A friend just picked up a Merkel 141 double in 30-06, and wants to mount a holo or dot sight on it. I'm hoping someone here has done it and can fill me in.

I hope so too. I have a 140 Merkel in 9.3x74R and my eyes are going. Lately I have been thinking about the same thing and didn't known what to do because my rifle has no filler in the rib to add something like this.

I'll let you know what he comes up with.

Talk to JJ at https://jjperodeau.com/

He will cut into the rib (similar to how Heym comes from the factory) and enable it.

He has a mount for Trijicon that works as well.

Yes, he's looking at that or a Recknagel pivot mount.

Trijicon actually makes a mount that works on my Merkel it has a cutout. Bought it off eBay pretty cheap. RMR style mount

Wow, thanks!

I believe I made thread about this and that’s how I found it on here. Very nice setup

I just put a kahles helia on my Merkel 140. The Merkel had a dovetail removable plate , most I have seen do. I think it was around a 15 mm dovetail. Optics trade Eu had mounts in stock , I ordered a hillenberger and another and they were at my home from Europe to Western Canada in 4 days.

The Kahles worked perfect, really helped me dialing in the 470.

Good to know...thanks.

I would put on a Docter Optic, now Noblex, or equivalent. It’s a tiny reflex sight. The key is to get it low enough. Most mounts are too high.

Does your Merkel have the optics base plate on top at rear of barrels?
If so, look at an RM58 from trijicon.