Help identifying scope mounts

[Potashminer]

Wandering away from your example, perhaps, but I have handled the older German claw mounts that were soldered to the scope. So, once installed, eye relief was set. Period. No adjusting, short of un-soldering, cleaning up and starting all over. The unit I have actually works with conventional "rings" that clamp onto the scope body - so just loosening and re-tightening screws needed to swap out to different scope, or to adjust eye relief for a different shooter. The older ones had the release at the rear, so to remove you lifted the rear of the scope - so the front "claws" needed to be attached close to the front end of the scope - on the objective bell - so the scope didn't hit the barrel. The "Ziegler type" that I have hinge opposite direction - lift the front up - rear end has more room to swivel to remove the claws.

 

[Techball]

Interested in how you make out here. I was eyeing this rifle until I won an auction for another large ring in 308. Mine is built off a original 1910 Mauser instead with Leupold STD rings.

 

[medvedqc]

I have a set of "claw mounts" that got me looking into how they worked. I read they were often hand made by guild gun makers - bases, claws, etc. all filed out, fitted, hardened, etc. so not really "interchangeable". The set I have appears to be machine made - not finished fitting though - clearly to be "final fit" once bases attached to a rifle. Nearest that I can find online are the Ziegler claw mounts - but these have no brand name or insignia, so perhaps a "knock off". That set has one ring with two spring loaded "clamps" on each side - engage and swing the other one into position, the ring with the clamps "snaps" onto it's base to "lock" it in place. Purely guessing on my part, but I would suspect that idea is similar to how yours worked???

Wandering away from your example, perhaps, but I have handled the older German claw mounts that were soldered to the scope. So, once installed, eye relief was set. Period. No adjusting, short of un-soldering, cleaning up and starting all over. The unit I have actually works with conventional "rings" that clamp onto the scope body - so just loosening and re-tightening screws needed to swap out to different scope, or to adjust eye relief for a different shooter. The older ones had the release at the rear, so to remove you lifted the rear of the scope - so the front "claws" needed to be attached close to the front end of the scope - on the objective bell - so the scope didn't hit the barrel. The "Ziegler type" that I have hinge opposite direction - lift the front up - rear end has more room to swivel to remove the claws.

in europe it was always said the rifle is not the most expensive part of the cost but rings mount and time by the man of art are and of course the scope.

i prefer as of today the easy american way.