Well…. Two year wait for me to save before I have to fully pay it off helps a lot, but also my beautiful and amazing Wife is now more open and into the idea of expensive Safari guns lol. Also, when I receive the rifles I will be selling the Merkel to offset some of the cost. I will admit I have an obsessive personality so when I set my mind to something I like to go as big as possible, that being said my only two vices are Guns and my Garden, my wife is just happy it’s not something worse LOL.
Thanks, I kind of blanked on the term lol.
first time hearing can u elaborate?
In my own personal case with having receiver mounted peep sights on two rifle that have express sights also mounted on the barrel, I never use the express sights. The receiver mounted peep is much quicker to acquire a sight picture and more accurate in my experience than a deeply cut v express sight. But I wouldn’t have Safari rifle, especially a double rifle made without express sights it would look incredibly unfinished. This gentleman wants to have a pop up ghost ring/ peep sight added to his double rifle along with having the rib milled for optics. So with all that going on it seems like the express sight is there for looks.
I’m referring specifically to big-bore doubles, not bolt guns. In a fast, close DG charge, IMO there’s still no substitute for good iron sights. Red dots have their advantages, especially in low light or with aging eyes, but irons absolutely still have a place on a double. To me, a double without iron sights is almost a misnomer.
Agree 100% .
I agree with you entirely. This gentleman specifically said that he was considering having a flip up ghost ring sight added to his double rifle. To me a ghost ring sight is a much more accurate and quicker sight. You just have to focus on the front sight. Others might prefer something else, but a double without express sights would look weird.
The US Army and SOF do not use iron sights on their combat weapons. Frankly, we haven't since the First World War. Ghost rings, or whatever terminology one prefers, are far superior for close combat. Red dots of various types are an improvement over the ghost ring. Again, those are not opinions, but the result of decades of combat experience - much at close range. With respect to engagement time, combat is measured in fractions of a second.
Thank you! Beautiful rifle! Do you think the Talley QD scope rings are suitable for a heavy recoiling rifle? I’ve not owned a rifle with QD rings other than drilling that had claw mounts, which obviously wasn’t a large bore heavy recoiling.
I have used Talley QDs on my .470, .404, .500/416 and all my .375's except Blasers with zero issues for 25 years.
I have no combat experience so I can’t talk of close encounter situations of what works and what does not.
No, it is absolutely apples to apples, and I base that on experience with both. The goal is to get a sight picture quickly and accurately of a target in a fast moving relatively close quarters engagement. Buffalo or human - M4 or Westley Richards - the requirement is exactly the same. Ghost rings, like scopes. are not employed on most doubles because they are not traditional, or perhaps "proper," on such a rifle - not because they aren't superior.
That’s exactly my point, Sir, and that’s why you don’t see them on the majority of double rifles. Ultimately, aesthetics also come into play.
