Eddie,
Looks like a nice rifle, curious as to how you have determined it is a Merkel? Is it marked on the rib or elsewhere? Mine has the Merco (Oskar Merkel) trademark on the bbl & distinctive shaped front trigger of the Merco triggers (can't see in your photo) would also like to see the 30GOV'T06 markings on the gun. Mine is engraved in the left side of the action, is that where yours is identified?
thanks
m-4