Tripping Over (T)'s - Savage Less Telescope

[bigduke6]

Have to agree with Brian (post #29), to me sticking a cheap end reproduction on is a stop gap, until an original one arrives with a scope, they are still out there and would complete the rifle in question and I doubt you would complain about the price in 10 years , if no bracket could be found I,d go for a Roger Payne one, I can vouch for them as I,ve got two.....

Understand the purist thing and take my hat of to them, but bits and pieces dry up but using a cheap bracket to me is like driving around in a Rolls Royce with a metal coat hanger as an Ariel, does the job but takes the shine off the whole car.....

Don't get me wrong, I,m building up a Mauser Sniper with a ZF4 scope so need a repro swept back bracket, to find an original would be finding a needle in a very large hay stack, as the rifle is only being built to show the operation of the conversion kit I have, but if one ever come my way I,d snap it up, would it be worth it on a built up rifle NO..... but you never know whats round the corner, maybe an old Mauser that was a swept back sniper ?? who knows, at least I'd have the original kit to go on it, all part of the collecting process for some of us, buying bits to complete the jigsaw.