Thanks Mr. Skeetx- no ils. of these bases--but the M54 and the early M70 rifles did not have the rear receiver ring drilled and tapped for a scope mount- why that is, or was, I do not know. Perhaps the answer is hidden in my copy of the Roger Rule "Bible" on the "Rifleman's Rifle"". RWTF

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