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Just edited my post to looking for a quality 2 piece mount for above rifle. Dont want piccatinny rail or weaver slotted types. Was told I'm better getting a mount that puts the front ring slightly back for shorter scopes. Is this true? Who makes such a mount. TYIA

It should be the same mount as the FN Mauser scope mount. Choose what you wish but I can't figure out a reason for a one piece mount.

+1

Absolutely destroys the use of a scope as a carry handle.

Straight alignment for stress free scope mount. I love one piece scope bases

EGW make a one piece picatiny rail

One piece scope mounts can induce stress into the action if all the holes don’t line up or the surfaces mate perfectly together.

Ok guys, what 2 piece mount would you recommend. I'd like to stay away from the piccatinny and weaver slotted mount. TYIA

I've never used anything but a one piece mount, never had any issues introducing stress into an action.

The "less potential for stress" argument for the one-piece mount makes perfect sense to me from an engineering perspective. That said, I have ten or twelve Mark X and FN Mausers and none of them have one piece bases. I am a big fan of the Leupold QR bases and rings and use them almost exclusively with every rifle I own for which they are made (which for me is M70's, Rem 7, Rem 722, and of course, FN Mauser). Exceptions with my large ring Mausers - two have Redfield two-piece bases, one has a Jeager side mount.
For the M70s, and Remingtons, Leupold makes (or made) one-piece QR bases and I use them on those. For the Mauser, they only make two-piece.
I love the QR bases because I can carry a light 6-8 ounce back-up scope in my hunting pack, already sighted in, in case a take a tumble and bust up my primary scope while out in the field. That's pretty cheap hunt insurance. I lean towards Leupold 4x or 2.5x Compact scopes for my backups (and sometimes for my PRIMARY as well). When I got my first set of QR bases/rings, I mounted them on my 35 Whelen AI and shot a group from the bench where I removed and replaced the scope between each shot. Five shots went into 1.25", and I was convinced they work.
Cheers,
Rex

And in the same situation, a two-piece mount puts the stress on the scope.

A piece of 6061 aluminum is going to induce stress into a steel receiver?

Not when the rings are lapped, which is super easy to do.

I suppose in theory, that a one piece steel base mount could change stiffness of an action affecting accuracy one way or another. Possibly adding or removing a front sight could affect barrel harmonics. I have a new to me rifle coming next week with a one piece base and open Williams sights installed that I’m going to shoot as-is to check accuracy before I remove said mounts and sights for comparison. If something works well, don’t mess with it. I’m not a fan of one piece bases with blind magazine rifles. Happy Trails

Can't be much misalignment if lapping will eliminate the stress

Most of the truly accurate long range shooters use 1 piece picatiny.rails, they don't affect accuracy

Lot of those one piece rails are bedded to the action also.

I put screw detachable Talley rings with the extended front base on my Zastava, which is the same thing, just enough room for a 2-7 Leupold, weather you need the extended base depends on scope tube length an eye relief, with mine all the way back it works, just.

Not going with a cross slot base is going to limit your choices. Warne makes steel two piece bases with an extension front base that can be reversed but they are cross slot.

Insures a proper mating of the surfaces. It's a good idea