Thanks for the input guys.

I pretty much scrapped the idea of the 8*56, I had to mount a 3-12*56 Meopta Meostar on it tonight so that I can shoot it tomorrow. The only mounts available today was of course 30mm, but at least I can test how the weapon performs and produce some empty brass. And I can`t agree more that it looks ridiculous. I`m leaning more and more against the 6*42 diatal, since it has the 1" tube. For driven type shooting I will take another gun with me, so that`s not a problem.

I have a 4*34 Pecar scope lying around, but I think 4 magnification is a bit on the small side when it comes to roe deer and foxes. And the next step seems to be the 6*42. The only other in between I can think about is the 10*36 zeiss, but 10 times is a bit too much as an all round magnification, in my mind. American optics is not an option. So to get a scope with less than a 40mm objective seems to be difficult. But I will keep checking egun for possible matches for my new rifle.