It works, but... - B-square Classic Military Mounts

I wanted to do cast bullet hand load development for an 03 Springfield rifle at ranges of 100 and 200 yards.

My eyesight has made using even the best iron sights at longer ranges rather less accurate than 40 years ago... So I wanted a scope on the rifle, but didn't want to alter it permanently. The B-Square mount did allow this.

You must remove the magazine cutoff to install the mount, and while mount is installed, it prevents removal of the bolt for cleaning.

So if you've got a rod cleaning system, either you must lose zero if you wish to clean from the breech, or clean from the muzzle with the danger of wear to the muzzle from the rod.

Or you can buy a "pull through" cleaning system... (which I did- I highly recommend the Otis military surplus AWCS kits! Great values at around $40.00 plus shipping on eBay occasionaly if you look around).

It took a bit of fiddling to get the mount on and adjusted close enough to parallel with the bore to allow bore sighting. Once that was done, I found a very tall cheekpiece necessary to use the scope properly- Which can be faked up from scraps of rubber foam and the non adhesive surgical wrap.

The mount is Aluminum, and will come loose under recoil from military 30-06 or other high velocity jacketed bullet ammo after a while unless you use locktite and considerable care in your installation. After re-installing the mount, I proceeded to test handloads with cast bullets at moderate velocities- The mount held up well using these mild loads.

I'm done now and will remove the mount. I don't think it is a useable system except from the bench, it would certainly be broken easily if you tried to hunt with it, and the awkwardness of the high scope position would make field use questionable as well.



Pros: It did allow a scope to be attached to a 1903 Springfield without drilling & tapping receiver or modifying the stock.
Cons: Fairly flimsy contraption that frequently comes loose under recoil, have to remove mount and lose zero if you want to remove the rifle's bolt, scope ends up so high over bore that a cheek piece approximately 2" tall must be used or you have a "chin weld" on stock rather than a cheek weld. And it's UGLY.

This review was written in the old system and had content requirements that are different than reviews written today.