My '40 M70 is scoped. I know the owners trail since new. The original had it scoped early post WWII using a one piece Redfield adjustable windage base and Redfield rings, wearing an old Weaver 4X. It came to me through a family member. The original owner was a family friend. It is drilled with only one screw needed for the rear bridge. This was a popular mount for the period.

It was also padded at about the same time period. No matter, it is well used, not abused, and is not for sale anyway. One of the few guns that I inherited.

Jack

"Do not blame Caesar, blame the people...who have...rejoiced in their loss of freedom....Blame the people who hail him when he speaks of the 'new, wonderful, good, society'...to mean ,..living fatly at the expense of the industrious." Cicero