buckstix
(.400 member)
12/05/21 09:23 PM
Re: My first Merkel Double Rifle - 470 NE - this is a great gun.

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Congratulations on your new double rifle. I hope you enjoy it and get great service from it.
Interesting to see the mention of an articulated front trigger. Non of my double shotguns has such a trigger, but one of my double rifles does. That is the Beretta ... It seems to work fine with no problems.


Hello crshelton,
Thanks for the reply.
The articulated front trigger is a nice feature on heavy recoiling doubles.

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Hi buckstix. The rear trigger in mine is only slightly heavier than the front. ... The rear trigger mechanism has a recoil operated interceptor that blocks the sear arm of the LH barrel so it stops the sear from tripping on that side when the other (RH) is fired. ... Mine will fire both barrels almost guaranteed if the LH barrel (rear trigger) is fired first. I've also played around (unloaded) with the front trigger - it's articulated. ... I'm happy to live with this and always fire RH barrel first. The manual says to do this for regulation purposes (I don't really believe this) and it doesn't mention anything about having both barrels fire if the LH barrel is fired first - but it makes me wonder why there is only 1 interceptor....

The only way to check for the interceptors is to remove the bottom plate, and it's mounted on the inside of the plate: You can see the arms of the sears that the triggers activate and that the interceptor catches: I also have photos of the bar weight in the stock, attachment arrangement and broken wood crew:


Hello mauserand9mm,
Thanks for the reply.
Thank you for the detailed photos that you posted. Someday I will disassemble my Merkel and see if it is the same.

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Hi Buckstix, I hope you do not mind. I have used this image as an illustration on double rifle regulation on the NitroExpressCom facebook page and group. I will also post my post on a thread here on NE. Where most of our members know it all already.


Hello NitroX,
Thanks for the reply.
I'm glad my photo could help with your explanation, and thanks for the recognition on the posts.



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