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casper50
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Info needed on antique scope rings.
Apr 5th, 2006 at 12:16pm
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I need some information on these scope rings.  A friend gave them to me.  I've never seen anything like them.  Thanks for the help.  Casper50

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Re: Info needed on antique scope rings.
Reply #1 - Apr 5th, 2006 at 2:59pm
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casper50:

Man, are those cool or what? I have never seen anything like them before and my uneducated guess would be that they are unique, gunsmith made.

It looks to be a clever design. What I take to be the rear block (the one that mounts to a block) has the ring suspended on what I wold guess to be spring temper vertical wires or small diameter pins. The front ring is suspended in  slots at 6 and 9. I assume that this is all to allow the scope to move in recoil.

Good stuff. The would look Real Good on an early target rifle restoration.  Thanks.

Glenn
  
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Re: Info needed on antique scope rings.
Reply #2 - Apr 5th, 2006 at 3:16pm
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Thanks Glen.  The other side of the front mount is not slotted.  I don't understand how a scope would be fitted to the rear mount.  The scope would have to be a straight tube to slip through the loosened ring, but how to tighten the screw at the bottom of the ring is the problem.  I thought they were pretty cool also. My friend bought them off of Ebay in England. I haven't cleaned the old dirt and grease off of them yet.  They still have quite a bit of case color left.
  
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Re: Info needed on antique scope rings.
Reply #3 - Apr 5th, 2006 at 11:04pm
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I'd guess they aren't extremely old, as they would require a scope with internal adjustments, since there doesn't seem to be any elevation or windage in these mounts. That would most likely put them near WWII era.
  
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