[panrobercik]

I curse the day I traded a beautiful CZ82 for a Santa Fe JC.
The rifle was presented as a great looking hunting piece, but it turned out to be full of bubba work.
When I got it, it had a s&k scope base attached to a cut up charger bridge. After a few shots, the scope base came off , along with the bridge . I've replaced the bridge and reattached the no gunsmith scope base, that by the way also went through bubba's hands, so I had to modify it to make it stay in place. For about 100 rounds it seemed like all the hassle I went through payed off. The rifle is ridiculously accurate, it prints touching groups at 50 yards with surplus ammo.
Last week at the range a piece of the scope mount broke off making the rifle unusable again.
It seems like there's been some bad vibes hanging around this gun from the beginning and I should have just sold it for parts and not mess with it, but by now I've gone so far with all the work I did to it that it's hard to make a decision on continuing the project or just giving up.
What would be the easiest/ best /cheapest solution to reattach some form of aiming system to this rifle ? Again, it is very accurate so it seems like it should have a scope on it, but I'm to the point to where I just want to make it shootable again and get it out of my house.
Looking for suggestions on my options.

 

[yesca]

thanks for saveing me the trip! one would have to go to t.j. mexico to see something like that.
ok so about fideing a scope mount that will work ! i have used the weaver mount # to-1 it is for the tip off rings 3/8" dove tail the mount is afixed to the rec. with three screws two in the rec. ring and one in the charger bridge.
brownell sells them. good luck

 

[panrobercik]

Darn it, since no one was responding I went ahead and ordered an ATI mount . Research shows that the no drill mounts are not staying on No1's very well, but I figured, if I find a fairly mild load for it , perhaps it'll stay. The surplus ammo has so much recoil in this short barrel that it feels like the rifle is about to fall apart , yet it is extremely accurate.

 

[panrobercik]

I received the ATI mount. This thing looks like a joke. The old mount was held by a band in front and a wedge on the charger bridge and this thing has a screw thread biting into metal in front and two tiny allen screws pushing it away from the charger bridge. I'm going to give it a benefit of doubt and mount it, but after destroying two scopes and a fairly strong mount, I don't think this thing will hold. Interestingly, I have not found a single rewiev of this mount on the internet, I might just take a video camera and make my own on Youtube .

 

[panrobercik]

Well, the ATI mount IS a joke. This thing after mounting has no way to adjust as far as the position against the action, therefore the scope just will not adjust no matter what.

 

[49204]

Build a mount....

Okay, you just found out that more fishin' lures are built to catch fishermen than there are that are designed to catch fish. ATi's stuff is a case in point. Now you need to get a mount. For this time, go to Brownell's and get their drill and tap mount. It works just fine, and you won't destroy a third scope.

BTW, what did you do with the remains? Most manufacturers will repair 'em for less than new.

 

[panrobercik]

This band is actually steel. It wraps around the receiver and it was the strongest part of the setup. I'm thinking about doing what you just suggested except I will use the old mount, attach it to the band on one side and drill /tap through the bridge on the other side.
Worse case scenario, I will part the gun and sell it as parts.