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Originally posted by xausa:
When I was a university student in Germany in 1970 I ordered a double rifle from Krieghoff. Of course at the time Krieghoff made only over and under models, but they did build me a .458 Winchester Magnum, stocked to my dimensions, with interchangeable barrels in .375 H&H and 20 gauge 3" magnum.

The rifle was built on the same action used by Krieghoff for their shotguns and combination guns, not the one used for the K32 competition shotgun, which was based on the Remington Model 32. It was built on a 16 gauge action, since Krieghoff at the time offered no hunting guns in 12 gauge.

The double under lug, Kersten cross bolt action is exceedingly strong and is still as tight as when it was first delivered. The ejectors can be disabled by removing two coil springs, a task requiring only a screwdriver and a few minutes. I prefer to use it with a low power scope.

This was my suitcase gun for African hunting and I took it with me on each of my hunts. I took elephant and Cape buffalo with it using the .458 barrels and lion, leopard, greater and lesser kudu and eland using the .375 barrels. I used the shot barrels for sand grouse, guinea fowl and teal.

When Krieghoff first offered their side-by side African model .500 NE, I asked them to make me a barrel set in that caliber, using another larger 12 gauge action, but for reasons best known to themselves they demurred.