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claw mount style rings

clickclick Member Posts: 107 ✭✭
edited January 2007 in Ask the Experts
i have a mid 50's custom 7X57, dbl set trigger, made in Germany.. got it from my uncle... it is missing the rings and obviously the scope.. best place to get rings for such a gun???
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  • HerschelHerschel Member Posts: 2,035 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    About the only option is to have a set custom made. I tried for years to find a set that would fit, or could be modified to fit a drilling I had. There are too many styles and sizes of claw mounts. This is going to be an expensive project.
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  • clickclick Member Posts: 107 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    i believe you are correct.. i did hear about a guy in New Hampshire i think that could do the job... was quoted about $450 for job... seems like alot to me...
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  • HerschelHerschel Member Posts: 2,035 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I was quoted a price of $200 to build a set about 25 years ago. I sold the gun without ever having rings made. $450 is about what I would have expected in 2007 dollars. That is what I meant by "expensive project".
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  • nononsensenononsense Member Posts: 10,928 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    click,

    The 'guy' is actually a company:

    New England Custom Gun

    www.newenglandcustomgun.com/clawmounts.html

    I'm having a problem accessing the site so they may be doing some fixing or updating.

    This is a gunsmith that specializes in claw mounts:

    Joseph Lee LeBas III

    LeArmes Inc.

    L & L Enterprises

    5775 Old US Hwy 395 N.

    Carson City, NV 89704

    (775) 841-3069

    http://www.learmes.com/index.html

    E-Mail ~~ learmes@msn.com



    Best.
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  • PA ShootistPA Shootist Member Posts: 694 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I got a quote of $600 from NECG for a set for an old Mannlicher-Schoenauer 1910. And the claw mounts are reputedly custom-made, hand-fitted, and not interchangeable. So far I haven't been able to bring myself to spend that much.
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  • clickclick Member Posts: 107 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    thanks for the responses guys... it re-inforces what i had thought it may cost.. i think i may give the gun to my brother as he is more apt to actually use it than I.. I got a new Sako 75 to get tuned in
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