On Sunday May 10 1998, Paul Lee wrote to Brooks Gelfand:
PL> For reasons that I do not know, most armed forces in the world do
PL> not use Redfield-type of scope bases and rings.  It seems they
PL> prefer Weaver type or Stanag type. Does anyone know why? For the
PL> rest of us, I suspect that any type of scope bases and rings
PL> depends on perosnla preference.
Primarily because the rifles in most arsenals today do not lend themselves to 
ANY scope mount common to our sporting types.  Many of the older rifles for 
military use employed top-loading clips or stripper clips which the Redfield 
type base blocked.  At best, this resulted in slow reloading, and, at worst, 
prevented loading completely.
Jim
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