This will give you an idea of what a Griffin & Howe mount, installed by Griffin & Howe, looks like. The bolt handle has been altered in typical G&H fashion, and the scope is mounted as low as the scope will allow, with no obstruction of the line of sight for iron sights and no clutter on the top of the receiver.
There are not a few who regard the G&H mount as ugly and ungraceful. I am not one of them, as the fact that I own around a dozen rifles with G&H scope mounts, like this one, a pre-War G&H sporter, testifies.
This is a post-War side mount, obviously added at a later date than when the rifle was originally built, judging from the G&H number on the barrel. If you would like a pre-war mount, I can probably accomodate you.
Instructions for installing the mount can be found on G&H's web site.
Here are a couple of photos of a G&H side mount installed before World War II. The scope, a vintage Hensold with a 22 mm tube, was mounted much too high for modern tastes, in order to clear the unaltered bolt handle and to allow the use of iron sights (in this case a Lyman 48 receiver sight) without removing the scope. Note the windage knob at the rear of the mount, needed because the scope has only internal adjustment for elevation.
