Michigan Antique Arms display this weekend.

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M for Model 19xx.

A knowledgeable true gunsmith at the show explained the scope mount to me. The mating part is one piece and pivots across the bore much like the old Redfield mount on the 1903A4. The back part has a windage adjustment feature (missing) and elevation is done in the scope.

If it's Gibbs' work, I think we can be pretty sure that there were the typical two small V blocks that fitted into the gaps in the base. One would have a tapered hole and locking pin with lever and the other a typical rectangular slot for a single large claw. The existing screw countersinks clearly impinged on the rear block and were probably inserted after the scope and mounts were zeroed by the maker; whoever that was. Once those screws were in place, there would be no further movement possible, nor any way of providing for movement as the taper of the screw heads doesn't match the angles of the V block.

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