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Merkel L961 double rifle drilling.
9.3x74R X 9.3x74R x 20 gauge x 76mm.
Built on a VERY slender 28 gauge action, weighs only 3.2 kgs/7lb.
Regulated for 293 grain RWS Uni Classics and number 6 shot.
Beautiful open sights, and is now fitted with a Zeiss HT 1-4 x 24.
 
Here is another double used for deer hunting, winnie grand European in 9.3x74R, plus another of my double in the snow on a driven hunt.
 
That Merkel L961 is very unusual, and gorgeous. I like the idea of two rifle barrels and one shotgun barrel.
I have a combination gun on a very small frame, in 20 gauge / 7x57R, and it is just over 6 lbs, even with 27 inch barrels - delightful handling.
 
9.3x64 said:
E=stag1933;982026]Same rifle, different habitat .
I had no mountain boots in those very early 1960s.
HWH.
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Beautiful Merkel stag 1933, I love Merkels.
Do you still own it?[/QUOTE]

No. I sold it and spent the money fitting double-glazing everywhere here.
I have been only partially sighted for some years now and no longer shoot or drive a car.
It was being wasted sitting in the cabinet.
I had shot 7 species of Deer from Muntjac to Moose with it, Beaver in Sweden and a Chamois in the Austrian Alps, plus Wild Goats in Ireland and Scotland.

Regards, Hubert H.
 
stag1933 said:
Beautiful Merkel stag 1933, I love Merkels.
Do you still own it?
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No. I sold it and spent the money fitting double-glazing everywhere here.
I have been only partially sighted for some years now and no longer shoot or drive a car.
It was being wasted sitting in the cabinet.
I had shot 7 species of Deer from Muntjac to Moose with it, Beaver in Sweden and a Chamois in the Austrian Alps, plus Wild Goats in Ireland and Scotland.

Regards, Hubert H.[/QUOTE]

Well at least you put it to great use while you had it.
 
Southern said:
That Merkel L961 is very unusual, and gorgeous. I like the idea of two rifle barrels and one shotgun barrel.
I have a combination gun on a very small frame, in 20 gauge / 7x57R, and it is just over 6 lbs, even with 27 inch barrels - delightful handling.
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Gee thats light for a drilling with 27" barrels.
My only regret with my Merkel Drilling is I wish I ordered a set of rifle drilling barrels in 9.3x74R, purley for buff only work.
But I may still send it back one day and order a set.
 
Mine is a combo gun, with just two barrels, not three, but that is still light. It feels like a 28-gauge Beretta shotgun.
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Just out of interest, with an OU , which barrel do you shoot best, top or bottom?
When i had my 12/222 tikka i always felt the low barrel contributed to its accuracy
 
bruce w said:
not fancy but light and handy 30-06 i started with a new gun stripped and reworked the lock work and polished spring plungers and holes they work in ,re stocked and made a wide v back sight i are going to make a ramp fore sight this winter
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Nice. You can't help loving a DR.
 
I love that Merkel 8x60JRS. What sort of ammo do you have loaded up for it?

I shoot a WWI era Mauser in 8x60S, and really enjoy it. It is really shooting 196..200 grain loads well now, at 2,500 to 2,600 fps. I am trying to find accurate ones with 150 and 170-gr bullets.
 
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