CoElkHunter
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Wow! Beautiful rifle. Congrats!
Thanks, I do like the safety aspect of the cocking device. I look forward to giving it a thorough work up and seeing what this rifle will do.I really like these rifles in general, and came very close to buying one last year. I love the cocking lever. What a great safety feature. Although not cheap, there is a lot of value for the dollar in these Krieghoffs...and yours looks particularly nice.............looking forward to some target photos and some chrono reports.....good choice.......................FWB
Exactly what I am taking to Zim for buff and ele.Picked her up today. First impressions are pretty good. The fit seems to be good. I was very concerned that the 14-7/8 LOP would be too long but it seems to be about right. When mounting the rifle with my eyes closed, when I open them i am pretty much staring right at the big fiber optic bead sitting right on top of the V. I am really looking forward to getting started reloading. I just posted in the reloading section for some ideas. I know RL 15 and IMR 4831 are favorites but I don't have those at the moment.
The cocking lever deal is interesting. I think I can get used to it and build muscle memory for it pretty easily. I can see where guys who talk about having arthritis would not like it. It does take a bit of force to cock it if the rifle is shouldered. Not too much of an issue cocking it while coming up to mount it. Looking forward to putting up some range reports in a few days when I get the remainder of my reloading components in. I have a pretty good variety of stuff to try.
Haven't heard that name in years.Very cool. The Big 5 was the very fist double I ever had my hands on. Was at The Gentleman Hunter in Bethesda Maryland. Neat place.
I have the scope mount for it, I like the idea a lot of going with a smaller set of barrels. I think my pick would be the 500/416. I really like the 416 rigby and the availability of bullets all the way down to 300 grain and in particular the speer 350gr8 soft points would give the rifle a lot of use. If you go up in caliber you have to have it sent to Germany to be proofed, but going down I believe can be done relatively easily.Excellent! If I were to buy another double, this is where I'd look first. I like the safety of these and the R8. When using my R8 I never have any issues at all cocking it while I'm bringing it to shoulder. It becomes second nature pretty quickly. I think one of these in 450/400 would be sweet as well. @Philip Glass has ordered a set of barrels for his in 450/400, so I assume yours could be fitted as well. Would make a very versatile set up. Put a small scope or red dot on the 450/400. And iron sights or red dot on the 470 and you're set.
I have the scope mount for it, I like the idea a lot of going with a smaller set of barrels. I think my pick would be the 500/416. I really like the 416 rigby and the availability of bullets all the way down to 300 grain and in particular the speer 350gr8 soft points would give the rifle a lot of use. If you go up in caliber you have to have it sent to Germany to be proofed, but going down I believe can be done relatively easily.
Does anybody know if.you can have shotgun barrels fitted.for this model?