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bkdean
funksauer,
Yes, this work was expensive. It had to be precise in order to work. In addition to the cuts being very precise, as to size and location, the saw could not complete the cut since the rib extended into the area between the barrels. The cuts had to be completed with a very thin caping chisel. The solder holding the cut-out piece had to be melted out, while preventing the rest of the ribs from coming loose. The bases then had to be precisely fit-up by scraping the bottoms so that they fit to the barrels without a gap before soldering them to the barrels to be flat, level, and parallel to the barrel flats (as much as possible). Even then, after soldering, the tops would be "skim milled" to insure they were precisely in line with the barrel flats (these were the reference surfaces to insure alignment with the barrels). Then the "claws" had to be fit to the bases and scope, and everything had to be cleaned, polished, engraved, and re-blued before final sighting-in. With all this it is understandable that it would be expensive.
Mike