that's pretty interesting... thanks for the link
when I was younger... I scoped as many of my milsurp rifles as I could ( I mostly used B Square mounts ) I did that back then, as I started with rifles later in life, & it was much easier to hit what I was aiming at, than to put in the practice time needed right away...
then as I got older, I learned to, & got better at hitting using the iron sights, & removed a good share of my clunky old mounts... however now I find my aging eyes can see better using a scope... so if I can get by using a mount that doesn't destroy the rifle, & not look too clunky, I find I'm starting to scope a few that are longer range guns...
sucks getting old