JabaliHunter
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Some stunning photographs on the Westley Richards 'Explora' website https://www.theexplora.com/
Hartmann & Weiss .375 Over Under rifle on Boss action with Holland type reinforcement

Hartmann & Weiss .375 Bolt Action Take Down, .375 Over Under Rifle and 20g Shotgun.

Hartmann & Weiss .375 Over and Under Rifle and a Boss & Co. .500 3″ Over Under.
Edited by CptCurl (29/03/16 08:41 AM)
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Huvius
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WOW! I'm glad they included the case colored .500. I would have never been able to see where the action and forend hanger meet up. While not a fan of over/unders, I can't imagine they get any better than this!
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DarylS
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Rather lovely, aren't they.
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"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V
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Mike_Bailey
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Beautiful !
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lancaster
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H&W is allways good for a surprise
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Itkid
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When I don't want to study I open the H&W website and I find always a reason to study...
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Rell
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Is there much of a market for super high end O/U DRs?
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Igorrock
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In Europe O/U Double Rifles are more ordinary than side-by-side one's.
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Ash
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Quote:
When I don't want to study I open the H&W website and I find always a reason to study...
I know what you mean...
Keeps me motivated to apply for uni soon!
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CptCurl
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Just gorgeous work. Wonder what the price is?
Yeah, I know, if you have to ask, you can't afford it.
Curl
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YOUR DOUBLE RIFLE IS YOUR BEST FRIEND.
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starman
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Otto & Gerhard are great admirers of the British designs and regarding actions, the Robertson-Boss U/O is one of H&Ws flagship offerings. The SxS Boss design is also their mainstay SxS action for shotguns ,and the Beesley for SxS rifles. H&W are flexible in that they will build you a Beesley action gun with Boss single triggers and Holland-southgate ejectors, in order to offer the best in style with the best mechanical design.
H&W also have engineered innovative improvements to the British designs, examples of this are: 1 - springs built into the cocking rods and safety sears to eliminating parts & screws in its self-openers 2- Modification of the Boss single trigger turret for easier disassembly 3- Roller tips on mainsprings to eliminate the breakage prone tumbler link 4- where U/O ejectors cam on the action, hardened steel inserts are installed to prevent wear.
Otto Weiss did a good portion of tradesman time at Purdey, working with the likes of Ken hunt, David Trevallion, and Peter Nelson( who later worked for H&W in Hamburg, when after 16yrs he left H&W to open his own gunmaking business).
H&W enthusiastically incorporate modern-sophisticated metallurgy in the production of their rifles and shotguns and were one of the pioneering firms to have introduce CAD/ CNC technology for bespoke rifle production along with Fabbri and Westley Richards.
H&W in 1980 made available a totally new production high quality modern Cro-molly steel magnum Mauser action, based on the original Oberndorf blueprints, even down to the detail of Mausers orig. reinforced left lug design which was primarily to accomodate the rim of the .505 Gibbs.- One thing HW did change to the orig. Oberndorf drawing design was to extend the front receiver ring/ barrel tenon thread, by a few short millimetres.
#- the only thing I don't like about H&W and its only a small issue that has no bearing on the excellent products , are the sales staff they have at their SCI booth, they have the typical shallow fancy pitch to prospective customers but seem to know next to nothing about the technical detail side of products, for that you really need to speak to Otto.
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