Thanks. Yes, must be the aristocrat. I also think that there may be no scope bases, which may be an issue...they seem hard find. I will want to shoot and hunt it.
I cut off a Weaver #405 base even with the mono bloc, to eliminate the front overhang, and milled a new cross slot. Results allow for proper eye relief with a Leupold 2-7x33 in QRW rings: