The front lever should be left hand thread the shop made it right hand thus the home made front lever
The engineering drawing for the base can be found here
Garand Info, Blueprints, Posters, Mouse Pads, Coffee Mugs
United StatesMarine Corps Mount, Telescope, Rifle, MC-1, Blueprints; MC 1952, Sniper Rifle, Caliber .30 (Garand) - This compendium of blueprints shows all parts of the MC-1 mount used on the USMC MC 1952 Sniper Rifle. This MC 1952 rifle was the standard sniper for the Marine Corps from approximately the end of the Korean War into the 1960s. The MC-1 telescope mount assembly was used with the Model 4XD-USMC Smith-Kollmorgen telescope sight. This compendium includes all drawings associated with the telescope mount assembly that the USMC maintained. It was quite the pain finding and then getting these drawings from the USMC without distribution restrictions! This 20 page 8-1/2" X 11" booklet compliments "Marine Corps Stock List SL-4-02408A / Mount, Telescope, Rifle, MC-1 Repair Parts List" and "Marine Corps Technical Manual (Ordnance) TM-OR-02408A-15/Operation and Maintenance For Mount, Telescope, Rifle, MC-1" - also available at Nicolaus Associates. The paper is 24# bright white (102+) with the book being plastic wire bound. This book can be placed on the shelf in your workshop for easy reference. The book also opens and lays flat, so you can work on your rifle and observe your manual simultaneously.