Quote Originally Posted by richhodg66 View Post
I have a mount set up on the way. The rifle is a sporterized 98 and currently has a Redfield mount on it, I hope there was some standardization about hole spacing among mount manufacturers. I'm really looking forward to trying this out, as much good as I hear about these scopes and mounting systems, I'm kind of surprised they aren't still made and sold.
Well, the notion of utilizing one scope among several different rifles is still quite logical/economical without having to recalibrate internal adjustments. The visual clarity of B&L scopes was tops for the period in which they were popular, but not up to what is available today. But B&L set-ups are just "trick" on vintage rifles...sorta like Lyman, or Unertl target scoped rifles. Something I noticed on my '98 Mauser B&L rear base...the mounting screw holes are on the right side. So be prepared that there may be some 'smithing involved (D&T, & maybe some stock inletting).