One of the strangest Model 71s I have came by accident from
a grandson of the original owner. He wanted to sell it,
but as soon as they asked a few questions-prospective
buyers ran away like he had typhoid. Seems it had a scope and an unusual mounting system. Nobody was interested...
He read out "Lyman Alas" on the scope-and I bought it since the scope was worth half of the asking price. The Mount is the Weathermatic-Detroit. Very rare from the 1950s and it WORKS. Most ingenious mount, returns to zero every time and the iron sights are visible just under the scope in case its real foggy rain and you need to shoot....a Lyman Alaskan on a M-71. And I have killed deer with the setup. Francis Sell in Oregon would have liked it. So for those who think the Model 71 can't wear a scope, THINK AGAIN......for old mossbacks with tired eyes, just the ticket for a snow or rainstorm caribou-deer hunt.
