Help with extreme long range mount

[Philly]

This might be a long shot but here goes. I got this mount from a good buddy. He had it built but not sure who. He said it cost him $1000 to build. I cant recall if its 800 or 1000 minute. So, my buddy passed away about a year and a half ago and this thing has been sitting on a shelf in my gun room. I'm hoping someone on here might just know something about it. I cant figure out how he had it mounted on his rifle. I do plan on sending it down the road, sell it or trade it, but Id like to get more info before I list it. As always, I appreciate the vast knowledge on here.

 

[K9TXS]

This looks similar to the Ivey Scope Mount. Maybe it was a prototype for someone. I think I've seen it before but can't remember if I did or not.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I bet youre missing the base for it

 

[Deleted member fkimble@charter.net]

I'm with Dusty on this one. That flat bottom with the 4 big hole seems to need an intermediate piece that matches an action top.

Frank

 

[SKWERLZ]

Interesting piece, be cool if you get it working

 

[stevenpoplin]

When Philly had it for sale April 2021 he said this about it;
"I have I super long range scope mount that a friend had made and I have no use for it. Cant remember if it was 800 minutes or 1000. He had it mounted on a 408 Cheytac.I know he paid $1000 to have it built but id just like an honest offer. And always open to trades for whatever."

I used to know a guy over in Bend Oregon that built cannons, bet it could mount to someting like that.
Looks like maybe the back ring has a couple screws that could be tightend after adjusting. But unless that front ring locks after swiveling that's useless.

 

[jghoghunter]

When Philly had it for sale April 2021 he said this about it;
"I have I super long range scope mount that a friend had made and I have no use for it. Cant remember if it was 800 minutes or 1000. He had it mounted on a 408 Cheytac.I know he paid $1000 to have it built but id just like an honest offer. And always open to trades for whatever."

I used to know a guy over in Bend Oregon that built cannons, bet it could mount to someting like that.
Looks like maybe the back ring has a couple screws that could be tightend after adjusting. But unless that front ring locks after swiveling that's useless.

Yes, the front and back rings get tighten down after your adjustments. That was just over $1000 dollars in the early 2000's. It worked just as described and it was repeatable. This came from the early days of "ELR". There was a small group of us that shot "ELR" long before it was popular. Long before the days of $8-13000 rifles and scopes that cost $6k and up. Although my shooting partner and I never connected on what is basically a 20oz. soda bottle/ prairie dog at 2 miles. We could hit there mounds (about 15-20" dia) easily, once we got the correct range 7-10 times out of 10 shots was not uncommon. When the wind would change you could be off as much as 20 feet. There's a lot more goes into this kind of shooting with small calibers compared to what is used today. Today's stuff is much easier to use but more impressive when these young ladies are making first round cold bore hits at a mile to two miles. Our guns seem to shoot much better groups than today's big bore rifles but we were not able to make first round hits on even the dog mounds. But it was all fun and I enjoyed the hell out of it.

 

[stevenpoplin]

Yes, the front and back rings get tighten down after your adjustments. That was just over $1000 dollars in the early 2000's. It worked just as described and it was repeatable. This came from the early days of "ELR". There was a small group of us that shot "ELR" long before it was popular. Long before the days of $8-13000 rifles and scopes that cost $6k and up. Although my shooting partner and I never connected on what is basically a 20oz. soda bottle/ prairie dog at 2 miles. We could hit there mounds (about 15-20" dia) easily, once we got the correct range 7-10 times out of 10 shots was not uncommon. When the wind would change you could be off as much as 20 feet. There's a lot more goes into this kind of shooting with small calibers compared to what is used today. Today's stuff is much easier to use but more impressive when these young ladies are making first round cold bore hits at a mile to two miles. Our guns seem to shoot much better groups than today's big bore rifles but we were not able to make first round hits on even the dog mounds. But it was all fun and I enjoyed the hell out of it.

Awsome!