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That is an awesome looking rifle John, congrats. What a treat it will be for you taking that one out. Keep us posted on how it shoots.

Matt
 
Wow, you sure don't see those scope recoil attachments anymore.
Nice idea they had.
The scope moves foreward when the occular lense hits the forehead.
Pretty kewl thinking on the engineering lads in days of yore........huh?
 
Very nice! Lucky to have good friends. I have a martini carbine in 303 that is fun to shoot. Shoots high with factory, have to reload some heavy & slow bullets. Enjoy this beauty & keep us in the loop.:) AJ
 
kamlooky said:
Wow, you sure don't see those scope recoil attachments anymore.
Nice idea they had.
The scope moves foreward when the occular lense hits the forehead.
Pretty kewl thinking on the engineering lads in days of yore........huh?
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Its actually a neat set-up because the scope moves away from the eye upon recoil, the spring retuns it to battery.
I have an MVA scope on my BPCR 45-70 with similar mounts and I can keep my eye within an inch of the lens even when firing a 565 gr. bullet.
 
kamlooky said:
Wow, you sure don't see those scope recoil attachments anymore.
Nice idea they had.
The scope moves foreward when the occular lense hits the forehead.
Pretty kewl thinking on the engineering lads in days of yore........huh?
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Could be, but I don't think so. Not with 3 1/2" of eye relief and especially not with the caliber I have the rifle in. I 'think' a good part of that design feature may be to lessen the jarring caused by recoil, especially when mounted on something that kicks a little more than my 219DW. Perhaps I'm wrong but I think it allows the scope to slide forward a little as the rifle recoils rearward.
 
a j cave said:
Very nice! Lucky to have good friends. I have a martini carbine in 303 that is fun to shoot. Shoots high with factory, have to reload some heavy & slow bullets. Enjoy this beauty & keep us in the loop.:) AJ
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It's basically a Martini in 303Br. or a custom Martini in 303Br. that I've sort of been looking for at local gun shows. I've seen a couple of Ruger No. 1's in 303 but as I've mentioned previously, I was looking for something a little more 'vintage' more matching or in line with the early days of that caliber. For the time being though,;) I'll concentrate on this Rigby I have the loan of:D.
 
I always thought that the unertl scopes that slid in their mounts and allowed a "return to battery" was to avoid damage to the crosshairs which were very delicate. As in the lines of spider web or somesuch stuff in the early days of scopes.
Very hard to come accross these days.
 
Kevan said:
And when you see me at Kamloops that deeply indented ring around my right eye is actually a birthmark...
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On my Marlin 1895GS I've mounted a 1 - 4 Leupold VARI-X II using Weaver pivot mounts.

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With hot loads using heavy bullets, I've felt it 'brush' my eye brow a couple of times. If I don't go for a longer eye relief set-up, I may end up with a similar birthmark.
 
kamlooky said:
Wow, you sure don't see those scope recoil attachments anymore.
Nice idea they had.
The scope moves foreward when the occular lense hits the forehead.
Pretty kewl thinking on the engineering lads in days of yore........huh?
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Was wondering about that, figured it was for recoil!

pretty kewl!
 
The ONLY rifle that ever hurt me was my Marlin 1895 in 45-70. I was shooting down a steep hill and crawled the stock. The friggin scope broke my nose, opened up a gash over my eye, and turned everything black. I now shoot the beast with a XS sight on the rear and a Marbles florescent on the front ................................. ;)
 
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