Swedish M41 sniper rifle - scope mounting

[bender]

I have ordered one of these. It will come with the scope unmounted. I have seen a few pics on the web showing the scopes mounted on the rifle. I have a few questions.

Is it a quick-release mount...? There looks like a lever that goes up and down that fits over a metal pin. Does the scope slide onto a mount, and then you use the lever to "clamp" it on tightly ? Or how does it mount?

I don't have the rifle yet, just wondering what to expect. Thanks for any info or tips.

Note: I found a few articles about zeroing the scopes, but did not find any discussions about how they mount.

 

[cracked butt]

The ring mount is hand fitted to the base. The entire scope/rings assembly simply slides onto the base and tightens as its moved forward. The lever is there to tighten it a bit, but its more for releasing the mount. You don't want to put much pressure on the lever, it could break and a replacement may be almost impossible to find. There is a stop screw on the front of the base to keep the base/rings from overtightening (the screw, added in the 1950s, is the major difference between the M41 and M41B models) because breaking the lever was a problem if the mounts tightened up too much from recoil.

The other thing to be very careful with, if you didn't know this already, is the windage screws- they have a very large head and a very delicate skinny shank and break easily. When you make windage adjustments, make sure the locking screw on the underside of the rings is loose, and turn one windage screw out 1/8 turn at a time and the other in 1/8 of a turn- a little adjustment goes a long way. It doesn't hurt to remove the windage screws when you first get the rifle, and work the pivot back and forth with some oil to make sure it operates nice and smooth before trying windage adjustments- it should have a oiled glass-on-glass feel to it.

 

[bender]

thanks! this will be the most expensive gun I have ever bought in my 20+ years of collecting them...

 

[cracked butt]

thanks! this will be the most expensive gun I have ever bought in my 20+ years of collecting them...

They are a big chunk of change for sure.