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I received my forst DR, the 470 Merkel. I went right to the range with it , cleaned barrel and fired 6 shots. First shot 2' low and 1' to left from my flinch. The other 5 in 5" at 25 yards. First time I fired something larger then 375 HH. It is going to take some getting used to on my part. Bought the heaviest Past recoil shield, shot 4 times with it. Then pulled out my old one and fired 2 with it. I will use the old one, not much difference. Gun has plastic recoil pad. Will send it off next week and have a real recoil pad installed. I don't think it is going to be too fierce once I have the new pad installed, will parctice with Past on shoulder to start with. Does anyone have a load they are using with 400 grain bullets, I bought 400 gr pistol bullets to start with. I need to work on my shooting. I need 400 gr. about 14-1500 fps to start then work up. Thanks | ||
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Way to GO! Put up some pic's if you can, show the action OPEN - rib extention etc. I am still trying to pick a rifle and caliber. I'm in love with the .475 #2 Jeffery cartridge, hope to wind up with that caliber rifle as of this second. I go back and forth from 500 NE to 470 NE to the Jeffery to the various .458 caliber's, it's maddening....!!! Jack OH GOD! {Seriously, we need the help.} | |||
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It's a great feeling pulling that trigger(s), ain't it? It just makes you feel "alive!" 577NitroExpress Double Rifle Shooters Society Francotte .470 Nitro Express  If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming... | |||
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Congrats on your DR....they are fun shooting!! At least you did not bloody your trigger finger... I was at a Gun Dealer looking at a couple of things today ...when the Dealer pulled out a new 500 Merkel and handed it to me...I looked at the barrel and it was stamped "GSI Trusville, Alabama"...first one I have seen stamped like this... about made me sick...I could not even hold it...that is a mistake for sure! Dealer said he would call GSI about my comments...I think I will as well... | |||
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If GSI is the importer, it has to have their name on it. Hog Killer IGNORE YOUR RIGHTS AND THEY'LL GO AWAY!!! ------------------------------------ We Band of Bubbas & STC Hunting Club, The Whomper Club | |||
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Nope...I have a 470 and it is not marked with GSI on it...possibly change in the regs? | |||
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My bad...I just doubled checked...mine is marked but in very small letter such that you do not even notice it...the 500NE I saw today had it in very LARGE lettering such that it stuck out way too much | |||
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Congrats on the double -- I was a spectator on the auction and I am happy for you. ------------------------------- Some Pictures from Namibia Some Pictures from Zimbabwe An Elephant Story | |||
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Congratulations! Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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Congratulations on the double rifle! I'm going to try to pick one up before my cape buff trip in August '07. ____________________________________________ "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett. | |||
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