Mark's hunt for the Mauser Double Square Mount rings I'm using with my Zeiss Victory HT scopes was proving fruitless. These have a 5 mm rise from the bridge to the bottom of the scope. I rang Mialls Gun Shop in Melbourne, Australia to see if they still had them and could post to Canada. Yep, no problem was their answer.
Mark ordered some rings and a mount base from Mialls and has now installed them to the scope and Double Square Mount bridge, with the following result - the 'After' photo. That's better!
Mark finds that the scope aligns with his eye immediately now, upon shouldering the very nice stock he has. This is a good thing; an important safety factor for the next time (hopefully not!) he's charged by a grizzly bear while out deer or moose hunting. After the last frightening encounter of this kind, which ended as shown below, Mark has adopted the Mauser M03 setup we see above as his safety equipment - and hunting rifle. And here's me worrying about bumping into a wild boar while it's all fat and lazy and lolling around in a wallow.
I think 'Bear Whisperer' might be a good nick-name for Mark, given his skills in attracting and pacifying them with a minimum of fuss. Or perhaps 'Bear Chills'? :-) The black bear below can only agree. I hear that bears are being reintroduced into the woodlands of western Europe, in part to help control the numbers of deer and wildschwein. I bloody hope no-one comes up with the bright idea of releasing bears here in Australia, to help with our kangaroo and pig numbers. Deer numbers too, actually. Although, if they did, I'd develop a whole new appreciation for my own Mauser M03s. :-|
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