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I too have graduated from this mounting system, but I believe it was an answer to a problem we don't face as often anymore.

I read once where, when mounting scopes on rifles in the early days of scopes, when you drilled/tapped the receiver of a rifle, the idea was you had the windage adjustment for any errors in alignment of the base screw holes, and if you had to shim for elevation, the one piece base could be shimmed a considerable amount without affecting fore/aft alignment of the rings. In essence the scope/ring/base acted as a unit, with the ability to shim without putting strain on the scope.

I know they are not as strong as more modern systems, but it was indeed a tremendous system for the problems of the day. And it does have that classic look!