| DUGABOY1 |
| (.400 member) |
| 09/09/08 06:10 AM |
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Re: FABARM 9.3 X 74 O/U
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Whats the word on these rifles as i handled one yesterday without shooting it and i thought that it was a real shooter for my type of bush hunting.
Lightweight,short and fast handling,anything else for these rifles for one to be aware of?
Fabarm rifles are OK, depending what you want them for, and what features they offer on the one you want!
I find the answers given you here to be confusing! Maybe it's just me, but to me some thing simply do not add up!
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Farshot:
Very nice rifles - here in Canada though we can only get single triggers. The one I saw in action in 9.3 x74R kept doubling. I still dont know if the operator was at fault (he liked to slowly squeeze the trigger like a sniper rifle with a relatively loose grip of the rifle) or if it was in its design. I of course demand double triggers. Other then that I agree with your assessment of them, especially for the price.
farshot, the above post doesn't make sense! The only way the grip on the rifle, or the finger's perchase on the trigger can cause a doubleing is if the finger slips off the front trigger, and hits the back trigger under recoil.
If the double rifle, with a single trigger doubles when the trigger is pulled for the first shot, the only thing that can cause that is a malfunctioning action lock system, no matter how you pull the trigger, unless you pull it twice.
One thing though it does indicate is, if the rifle DOUBLES with a single trigger, it means that the action machinicly cocks both barrels on opening. That part is good, because if the rifle cocks the both barrels on opening, is the only way the rifle can be fitted with two triggers, with the only benefit to double triggers so the rifle can be fired from either barrel at will. that also means the top barrel is completely indipendant from the bottom barrel. That means if something breaks in one lock, you still have a working single shot!
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Ozhunter:
The rifle is built in Italy but the Barrels are from Germany.
Sounds like a good system.
I also thought it would make a nice rifle for caring around for be it Pigs , Sambar, Top end Buff or what ever.
Good price too.
I agree fully with Ozhunter, with proper bullets, and bullet placement, the chambering is good for all the animals found in OZ, including the water buffalo, and bantang. The action being made in Italy is OK, and the barrels being made in Germany is excellent, and the only thing that would make that better is if the action was made in Germany as well!
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Gryphon:
Single trigger on the one i handled was imo far better,though the "doubling" is disturbing, though more an operator fault i believe.
If the one you are looking at doesn't double, then don't worry about it, in a double rifle with a single trigger that doubles, that is an individual thing, because the only way that can happen is if the lock for the offending barrel is not maintaneing sear engagement properly, or the shooter is pulling the trigger twice.
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farshot:
Thanks Gryphon - I would be interested to see if you do ever get a double - I tend to doubt it. I kept telling my friend that his doubling occurred as he feathered the trigger and generally handled it like a sniper rifle on a bi-pod rather then a double style rifle. He of course blamed the rifle.
farshot, If the single trigger double rifle is doubleing, then it is the fault of the rifle, not the opperator!