| 400NitroExpress |
| (.400 member) |
| 20/12/07 04:53 PM |
Re: Scoping a .470 NE?
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With regards to strength, however, I would like to draw you attention to the new german book "doppelbüchsen" (double rifles) by Norbert Klups. The author considers pivot mounts ("Schwenkmontagen", like ERA or EAW) to be stronger that claw mounts.
I've read other works that disagreed.
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the correct mounting of claws is so difficult that very few smiths can do it 100% correctly.
Yes, it requires a gunmaker instead of a gunsmith. Since no one else is really qualified to work on a fine double rifle, that isn't a burden. The best is rarely easy or cheap.
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Mounting a pivot mount is comparatively simple.
But the pivot isn't anything like as fast or as simple to use as the claw.