A very odd coincidence..?

[Critch]

I have two FN Mausers. The screw hole on the rear bridge on both is half a hole off (I don't have a micrometer)when I try to put a one-piece Redfield turn in mount on it.

It strikes me as odd that both are the same, is it possible that there was another one-piece mount out there that had a slightly different hole pattern?

I"m going to have both of them filled and reblued, But it still strikes me as odd tht both are tapped alike.

[Bill]

My guess is that you have the wrong mount.

What is a "turn in" mount?

[randy langford]

Redfield rotary dovetail base # 47157 have one on a 93 Mauser they work on all small ring Mausers

[Critch]

This is what I call a turn-in mount, the front ring is dovetailed and the rear ring is held on by two screws. The rear hole is half a hole off as I said, and I double checked and it is the right mount for an FN 98 Mauser.

Randy, is it possible that my 98s were tapped for a 96?

[randy langford]

Critch
That is possible what is the length of the mount you have mine is 5 1/2 inches long

[musketshooter]

You will have to weld the hole up and re-drill it in the correct spot. No big deal to do that.

[Critch]

That's what I did today. Dropped it off at the gunsmith's for rewelding, some blueing and a new hole.

[n64atlas]

The FN action that takes that mount is the commercial FN Supreme action. FN Military would be a 98 hole space done by a gunsmith at sometime in it's past.