Thread: Optics on single shot rifles e.g Merkel / k95

Originally Posted by stug

TT on here has suppressed his K95 .308. He shortened barrel at same time. He is not on here all that often though.

I’ve mucked around for a couple of years trying to find what the best scope is for a slim single shot. I tried the the 30mm tube scopes and just found them too chunky for a single shot. Scopes with a 50mm bell were also a little out of proportion. The scopes I have on now are near perfect for my needs. On the 15” 308 suppressed barrel I have a leupold 2.5-8 with cds. On the 7mm mag barrel I use a leupold 3.5-10 with cds. The 3.5-10 is fine for me out to 600 yards on a shoulder sized target.
If I was to do it all again with only one barrel I would go for a 308 , no suppressor, no barrel chop and put a leupold vx3hd 3.5-10cds zl on it and run with the 168 eldm at a modest muzzle velocity. This would have you covered for most shots from 30 yards to 450-500.