1903A1 USMC Sniper Bolt Question

[Jim in Salt Lake]

the bases that they provide with the Malcom scope are poo poo. screws arent 6-48, and are soft as butter,
they arent drilled to the right specs as well.
i belive the Chinese made them to metric specs rather then ASE.

I would agree. The optics are great, the metal surrounding...not so much. If I had it to do over, I'd use the Earle blocks. The rifle is fun, though, now that everything stays tight.

[jgaynor]

I know the spring isn't permissible, but what about using strip of inner tube rubber secured between front clamping ring and rear mount to return the scope to battery as is described as a field mod in the Senich book on pg. 53? Anyone know if this is legal for CMP? Don't know if I'll do this but just might get the urge to give it a try at some point.

I don't understand how this was supposed to work. I suspect its a fairy tall that unfortunately found its way into print.

Regards,
Jim

[ntex2000]

I don't understand how this was supposed to work. I suspect its a fairy tall that unfortunately found its way into print.

Regards,
Jim

I'll post this as a separate topic to see if anyone has tried it out.