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Here's a better view of the various Jaeger ring heights. I chose not to dismount the medium-ht rings from the carefully zeroed rifle but the crudely unfinished steel ring in the center is approximately the medium height.

The high rings are intended for the Mannlicher split-bridge rifles & unaltered-bolt rifles while the low rings would appear to have limited utility except with the smaller scopes or the higher-mounted bases.

Michael, have you ever tried to interchange G&H parts with Jaeger? I don't have any G&H mounts at present for comparison but the Jaeger ring mounting appears to be identical in design if not in actual dimensions. Might be worth investigating.
Regards, Joe

I've not tried that I'll check my Jaeger stuff and see if I have a post-war one.

Are all your Jaeger mounts marked Jaeger and do any of them have an address?

All show the Jenkintown address, Paul Jaeger - Jenkintown Pa. I don't have a mount for the serrated base, it's my impression that it's an earlier base. The clamps on the mounts shown in the pic are slightly longer than the clamp on a Jaeger mount that I used to own, a mount that was otherwise identical to them. The mount with the shorter clamp had 7/8" low rings and so I assumed that it was probably an earlier one although maybe not quite as early as the serrated one. The dovetails on all my bases have all been the same size over the years, any differences have been in the clamps and their recess dimensions. IOW I have the option of altering my serrated base to take the later clamp, and the dovetail on the base will still be snug in the later mount. It would fit perfectly on a Mannlicher-Shoenauer or Savage 99....

BTW Jaeger offered a double-lever side mount at one time but I've never owned one.
Regards, Joe

I am away from my library but think that at one time, maybe in the 1950s or 60s, Jaeger offered what they may have called a "Magnum" mount that had a longer dovetail base and perhaps two levers. It was cataloged.

Joe,

I don't have a post war Jaeger but pulled both a steel and aluminum G&H ring out. They both have a stud that measures .315".

Good memory Mark, from an undated Jaeger catalog.

Did you have a date on that catalog page? If in the '50s at $42 they weren't giving them away. The good stuff has always cost a little more.

Nice info, thanks.

Michael, my Jaegers measure 0.312" OD x 0.197" high, threaded 10-32. So apparently we might have a fairly close match; I suppose my orphan 7/8" rings might actually be G&H since their appearance actually matches the G&H ones better than the Jaeger ones. Come to think of it, those steel rings might also be G&H since I have no idea where they came from and they, also, don't really match the appearance of the alloy Jaegers.

Another tidbit of info added to the rest!
Regards, Joe

I would like to point out one thing that seems to have a bit of confusion about it. Both pictures are of a early G&H rifles one has a single-lever G&H mount the other has a Noske mount.

This is the top view of a G&H single-lever base.



This is the top view of a Noske base, this rifle was ever pictured in an article with a G&H mount and scope laying next to the rifle. They are most likley still trying to figure out why it did not fit.


Remember the Noske notch is tapered, the G&H is not. The Noske scope mount was used on many early custom rifles by G&H and other makers.

One of my more elegant HiWalls is a G&H .250-3000 with a Noske top mount rib ahead of the action, complete with tapered notch described by Mike. Alas the mount bracket is missing and in years looking at gun shows I have never seen a Noske topmount, on or off a gun. The type could also have been used as an offset sidemount bracket for Winchester lever actions.