Scope mount with 3/8” or .375” spread on front mounting screws?

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I have a Lee Enfield that has two holes drilled 3/8” or .375” apart.
Anyone aware of any mounts with this spread between front mounting screws?
 

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I don't know what the Weaver TO1 spacing is... it is a one piece mount with two holes in front.

Some Lee Enfields were drilled and tapped for a mount in the Uk and nothing over here fits.
 
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I have a Lee Enfield that has two holes drilled 3/8” or .375” apart.
Anyone aware of any mounts with this spread between front mounting screws?
Is that a Parker Hale Sporter? There were mounts with two holes on the front and one at the back, from Parker Hale and another outfit. The Parker Hale ones were kind of like a bow tie shape and used their rings. The other outfit was flat and had a pic rail.

R.
 
I don't know what the Weaver TO1 spacing is... it is a one piece mount with two holes in front.

Some Lee Enfields were drilled and tapped for a mount in the Uk and nothing over here fits.
I think this might be the case.

Is that a Parker Hale Sporter? There were mounts with two holes on the front and one at the back, from Parker Hale and another outfit. The Parker Hale ones were kind of like a bow tie shape and used their rings. The other outfit was flat and had a pic rail.

R.
Not a Parker Hale but certainly looks like a similar mount. I think the Parker Hale was over .4” spacing on these front holes.
 
Is there a hole drilled in the receiver bridge? If not, the gun likely employed a Parker Hale 2 piece system, where the rear sight was replaced with a dovetailed mount that accepted PH rings.
 
Is there a hole drilled in the receiver bridge? If not, the gun likely employed a Parker Hale 2 piece system, where the rear sight was replaced with a dovetailed mount that accepted PH rings.
No holes in the bridge. I’ll have to look into the 2 piece system but tough to find any measurements so far online for these mounts.
Really appreciate the help.
 
Parker Hale BA21/BA20 bases, 3/8 in between centres on front base. These are tough (expensive) to find. You may be able to use the Weaver T-01 mount (cheap) instead, with a an extra D+T hole.
 
Certain Savages are made with 0.375" C-C holes - look them up and get the scope bases for those rifles - Google suggests three suppliers who make them. if you are looking at loose bases, you probably also want to look at the receiver diameter as well - scope bases are commonly curved on their bottom to various radii - so it was common in old days to "bed" a scope base in epoxy or similar, onto the receiver top - that avoided the thing from "rocking", even though the screws were tight - if the scope base used had a larger radii than the receiver that it was installed on..
 
Interesting, I just looked at 3 different sets of two piece PH mounts. Coupled with the BA21 rear base, the unmarked front bases have 3/8 inch hole spacing.
 
If you get a set of Parker Hale bases to fit to the rifle - pretty much ONLY Parker Hale rings will fit - although I had read that "SportsMatch" rings might work on Parker Hale bases. I never did so, myself.
 
Thank you for the input, been looking into the savage mounts but haven’t quite figured out which ones to try yet.
I have a friend who measured his PH front mount at what looks close to .375 but also looks custom drilled and not very good work.
 
Well - Parker Hale mounts werent limited to PH rifles. It was quite common to retrofit them on sported LE's - they were easier to install and more robust than the Weaver T-01 mounts. PH mounts notwithstanding, you are pretty well required to use a one piece base, as there is very little surface area on the receiver bridge for a two piece base arrgt. Dont know if anything Savage based is gonna bear fruit.
 
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