Gentlemens:
Thank you all for your help. I have limited experience with these new fangled internal adjustment scope and their mounts. This has been most helpful.
I like the looks of those Smithson bases on the double rifle. That certainly is an option. Thanks for that picture, Rob.
The rib dimensions from an original Fraser are .460 at the breech end tapering to .350 at the muzzle. It would not be much of a stretch to make it .500" wide for a 1/2" dovetail. Another option would be to bump out the rib to .500" at the two mount points for a 1/2" dovetail. I would have to draw that for a look. It might resemble a snake that has eaten a rodent. Inserting a wider piece such as was done by Smithson is yet another option.
Mr. Steele: I checked the Warne web site and was unable to locate any "premier" rings. They did have a Maxima grooved receiver ring set that seemed to fit the description, but I saw no dovetail dimensions. These look to have some promise though...One could mill off the locating lug and fit up something more discrete as Mr. Carney suggests.
The Talley might be a good option if one went the snake and rodent route. Unlike the other Warne detachable they don't use the locking screw as a recoil lug. I don't want to mill a cross slot in the rib.
Any other ideas or thoughts would be most welcome. I would just as soon stay with currently available rings so I could work out a design and stay with it for a while.
Mr. Carney, I would really appreciate a picture of your Webley with the Leupold 1.5 - 5x. Both the mounting system and the scope location would be of great interest.
Thank you all for your help.
Glenn
