One piece stock No. 4 Mk I* conversion

Stumbled over this in the back corner of a small LGS   One piece conversion in a Robert's Wood Product stock.  The front sight is a puzzler, no sign the was ever one on there (other than the original one) but the bluing looks like it was redone after the barrel was cut.   Had a hard time finding ammo, so I've only fired a few rounds into the hillside to make sure it goes *bang!*  On one hand getting a ramp front sight would be keeping with the conversion, on the other hand my eyes like scopes much better, so thinking about one of the Red Star Mountain mounts and an older Leupold 3x I have tucked away  

britrifles wrote: Nice receiver peep sight, but not very useful without a front sight!  The barrel must have been cut back removing the front sight block band and bayonet lugs.  What is the barrel length (back of chamber to muzzle)? The rear sight ears on the receiver have been ground off too, so you won’t be able to install an original rear sight.  Scope is probably your best bet, although your choice of mounts will be limited to ones that don’t use the rear sight axis pin lugs.   The rifle is of course a Savage made No. 4 Mk I*, not a Mk 4, which is an entirely different rifle (.22 conversion of the SMLE Mk III).

Honkytonk wrote: One of those Parker Hale scope mounts Goosic had would work. Ashley "no drill" mounts use the "ear holes" as one of their anchor points. Maybe get a globe front site sweated on?

The RMS scope mounts, the No tap or the Repro Sniper bracket will not work on your rifle. The way the reciever is cutdown leaves you with two choices. Try to find the very rare Redfield barrel mounted scope mount or get a Parker Hale A29 scope base, drill three holes, tap those three holes, secure the base and then find a flat base scope mount to fit a scope to. The rifle is beyond restoration so, do with it as you see fit. There is a topic here somewhere that discusses making your own mount using a piece of angle iron and mating that to a Weaver style flat based scope pad. I make my side mounts using angled aluminum.  The quick fix would be to get a Williams front ramp sight and sweat it to the barrel so it matches the Williams peep sight already affixed...

Goosic wrote: The RMS scope mounts, the No tap or the Repro Sniper bracket will not work on your rifle. The way the reciever is cutdown leaves you with two choices.  . . .

Goosic wrote: The "Affront Unto the Lord" aside, the OP has little to no option here and if done correctly leaves the end user with a very pleasant looking rifle in my honest opinion...

A very nice looking rifle....all scope mounting problems aside, I would like to see the underside of this stock to see how the trigger guard and magazine are attached....any chance of a pic with the action out of the stock??

Roger

yumastepside wrote: A very nice looking rifle....all scope mounting problems aside, I would like to see the underside of this stock to see how the trigger guard and magazine are attached....any chance of a pic with the action out of the stock?? Roger