Dave DeLaurant
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Haenel's website says 8x57 rimmed. I'd want to clarify if the specimen at hand is rimmed or rimless.It says it's "JS", if so, it's not a rimmed cartridge, personally I wouldn't want it... Also, it's single trigger, another mark against it, no thanks for sure...
DM
I owned a Krieghoff that had the "cocking slide" and it did of course take more effort than a sliding safety, but it wasn't a big deal and could easily be gotten used to. Actually, I like the idea.Where on Haenel's www? I don't see it.
AmmoTerra says it is not just an automatic safety, it is really a cocking slide. I have seen those mentioned on other European guns, I wonder what the effort to cock is.
They show it in various calibers some rimmed, some rimless. I think the gimmick rimless extractors are good enough for non-dangerous game.
Too bad Browning had no idea on how to properly regulate them, and those "lookers" were so poorly regulated.If going OU, the Browning Continentals were lookers (IMHO).
Offered in either .30-06 or .270 IIRC
Where on Haenel's www? I don't see it.
Got that right, DM!Too bad Browning had no idea on how to properly regulate them, and those "lookers" were so poorly regulated.
DM
If going OU, the Browning Continentals were lookers (IMHO).
Offered in either .30-06 or .270 IIRC
LOL...the Blasers also have the look and feel of a jackhammer, and they're inordinately expensive. Kreighoff definitely rules the combination gun world. I particularly like their Combi-Cocker system.I owned a Krieghoff that had the "cocking slide" and it did of course take more effort than a sliding safety, but it wasn't a big deal and could easily be gotten used to. Actually, I like the idea.
The REAL question is, if you fire one bbl. and then open the action to reload THAT bbl., does the gun "de-cock" itself when you opened the action? Some do, like the Blaser, and IMO they aren't good for anything but a tomato stake!
I wouldn't want a rimless round or a single trigger on a double, so it's a no-go for me anyway! Don't want an auto safety either.
A "properly" configured DR that fits you, is the ultimate DG rifle!
DM