Dear friends,
I'm programming to buy a DOUBLE RIFLE, I would like it to be in the caliber 458Lott, I already have a MERKEL 160.2 500NE, I love this weapon. But as I already have 3 other 458lott caliber rifles the logistical ammunition and reloading supplements.
The question, who can make a DOUBLE SXS sidelock 458lott for me? I would like to stay with a maximum value of US $ 25,000.00.
I accept suggestions, I appreciate the attention
Beto
Sorry for my bad English.
Portuguese and Spanish are better.
Hola Beto,
Tu Ingles es perfecto, mi amigo.
My double rifle is a Heym Model 88B, caliber .458 Winchester, hecho cerca de 1980's.
The ejectors have not failed, not even once.
I like this Heym rifle for many reasons.
One reason is because the ammunition for it is very common and so ammunition is quite easy to find, especially if I bring this rifle to Africa.
Incidentally, I also once owned and hunted in Africa with a Merkel double in .375 H&H caliber, it too did not ever fail to extract (unfortunately it was not made with ejectors).
That Merkel was slightly flawed, with the right side throat or bore too tight, as the fired cartridge on that side would flatten primers badly and sometimes even pierce primers, causing small pieces of jagged primer metal to poke backwards into the striker hole.
It was necessary to grip my barrels in one hand and stock in the other hand, then bash my rifle over my knee at the rifle hinge, in order to shear off the primer metal.
Even with that problem, the little Merkel never failed to extract the empty brass, not once.
I fully realize that my two rifles chambered for rimless cartridges is no exhaustive scientific test of rimless ejector / extractor double rifles.
Tambien, I do definitely prefer rimmed or "flanged" cartridges for doubles and single shots however, it is obvious that I do not worry much about it, if the rifle is from a typically good quality maker and if the rifle is offered to me at the right price.
I presume Heym will make a double rifle for you in .458 Lott.
However a side lock model, made in a custom ordered caliber, might be more expensive that $25,000.us ?
Salud,
Velo Dog.