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| That's a beautuful rifle. As for the ejectors, just about anything is possible (cost and effort are the determining factors), but if Krieghoff doesn't offer ejectors as an option, you would probably be invalidating the warranty by having them installed. George |
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| At a SHOT Show two or three years ago I posed exactly that question to one of the Krieghoffs, he said it would require a complete redesign of the double rifle action and they were not going to do it. |
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| Tomjac, I'm actually developing ejectors to put into a customers 500/416 this year. He has been working with D. Krieghoff for a couple years on a project and been trying to sell them my ideas. Deiter and Norbert have both mentioned that they have been spending time on the developement of a system for their rifles but I'm guessing the demand has not been enough to make it a priority. My customer has tried to get them to buy my process, but they are not interested in spending any money yet. My customer is footing the bill for the R&D. I'm told that ejectors are frowned on by many on a double rifle as the distinct pinging of ejected cases will pinpoint your position to your intended prey. Now I have never hunted, nor do I expect I will ever hunt dangerous game in Africa but...it would seem to me that if I just lit up both of my best shots and they did not bring down my intended prey (in fact they pissed him off ) I'm thinking he already has me pinpointed by the robust reports from my failed attempts at killing him ??? I would prefer two fresh rounds be placed in the chambers at a rapid rate. Having never had the experience I can only speculate. Maybe someday a customer will decide he should have a 'smith' in camp just in case  |
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| Jim, at one point one of the German postwar makers, perhaps Heym, I don't recall, made their rifles with a switch in the forend to turn the ejectors off when you did not want the empties tossed out. Apparently this gave problems and I think it is no longer offered. |
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Originally posted by vigillinus:
Jim, at one point one of the German postwar makers, perhaps Heym, I don't recall, made their rifles with a switch in the forend to turn the ejectors off when you did not want the empties tossed out. Apparently this gave problems and I think it is no longer offered.
Several offered / still offer that option (especially on the higher end guns), but you are correct in that Heym currently offers the selector for their double rifles. FYI - Ziegenhahn quoted me 200 euro for that option on a shotgun. |
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