Motard
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Not to derail the thread but I am intrigued about your choice between k95 and k3.
Best take down .243 rifle?
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Bo Diddley
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That's the Modus operandi of a chum who lives in a nice suburb of a hellhole town. He backs his truck up to the garage doors, then loads his old rod holdall and away... nobody has any idea he is a shooter...
Andy-shooter
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I can give a short synopsis…. Both shot very well, both beautifully built. K95 was a stuzen so couldn’t take a mod so I ended up using it less.
K3 is also in 7x57R which is a classic calibre for these rifles whereas K95 was a 308. A minor factor but it did play into it.
I’ve got a K95 ultimate in 6.5 creedmoor. Highly recommend it:
-balances great (but differently ofc) with or without a moderator
-great trigger
-easier / softer cocking slide than the R8
-nicely designed stock: the comb is higher on the ultimate than on the classic wooden stock models
-I’ve repeatedly tested & trust the return to zero on the scope mount
-barrel change is a nice plus: I’m getting a .22 hornet for my son to practice
-the fact you can so easily strip it down is handy when the gun is wet
-it’s just 96cm long without the moderator, 110cm with a standard sized overbarrel
-once you’ve practiced, reloading is surprisingly fast. Last month I shot three roe out of a group of six in about a minute, wearing lightweight gloves.
Edit: it strips down in seconds and I’ve often put it in a rucksack - I’ve got a special bag for carrying the arms and central part of a recurve bow, I put it in that then the whole thing in the pack.
-balances great (but differently ofc) with or without a moderator
-great trigger
-easier / softer cocking slide than the R8
-nicely designed stock: the comb is higher on the ultimate than on the classic wooden stock models
-I’ve repeatedly tested & trust the return to zero on the scope mount
-barrel change is a nice plus: I’m getting a .22 hornet for my son to practice
-the fact you can so easily strip it down is handy when the gun is wet
-it’s just 96cm long without the moderator, 110cm with a standard sized overbarrel
-once you’ve practiced, reloading is surprisingly fast. Last month I shot three roe out of a group of six in about a minute, wearing lightweight gloves.
Edit: it strips down in seconds and I’ve often put it in a rucksack - I’ve got a special bag for carrying the arms and central part of a recurve bow, I put it in that then the whole thing in the pack.
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Motard
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Nice to know sir. I still have my first kipplauf: a haenel 7x57r. Great little rifle I have used on roes, boars and chamois. Is the ugly and poor boy versions of the Merkel k3 stutzen to I bought later in 7x65r caliber. Bet there is nothing that 7x65 does thet the lesser 7x57 can't does..but the K3 is way more appealing.
sir, with the greatest respect. we clearly have a member wanting the thinnest of reasons to buy a nice new rifle.Don't need to throw away money on a new (expensive) rifle. Just use a guitar case or a rod bag
our job is to enable and encourage them
Rutland lad
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I’ve been trying to find a ‘Keep music live’ sticker to put on my PELI case.
I was once spoken to by a nosey biddy at at Scottish airport who thought she’d embarrass me by saying loudly ‘are you up here to shoot our deer’.
I told her it was bass guitar and I was playing that night and would she like to buy a ticket ?
I was once spoken to by a nosey biddy at at Scottish airport who thought she’d embarrass me by saying loudly ‘are you up here to shoot our deer’.
I told her it was bass guitar and I was playing that night and would she like to buy a ticket ?
i have my peli covered in banjo stickers
HonestJohn
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Except when he returns with his fishing rod and 3 deer
Bo Diddley
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He's not much of a deer stalker, I think the whole process of a field dressing is a bit much for him... he shoots a few foxes.
fixedwheel
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And nobody is going to ask you to give them a tune....
And nobody is going to ask you to give them a tune....
Rutland lad
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Bass guitar Madam - I need my amplifier and speaker set up …….
Just get a plain black hard case that is not shaped to be recognised as a gun -
Freeforester
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Used to demonstrate the repeatability of my R93 Attaché to any doubting guest by completely disassembling it after a shot on the bullseye, then take scope & moderator off, bolt out and disassembled, stock off, the lot - save the scope coming out of the mounts - then reassembling it and putting another shot on the first one.
I can however understand your reticence all the same, and that’s why the second shot was taken, ie to reinforce that trust.
‘Mak siccar’!
Midlandstalker2024
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And nobody is going to ask you to give them a tune....
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