What is this thing? And what is it for?

[VertigoBE]

Hi all,

this is probably a very stupid question, very obvious for most of the knowledgeable owners of doubles, but I saw this in a video on Youtube. I was always under the impression that the front of a double is simply flat, yet there appears to be a piece of metal sticking out in the middle. What is it for?

Thanks!

V.

 

[crs]

Could it be the tip of a ramrod?

 

[BourbonTrail]

Looks like the end of the regulation wedge sticking out.

 

[John Telford]

Bayonet attachment…

 

[chashardy]

the wedge for regulating the rifle

 

[R.M.C.]

So do they normally stick out like that? I don't remember seeing it on a friend of mines double.

 

[crs]

Maybe that rifle is not fully regulated?

 

[R.M.C.]

Looks like both doubles in the picture have it sticking out.

 

[Alistair]

My friends Merkel has this feature.

It is regulated, but it allows for future adjustment to a different bullet and load if necessary

 

[BRICKBURN]

My friends Merkel has this feature.

It is regulated, but it allows for future adjustment to a different bullet and load if necessary

Do you just tap it with a hammer?

 

[Alistair]

Lol.

No, but at least if you melt all the solder you can get at the wedge and move it in or out as required.

Beyond that, I'm no barrel guru, so who knows!

 

[TwoTracks]

Do you just tap it with a hammer?

51% of the time this is the correct solution for all things. I have no idea if that applies with doubles though.

 

[Tbitty]

51% of the time this is the correct solution for all things. I have no idea if that applies with doubles though.

The other 49% you use duct tape

 

[358 Norma]

It's a Chapuis 470 Nitro double and they are supposed to have that wedge! As JJ told me it's so the rifle can be regulated for a different loading in the future. The rifles are very well regulated from the factory, but they understand that in the future the regulation load may not be available.

 

[Fabnosh]

Yup, my Chapuis has it. Best leave well alone.
FN

 

[VertigoBE]

Looks like the end of the regulation wedge sticking out.

I assumed it would be something like this. But on a multi thousand dollar double, which in the end is in part bought for the aesthetics, I find it very bizarre to see such an "ugly" piece attached to it.

The purpose I understand, but there should be more elegant solutions than that no?

 

[Jörg Krüger]

Is it cold there? Nippel stand?

 

[Randy F]

It’s a boy gun. For the girl guns you use a flat screwdriver.

 

[mark-hunter]

@VertigoBE
Why not asking the manufacturer? (of course, after reading owners manual first)

 

[VertigoBE]

@VertigoBE
Why not asking the manufacturer? (of course, after reading owners manual first)

Well the Heym I bought, does not have this. And I just saw this in a youtube video from a couple hunting Africa. I do not know what brand his double is. So difficult to ask the manufacturer about it

Edit: I hope the Heym I bought won't have this just checked all the pictures I have and I cannot actually see the muzzle end... Well, it will be a surprise...