctly. Mounting a pivot mount is comparatively simple.

Edited by 338X74R (20/12/07 09:38 AM)

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