Friends-

I wanted do have a roll call of custom gunsmiths that make great looking scope bases.

The first couple that come to mind are of course Tom Burgess, Dean Emeritas as well as Mark Stratton. Mark's scope bases always catch my eye.

Who and what are your favorites? Pictures would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

I prefer Conetrol rings. I have custom bases by Jim DuBell on my rifles. Sorry, no pics, ask Soverns if he has some.

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Originally posted by FMC:
I prefer Conetrol rings. I have custom bases by Jim DuBell on my rifles. Sorry, no pics, ask Soverns if he has some.

Jim is making a set for me right now and I will have Talley rings.

Here's a set that was made for me in Australia -

Like FMC said.....Jim Dubell. He will make bases for just about any rings you desire. I will drag out a set made for conetrols and take pic or two over the holiday.

Another vote for Jim Dubell.

He did the bases on this Springfield. The rings are Talley.

Well those Springfield bases make me feel even better about picking Jim!

You got to like Joe Smithson's

These were made to my specs by Griffin & Howe, using Leupold QR gunsmith blanks.

KurtC---

Those are very nice and still allow the use of the stripped clips!

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Originally posted by KurtC:
These were made to my specs by Griffin & Howe, using Leupold QR gunsmith blanks.

If you dont mind I would like to hear more about the rifle and bases..

Thanks, John

The rifle is a 1938 Brno Model A, in 8x60S. Griffin & Howe made the bases, along with fitting ERA sights and doing a nice rust blue with nitre accents.

Here is a nice pair done by Mark Stratton.

Another set by Micheal Scherz


Terry

KurtC whats the hole spaceing on the rear base? Looks like maybe .5

I have a unaltered mauser that I need to D/t and get bases for. The luepold stantards have a .325, Warne weaver style is .440 . Kinda sucks, can't swap bases.

Very nice work on all of these!

HERE is some metal I had done a good number of moons ago in a distant part of the universe......The planet I think no longer supports life, but the pic may give you an idea of what some folk did there.


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GSP7,

It looks like the rear holes are .575" apart, center to center.

Terry-

Did Mark Stratton grind off the stripper clip "hump" or does the rear base fit over the "hump"?

The hump is gone on both rifles.

The bottom rifle (9.3X62 1909 Mauser) took this guy on opening morning


Terry

Yes, I did grind off the stripper clip hump and surface ground the receiver. I make the rear base long enough to cover the stripper clip slot.

Joe Smithson's are really trick, but very difficult to describe. I've got a client's rifle with him for a set, and will photograph them when it returns.

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Originally posted by Ropes:

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Originally posted by KurtC:
These were made to my specs by Griffin & Howe, using Leupold QR gunsmith blanks.

If you dont mind I would like to hear more about the rifle and bases..

Thanks, John

If you want a pair of these installed (and I do), you'll need to have your gunsmith order and install a set of Leupold QD Gunmaker bases. They come as a "blank slate" with the levers installed so all your smith has to do is machine out the bottom side to match it to your receiver.