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Posted By: texken claw mount ? - 03/05/23
I have a claw mount that is attached to the scope, is this common?
Posted By: Mule Deer Re: claw mount ? - 03/05/23
Yes--but used to be far more common.
Posted By: dan_oz Re: claw mount ? - 03/05/23
Originally Posted by texken
I have a claw mount that is attached to the scope, is this common?

Attached how?

Rings (or part-rings, not full circumference) soldered to the scope?

Rail on the underside of the scope to which the legs are pinned?

Something else?
Posted By: texken Re: claw mount ? - 03/05/23
it looks like soldered
Posted By: dan_oz Re: claw mount ? - 03/06/23
Soldering the rings or part rings to the scope is something I would associate with older German guns. It is not uncommon on them. If the scope is still good, and in a size you like, there's probably no issue with it. You need not be tied to that scope, nor to soldered-on rings - changing scopes will however required someone who knows what they are doing to hand-fit the new claws to the bases.
Posted By: luv2safari Re: claw mount ? - 03/06/23
Just un-soldering the rings requires the scope being disassembled down to the tube, so that scope is not a viable one for much of anything, IMO. You're far better off having a Recknagel swing mount system installed on a gun and use 1"/26mm rings or 30mm rings and a modern scope.

An older steel tube scope with soldered rings and no matching bases is pretty much just a steel club or spyglass. If you have the gun the scope goes on just live with that or do Recknagels. Page 27 - 28 of catalog 11

https://www.recknagel.de/en/info-service/catalog/
Posted By: texken Re: claw mount ? - 03/06/23
the scope appears to be okay, eye relief does not fit me, if any one can use let me know
Posted By: luv2safari Re: claw mount ? - 03/06/23
Do you have a photo of it Ken?
Posted By: texken Re: claw mount ? - 03/07/23
I will take one and send to your email
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