jwolf4 Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 I would like to install a rear sight base I got from APEX on a 1943 Mauser I picked up recently. I tried sliding it on over the barrel and it got stuck just before the rear sight base alignment hole. Is this ordinary? I would need to hammer it down the rest of the way but I don't want to damage the barrel. My goal is to make a Mauser scout by using a rear sight base to mount a LER scope. I'd rather not have the receiver drilled. Anyone have any experience with this type of situation? What other options do I have to mount LER scopes or ghost rings without drilling into the receiver? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Hess Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 I think someone makes a mount that replaces the original rear site leaf, then you put your extended eye relief scope on that in a "scout" configuration. Sorry, I don't recall who makes the mount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwolf4 Posted November 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 I haven't found that yet. I searched for something along those lines and everything that came up required the rear sight base already installed. I just received a sight base from APEX gun parts but I'm wondering if it fits the barrel on my Mauser. I'll probably just have to go to a local gunsmith and see if he knows or can do what I'm asking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwolf4 Posted November 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 I've come across the XS scope mount that encircles the barrel but it's not exactly what I was looking for. I think I will have to go that route however if I find nothing else. I'd like to have the ability to take the mount off and put it back on quickly. With this one I think it is permanent. http://www.xssights.com/index.php?nID=scopemounts&cID=Scope%20Mounts&pID=scopemounts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacrat Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 Well not exactly permanent but would be a PIA to remove/change due to being epoxied around barrel. Which would not be a bad setup if you also had a reciever sight as shown in their illustration. Removal would require a heat gun and some pounding with a soft mallet. JM2c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Hess Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 Oh, you don't have a sight base on at all? Well, that makes the attachment to the site base useless then. I have seen advertised "no gunsmithing" sight bases that somehow clamp on to the receiver. They say you need to remove some of the wood. They've been around for years. BTW, the original sight base was sweated onto the barrel. The screw only holds it in place long enough to do the silver solder stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwolf4 Posted November 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 Would the XS scout mount affect accuracy by being epoxied on? Could a gunsmith sweat the rear sight base on the barrel? I read that you don't need to solder it back on, you could just use some red locktite from what I understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacrat Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 Would the XS scout mount affect accuracy by being epoxied on? Could a gunsmith sweat the rear sight base on the barrel? I read that you don't need to solder it back on, you could just use some red locktite from what I understand. Effect accuracy?........... Probably not. No more than the original because both are located at the rearmost, thickest, stiffest, part of the barrel. Should have little effect on harmonics. Gunsmith sweat it on?..........Not that one because it is made of aluminum not steel. Red Loc-Tite?..........That can be done with original because it is a tight fit.But not likely with XS because of clearances. Those are made on specific diameters for clearance of the epoxy which is many times thicker than the Loc-Tite. The solder used under the mil-original was simply soft lead/tin not silver bearing which requires much higher temp to flow. JM2c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtyjim Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 the sight bases vary quite a bit, i've had some that were loose and some that had to be heated then drifted on with a brass puch and a hammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limpid Lizard Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 Use a Thompson Center Contender base. The Weaver is the cheapest. D&T the barrel. You only need three threads. The holes will be no deeper than the original locating hole. LL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemski4 Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Here is what I found for no Gunsmithing scope mounts for 98 Mauser. http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=22431/Product/MAUSER-98-SCOPE-MOUNT http://www.scopemounts.com/index.html?main.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff H Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 Use a Thompson Center Contender base. The Weaver is the cheapest. D&T the barrel. You only need three threads. The holes will be no deeper than the original locating hole. LL I did this on a Swedish M38 and it worked marvelously. I was quite tickled with my cheap setup that was low and uncomplicated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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