Recent content by SRvet

Yes that might be a better option much as I hate the look of a picatinny rail. Many thanks

This is one thing that I need to clarify what exactly the tip off mount is… all the Kreighoff doubles I have seen have the removable mounting plate on the rib. Presumably there are off the shelf interfaces below that plate?

That’s lovely wood! I like the dark/ light contrasts in the wood, not keen on fiddleback. I’m a less is more kind of guy I guess!!

No I have not but I shoot a fairly light 458 Lott quite regularly so I’m hoping it will be manageable

I would like a red rubber pad for the looks alone. My DG so far has been buffalo, elephant ( unfortunately unsuccessfully) and hippo. Next year hopefully elephant 2.0 and probably buffalo the following year!!

I’m going through the process of ordering a K gun and I’m intending to go with the following specifications: .500 NE- standard engraving 24 inch barrels PH ProCoating Wood category 003 Express rifle sights with flip up night sight Nitrate finish Tip off mount for Aimpoint micro H2. Steel...

Thanks for the reply Philip. I have thought the same but having gone with Talley mounts the only difference between the fixed and QD mounts is having a thumb screw on the clamping bolt. I can switch from fixed to QD rings by swapping the bolt. Why not have the QD option??

Well by way of an update this became a bit of a journey. I first tried some new Leupold rings which tightened nicely on the cams…. Great thought I problem solved until I put the scope in the rings and found they were not vertically aligned. The front ring was 0.1” higher than the rear. It...

We had one rifle fail on our last trip and a second that was on the verge of being unfit to hunt and has since been mended. Both were due to problems with the mounting systems that failed under recoil. The last two animals were taken with a very nice Sako 30-06 that was borrowed from the PH.

Really! You know Karamojo died years ago! There is a reason why there are minimum calibres… if you are even a smidge away from hitting the brain then someone could get hurt! Unscrew your seating die a few turns and reset your lock ring. You should be able to seat to longer lengths then. I would...

Before I first handled one I thought I would dislike the decocker despite also owning a Blaser R8 because I sometimes push down too hard on the R8 cocking slide which then fails to latch. The K gun didn’t seem to be able to do this at all which was a big relief on a DG rifle. I was very...

I would greatly appreciate the collective wisdom on the Kreighoff double rifles and especially the classic big 5. I am considering ordering one in .500 NE and would appreciate the experiences others have had warts and all. I handled my PHs Kreighoff in Namibia and was very impressed, more so...

I was bought a Rigby leather and elastic 10 shot slide for a birthday by my kids a few years ago. I remain delighted with it. So much so that I bought a second one so have two on my belt when hunting DG now. I don’t believe in running out of ammo!!

Are both barrels not a right handed twist?

Aren’t calibre sized drive bands and a smaller central shank not a better way to go rather than just using lubrication?