Kipplauf advice- K95/ K3&4 etc?
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Heym SR20
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The reason why Blaser, Sauer etc all now use Torx screws has nothing to do with engineering, but everything to do with keeping costs down. It’s much much cheaper just drill and tap a hole and a countersink and then put in a torx screw.
Whereas on a fine gun, as explained above you using a gunmakers screw, and then cutting an aligned slot just takes gunsmith time and thus adds to the cost.
Toby at Macleods in Tain was very helpful when I bought mine from him some years ago
nun_hunter
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This comment absolutely cracked me up
Cmon. Blaser are flogging stocks made of driftwood as a premium product!!
Freeforester
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Blaser’s CNC solution is indeed a more cost effective one, that is not in doubt, aesthetic considerations aside. In a similar vein, having learned of the ‘foibles’ of several of the handmade Beretta O/U’s I’d personally prefer a thoroughly reliable gun/rifle but would prefer the adornment and finishing touches be hand finished, for the better part of both the working and visual appeal of something that may come between you and your dagga boy, as he’s unlikely to be more any more sympathetically inclined to you/your situation just because your broken piece is pretty.
Heym SR20
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But screws being aligned are the sign of a meticulous craftsman. Undoubtedly the internals are finely put together, properly hardened and tempered. Springs polished so there are no marks to cause weak spots etc etc. This is important when reliability is essential. You also need a design that is reliable and has the reputation for reliability. Doubt many Berretta’s are used on Dangerous game.
Freeforester
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And a bloodstained savannah the mark of a somewhat downtrodden Brescian ‘patron’
I think not a Kipplauf as not tilting block, but this is the prettiest single shot I've seen. No idea what the price is though. Sidelever stalking rifle – Hausmann & Co Makers of fine Guns and Rifles
Bavarianbrit
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Sadly I am locked into Thompson Contenders as I had collected so many barrels while working in the states, my SSK 6.5JDJ with a carbine stock and an unmoderated 14 inch barrel puts three 120gr shots into a thumbnail sized group at 100 metres. then there is a .17rem, .22lr, .357rem mag, .35Rem all 14 inchers plus a .357mag 8 incher with a pistol scope to be going on with but they are not what I would call aesthetically pleasing.
I agree a Prinz in a classic calibre would cover most of my needs, I was surprised though by how heavy it was in comparison to the Merkel.
I agree a Prinz in a classic calibre would cover most of my needs, I was surprised though by how heavy it was in comparison to the Merkel.
Bavarianbrit
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Only your two kidneys and your prettiest daughter sold into slavery.
Heym SR20
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Kipplauf means tilting barrel so covers any break action gun. The particular tilting block lock type of Blasers, Merkels is I think called the Jaeger lock. Many of the older Kipplaufs built in Suhl, Germany or Ferlach use the Kirsten type cross bolt and underlugs.
That Hausmann is lovely.
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Bavarianbrit
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At IWA there was a few combinations shown where a main barrel was in full bore with a short .22 hornet or magnum barrel just showingout of the fore end, it seemed a daft idea to me as all the .22s gases will spray out onto the upper barrels bluing.
Or your hand if hold a little forward!
deeangeo
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I've had my K95 a long time now, bought from Gregor at Macleods - shot lots of hinds & stags & never found the trigger too light & once practised, reloading for a second shot on another beast is pretty quick. If you place a poor shot or miss with with one of these rifles, assuming it's set up correctly, then it'll be down to the shooter. They're inherently a very accurate rifle & so easy to handle.
The very best rifle I own.
The very best rifle I own.
I have got mine rail mounted - everything is set up square from the start & they seem to be as low as you can get them
deeangeo
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Thank you JMH123. Yes lower mounting rings are available so smaller objective lens scopes can be fitted. Quite common I would think. Personally, I've never used a rail mount, but can't see why they wouldn't work - as Corvid8x57 says, they work for him.
When I bought my rifle, very few of these existed in UK, I'd handled the first I ever saw in the Kettner store in Dusseldorf & swore one day I'd have one. The only person in Uk who knew anything at all about the K95 was Gregor, so I went to see him in Tain, spec'd it out with him & ordered mine, that was in May 2003. When I went to pick it up in December 2003, I was gobsmacked how pretty it was & when it came to actually using it, impressed isn't the word. Fantastic! - it remains so to this day. The only problem I ever had with it a few years ago was the bolt holding the stock to the metal action came loose - it was easily fixed. When I broke the foresight on a rock 4 years ago, Ian at Mulliners got the parts & repaired it pretty promptly. Great service from him.
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