fat tony
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Often gunnutz obtain orphan rifles as part of the settling of an estate. You can get quite a mix from screaming deal to fixer upper.
Older rifles sometimes have no easy scope mounting solutions readily available, so the solitary gunnut is on their own.
A formula that might help a guy build one off bases is solving the radius of an arch. This is if the reciever and/or barrel are cylindrical or circular. You can't always just take a direct reading say, if the reciever has an irregular milled profile.
A good example might be the scope mounting solution for the Australian SMLE sniping rifles you would need a PhD in engineering to replicate.
https://www.mathopenref.com/arcradius.html
A given is that even finding the accurate width and height of the arc could take a bit of headscratching. A tombstone, angle plate, clamps, height gauge with scriber, and a vernier height gauge would come in handy for this. For the average gunnut, some one off lash up might have to stand in for these luxuries.
Older rifles sometimes have no easy scope mounting solutions readily available, so the solitary gunnut is on their own.
A formula that might help a guy build one off bases is solving the radius of an arch. This is if the reciever and/or barrel are cylindrical or circular. You can't always just take a direct reading say, if the reciever has an irregular milled profile.
A good example might be the scope mounting solution for the Australian SMLE sniping rifles you would need a PhD in engineering to replicate.
https://www.mathopenref.com/arcradius.html
A given is that even finding the accurate width and height of the arc could take a bit of headscratching. A tombstone, angle plate, clamps, height gauge with scriber, and a vernier height gauge would come in handy for this. For the average gunnut, some one off lash up might have to stand in for these luxuries.
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