A friend of mine has a Merkel 9.3 x 74 .We could't make the thing group until we finally figured the trigger pulls were a bit heavy.Upon checking with the gunsmith and using a LCD digital trigger gauge with a max capicty of 12 pounds.Both triggers were in excess of 12 pound.
they are 4 and 5 pound now and the rifle shoots very well.
May be it's a Merkel thing ?
good shooting
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