Kurt, the mount you show (B-Square?) utilizes the original rear sight "ears" which are no longer present on this rifle.Gazz, the traditional way is to grind it off with a grinder mounted on the lathe. I have no problem with a little touch up with cold blue but not what would be required with a welded on one piece mount. I would not weld and reblue as I would not want to apply that much heat to the front receiver ring and definitely do not want to reblue. I like it except for the amount of time it would take. Last edited by FredC 08-04-2020 at 04:36 PM.įredC, that's an interesting way to match the rear receiver ring to the the front. The stock is from mine that Bubba broke the drills off in. He had a gunsmith buddy that probably did the majority of the sporterizing. When my dad got it was never fired still in the cosmoline. If you want I can make a photo of the scrap cut off the end of the mount so you can see the cross section. Same situation the mount ends just forward of the "well" in this case a single #8 screw holds it there. It was already sporterized with the 2 surfaces the same height. It was a long time ago so details are a little fuzzy. Probably finished a couple of thousands high and filed and sanded to finish.
I did it on a lathe were I worked at the time, so my time was limited. Tool was above center so it made a small flat. When I planed it, I used a center in the bolt bore plug for support and just rotated the receiver a little by hand with each pass. Bubba was a real winner besides grinding off some of the receiver he broke off 3 drills in the stock! Yeah I found them all. With to #8 screws up front and Bubbas 10-32 on the rear it has worked well for close to 30 years. I plotted the position of the 10-32 hole and made a one piece Weaver style mount. Bubba had also tapped a 10-32 hole just forward of the well. He broke off one of the original ears and brazed it back on?!?! I took a hammer to it and broke them both off then put it on a lathe with a sideways cutting tool and planed it round and to the same height as the front. I bought a 1917 Enfield that was previously owned by Bubba. Anybody have any thoughts on this or a better idea? theoretically, this will give two Weaver bases that are on the same plane. I have two piece Weaver mounts (#11) and will mill one flat on the bottom to use at the rear. My current plan is fit a plug in the "well" that exists at the rear of the receiver (an artifact from the original military) sight, TIG weld it in place and then mill the rear receiver ring flat to match the top of the front ring. I tried to find an Echo mount that will accept a 1" scope but they do not provide enough height for objective bell clearance.
When it was originally reworked, an Echo side mount was installed so this dimension did not matter. The issue I have is when the rear sight ears were ground off, there was no effort to match the top surface of the rear receiver ring with the front receiver ring. The rifle was converted to 300 H&H, high polish blue and a handsome sporter stock added. I have a nicely sporterized US 1917 rifle in need of a modern scope mount set up.