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He must be happy with it if he's had for some time? Is his an ejector or extractor gun?

Obviously he is happy with .470 Nitro....Does he reload his ammo or only shoot factories?

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Does anyone know of any African PH's using a 140AE or 160AE Merkel double gun? Many seem to use Krieghoffs and Heyms but I've never seen a PH use a Merkel??

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I've heard of several over the years. One of them had his new at HHK in the Matetsi when I hunted there in 2002 and was happy with it. The main dislike I had to his, was it did not have a wide shallow V in the rear sight, instead had the small square rear notch. I don't temember his name at the moment or the model, but it was the basic model in .470 and all that is required for a PH for a back up rifle. This guy has moved on since to another company - Brent or Brett ?

Some PHs might prefer a Krieghoff for the good reason it can be carried with chambers loaded and uncocked.

Heym is good and marketing the PHs using their rifles and so it works in both directions, clients see the quality Heym rifles and buy them too. Plus the Heym's are generally a superior double rifle to the other two brands mentioned, so if the PH can afford a Heym it makes sense. Plus Heym introduced a DR with less frills and a lower price which is more affordable to PHs, the "PH" model.

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I've heard of several over the years. One of them had his new at HHK in the Matetsi when I hunted there in 2002 and was happy with it. The main dislike I had to his, was it did not have a wide shallow V in the rear sight, instead had the small square rear notch. I don't temember his name at the moment or the model, but it was the basic model in .470 and all that is required for a PH for a back up rifle. This guy has moved on since to another company - Brent or Brett ?

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The PH is Brent Hein and I assume this is still the same rifle.

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The main dislike I had to his, was it did not have a wide shallow V in the rear sight, instead had the small square rear notch.

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The main dislike I had to his, was it did not have a wide shallow V in the rear sight, instead had the small square rear notch.

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The one I had in my hands a couple of months ago had a standing leaf with shallow vee, and the first flip-up leaf was for the same distance (~100m?) but with the square notch IIRC.
So you could flip up the first leaf for greater perceived accuracy for a precision shot if you had time.
Additional leaves were for greater distances as per traditional leaf sights.
Think I got that right! That particular rifle is owned and shot regularly by one of the posters above, who may care to comment futher...

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Tony, you are right. The model I saw in Brent's hands was a standard model. The standard model had a small square notch on his rear sight. The shallow V was I believe a special order modification. I think the standard rifle only had one leaf as well, but I forget.

Also no idea of what the current issue rifles are as things can change over time.

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The main dislike I had to his, was it did not have a wide shallow V in the rear sight, instead had the small square rear notch.

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The one I had in my hands a couple of months ago had a standing leaf with shallow vee, and the first flip-up leaf was for the same distance (~100m?) but with the square notch IIRC.
So you could flip up the first leaf for greater perceived accuracy for a precision shot if you had time.
Additional leaves were for greater distances as per traditional leaf sights.
Think I got that right! That particular rifle is owned and shot regularly by one of the posters above, who may care to comment futher...

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On the money there. Shallow V with 50 and 100m leafs with the smaller u notch. The shallow V and 50m folding leaf shoot to the same point of impact. I have found it a very practical set up thus far.

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I've heard of several over the years. One of them had his new at HHK in the Matetsi when I hunted there in 2002 and was happy with it. The main dislike I had to his, was it did not have a wide shallow V in the rear sight, instead had the small square rear notch. I don't temember his name at the moment or the model, but it was the basic model in .470 and all that is required for a PH for a back up rifle. This guy has moved on since to another company - Brent or Brett ?

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John, If that is a Merkel, it is a very old one! It doesn't have the cocking indicators or the bolster from the bottom of the fence extending under the barrel butts. Also the screw through the stock just above the front trigger. That looks like some old Britt rifle, but I couldn't say which make! I don't think it is a Merkel though!

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