He is improving after some heart surgery, but very slowly. not exactly Alzheimers, still sharp most of the time, but occasionally He flew P-51s out of England in WW2, has always had an excellent At 95 he could have easily passed forħ5-80, took care of everything pretty much by himself with a bit of help from his sonĪ few days a week. TYes, sadly my FIL at age 96 has finally gotten old. I have my doubts that my scope base could be beat off my barrel with a shop hammer. Cleaned the screws with Brake Cleaner, coated them with J-B Weld and torqued them up tight. Once the above was finished, I drilled through the 4 holes in the Weaver 92 base into the barrel. If you are in the slightest curious as to how I mounted my scope base, here is a quick slide show showing exactly how I did it : Notice that the rear eyepiece of the scope is missing the receiver by maybe 1/8" or so, that is about as close as you'll get a scout scope in mounting height. I won't be returning to the conventional Mauser rear sight system on my Scout Rifle ( Just as well, my eyes are not what they were 40 years ago ). Obviously with your system, you can return to metallic sights. You can see below that my base is mounted DIRECTLY to the barrel. I made the same decision as you with my 8 X 57 Mauser rifle, I just went at it slightly differently to insure that the scope was mounted low. Not a thing wrong with the direction you're going in, just don't get it too high. My only concern is that you may end up with the scope too high. Not too complex, and about right for my small mill and limited skill set. Thought some might enjoy hearing about the little project. Mauser sights, just a different design of the top portion which we are attaching to for a scout scope mount.Īt this point I need to remove about 3/8" of material on the top to make a place to secrew down a Mount, and the ramp is hollow in the middle, sits on the side rails.
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I also had to millĪ shallow slot the full length of the bottom since the barrel actually comes up a bit above the sides of the rear I'll put some blue Loctite on it at final assembly. 155 drill rodĪs the pin, which is a nice "tap it in" fit. 154 with a number drill and then reamed to. Thru the ear holes, then drilled small from either side in the drill press, avoiding any misalignment Gage pin jus slid through - how convenient! I made a transfer pin and punched both sides of the base It a bit to drop down between the ears and contact the base, I measured the existing pin hole. (it is a slight interference fit to avoid motion in the mount) with a file and 320 sandpaper. The little step at the rear, and finally started narrowing the front to fit between the ears, doing final fitting Supplier), I first squared it up by milling the sawn side parallel to the opposite factory side. I started with a bar of aluminum, and since it was sawed off of a larger piece (in scrap bin at local metal
Same screw which clamped the original ramp. Leaves a VERY convenient undercut slot to use to attach the rear of the scope base, clamped down by the Unscrewing a rear vertical screw lets the ramp and spring pop off of the sight. The M48 has a removeable curved sight "ramp" which the leaf slider follows to get the adjustments forĭifferent ranges. The front of the mount is a tight fit between the leaf pivot That will slide into the slot for the leaf spring. "approved" method was to remove the leaf spring and make a "top hat" threaded bushing with a flange Usually, the issue is holding down the rear end of the base.
It turns out that the great ideas that the other guy has come up with don't really apply here because the On a std Mauser (front sight is fine!) iron sight set, I decided to try.
Always lookingįor fun projects - and needing some of this for my own use now that I can barely see the rear sight After trying to buy one for several years, but notįinding his M48 listed, my friend pulled together a few photos and asked if I could make one. In small batches, usually selling out immediately. The scout scope mounts designed and produced by a member on the other site - which he produces Well, something else isn't the same as other Mausers, too. Project, and I haven't even verified that it is correct, just heard that it wasn't "normal". Apparently non-standard action length, neither a shortĪction or a long action of the more common Mauser 98 models.