Michael is kindly going to post some pics of a G&H M70 .270 with Alaskan in what I believe is called an O'Neil-Hopkins mount. Charley O'Neil made these, from the 1940s or even the 1930s to the 1960s, probably one at a time. Don Hopkins - the H in the OKH cartridges - was a prominent customer. The mount set the scope eyepiece ahead of the bolt handle at a time when altering bolts for low scope mounting was not well understood and gunsmiths were nervous about welding. Long eye relief, as on Noske and Alaskan scopes, was a requirement, and the mounts were extra low set. The rear ring is a push fit, no clamping. On this rifle the front figure eight mount hides the sight slot on the factory featherweight barrel. G&H says their job dates from 1961 but they would not have made the mount. The rifle serial number, 337135, indicates manufacture in 1955. So O'Neil could have made the mount anytime from 1955 to 1961. By that time M70s were d&t for scope mounts and the O'Neil Hopkins mount was really an anachronism, but I like their streamlined compact looks and appreciate a scope that does not hang back over the grip of the rifle and unbalance the handling.
