I was looking for something yesterday and ran across an article about Jack O'Connor's .270 in Jim Zumbo's blog. I know JoC had his Leupold mounted in low Tilden mounts but from the looks of things these aren't Tilden mounts. Weaver Top Mount?
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown