This mount is very similar to the 1909 Argentine and to many other 98 Mauser models. They're not all dimensionally identical though. With this rifle the hole through the rear sight base is too low to use buttonhead screws so I lathe turned a pin for a close fit.
This is another one of my shop rifles. It came from Century Arms for $18 completely encased in rust. The bore is pretty good and the bolt escaped any pitting. It headspaces on a field gauge and is actually quite a smooth and nice handling rifle despite being completely pitted on the outside.
Today was a good day for tumbling bullets. The tumbling fairy was very busy with me today.
I see potential!! At least its consistent. I have several other 7x57 Mausers so I'll have to try these loads through them. Its a light 130 gr purchased cast bullet.
The rifle started throwing bullets into never never land, completely off the paper. I didn't notice until later.....
Notice the position of the NcStar 4x32 handgun scope. This is where the eye relief put it for a nice repeatable sight picture. Its ideal off-hand and off the bench. The mount is very nice and will need no tweaking.
Dutch