Zeiss ZM / VM rail Mounts

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The design of the Zeiss ZM/VM rail is a 45° prism with an inner niche for mounting elements. When mounting a rife scope to a rifle with a purposely made rail you can easily see the advantages over the more traditional mounting with rings. For starters its quicker and easier, with no additional tools required for the procedure. The only main disadvantage when compared to rings is the price, which is usually a bit higher than rings, and the availability. Not all manufacturers produce rifle scopes which are fitted with rails. When you are mounting your rifle scope with the Zeiss ZM / VM rail you can clearly see the advantages: it improves the stability of the riflescope, it is more robust and reliable, the riflescopes main tube is not under stress and thus its constructionally intact.

Mounting with a rail does not leave mounting marks on the main tube and it is easier to achieve the proper eye relief. When mounting with a rail you always get a perfect horizontal level as the reticle is aligned with the rail. Mounting with a scope rail solutions is always the preferred way over the mounting with rings and in the future most of the European premium rifle scopes producers will exclusively use this approach. We are waiting on the first scope that will be produced with mounting rail only (apart from Zeiss Diarange which contains laser and cannot be mounted with rings at all). Torque values for tightening the mounting elements in the scope rail should be between 4-5Nm.

The Zeiss ZM/VM rail is the most widespread of all rail mounting solutions and it is being used by the following manufacturers: Zeiss, Docter, Leica, Minox, Steiner, S&B (on some scopes, marker with LMZ), Meopta and Blaser.

The main mounting manufacturers that are producing elements for Zeiss ZM/VM rails are: EAW, Recknagel, MAK, Rusan, Henneberger, Blaser and INNOmount.

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MAKuick One-piece Mount, Merkel KR1, Zeiss ZM / VM rail

$289.00

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Merkel SAM scope mount, ZM/VM rail

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Recknagel Aluminum Tip-Off Mount with QR Levers for Merkel KR1 / B3 / B4, Zeiss ZM/VM Rail

Recknagel Aluminum Tip-Off Mount for Merkel KR1 / B3 / B4, Zeiss ZM/VM Rail

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INNOMOUNT for Merkel B3 / B4, Zeiss ZM/VM rail

INNOmount QD Mount for Merkel, Zeiss ZM/VM Rail

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INNOmount Fixed Mount for Merkel B3/B4, Zeiss ZM/VM rail

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A Merkel Suhl Tilt-up mount is a mounting system found on Merkel repeating rifles KR1 and on their break barrel rifles like the single shot K3/K4 and at combination rifles B3/B4. This mounting solution offers great flexibility since the same mounts are used on such different types of rifles and on the other hand, it offers 100% repeatability. Other advantages are:

lightweight, small and elegant mounts,
low height of mounting, including for the scopes with rails,
very easy and straight forward handling of the mount.

This mounting system has 4 mounting grows directly on the barrel and a cross section for the recoil stopper at the top of the barrel. Mounting of riflescopes directly on the barrel offers an advantage that it is possible to change the barrel and the scope together. Merkel KR1 is a prime example where a user can have multiple barrels with multiple scopes for one rifle only. Additionally since Merkel Suhl Tilt-Up mounts offer 100% repeatability, the user can have multiple scopes on each of the barrels. This type of mounts offer true versatility.

Even though Merkel Tilt-up mounting system has 4 groves and one recoil slot, most of the mounts for red dot sights clamp only to two groves and not all four. Nevertheless these mounts also fit on all rifles with this mounting system and also provide 100% repeatability.

Merkel Suhl Tilt-Up mount is used on the following rifles:

Merkel KR1,
Merkel B3/B4,
Merkel K3/K4.

Zeiss ZM / VM rail Mounts

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MAKuick One-piece Mount, Merkel KR1, Zeiss ZM / VM rail

Merkel SAM scope mount, ZM/VM rail

Recknagel Aluminum Tip-Off Mount for Merkel KR1 / B3 / B4, Zeiss ZM/VM Rail

INNOmount QD Mount for Merkel, Zeiss ZM/VM Rail

INNOmount Fixed Mount for Merkel B3/B4, Zeiss ZM/VM rail

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