I seem to remember at this past SHOT Show, there was a small little company making pre-war style claw mounts for 98's and possibly modern bolt actions.

They had maybe 8-10 different mount styles on display, each representative of an early style of scope mounting.

Anybody remember these guys? They were about 5 aisles in from one of the walls, around where some of the other parts companies were.

-Spencer

I wasn't at the show so can't admit to having forgotten the name. However, you could PM Forrest Bruch or Duane Wiebe, who both mentioned to me some people who do claw mounts, out of Reno, Nevada I think. I do admit forgotting the name they mentioned to me.

Probably L&L out of Carson City, NV:

L&L

tiggertate, L&L are the people I was trying to remember.

or these guys.http://www.clawmounts.com/

JJ Perodeau at Champlin's would also be an excellent option for installation. If you jusy want to buy the parts and try it yourself I'd look at who new_guy posted as the rings appear pre-fit to the bases.

NECG sells the real deal but they have to be fitted and that is not a job for the faint of heart.

Yep, those look like the guys.
Too bad their site doesnt give any information, the pictures are only good for lookin at.

Here might be a dumb question, how do they attach the half-ring mounts? I auume them to go around more than 180 degrees andpull the scope downwards, would this make sense?

-Spencer

halfrings are usually soldered in place.

The scope is dissasembeled and the soldering performed with an empty tube.

/C

Thats what I thought would be the case on older steel-tubed scopes, but with everything being made out of aluminum in the past 20-30 years, whats the method today?

-Spencer

Most modern claw rings are split like Talley's or banded like a narrow Gentry. I haven't seen a half-ring setup for aluminim scopes. There might be some space-age adhesives that will bond well enough for the purpose, though. These are typical of new production:

this black glue might work for that
http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/ProductDetail.as...e=BLACK+MAX+ADHESIVE

Acraglas would probably work well too.

A still better option would be a rail scope.

I would contact Joseph [Lee] Lebas in Nv. He does work on the older Hi-Grade scopes and does phenominal work!! His web-site pretty much says it all. Not too expensive either.
www.learmes.com

Aloha, Mark

quote:

Originally posted by Andre Mertens:
A still better option would be a rail scope.

Yes! Much more practical and doesn't sqeeze or twist the tube if correctly mounted.

Fritz