I thought about the scout scope for mausers too, but it looks like it would be more trouble than its worth. Unlike alot of people, I don' t find mauser sights to be all that bad. I can hit milk jugs with my M48 at 200 yards and objects about half the size with my Swedish m96' s at the same distance without breaking a sweat. Its just a matter of getting the object which is narrower than the front sight centered on the front sight.