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Valmet 412 custom 450/400 3” NE with 12GA barrel set

Seller was : Greene Sporting A+(465)
Gunbroker.com
Buy Now Price
$5,000.00
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I have bought and sold Valmets for more than 20 years. The Model 412 was designed from its inception as a switch-barrel system. Rifles, shotguns and combination barrels can be fitted to the receiver with ease. The firing Pins are small diameter to withstand centerfire rifle forces without the pins sticking in primers. The best of the lot are the 412S models which this action is. It has an anti-doubling device that is especially nice on a rifle in this caliber. The rifle barrels are 26” long and the gun is well balanced with a little muzzle heaviness. This is a two-barrel set with a set of 26” long 12 GA ejector barrels with screw chokes. The double rifle barrel set was built by expert gunsmith John Taylor. It was made by taking a set of ejector shotgun barrels and removing the shotgun tubes from the monoblock. Then a set of Douglas blanks were turned to fit and the barrels soldered to the monoblock. An adjustable muzzle piece For windage adjustment and a Barrel wedge for elevation adjustment were machined and mounted. There is a set of excellent Recknagel iron sights with a red bead and yellow rear notch. The sights are zeroed for 50 yards. The barrel also accepts Valmet scope mounts. The rifle is very accurate and both barrels shoot to the same point at 50 yards. The stock is a factory Valmet left hand stock with three interchangeable butt pads for various lengths of pull. I do have a factory right hand stock that I can substitute for the left hand stock. With the double rifle barrels the gun weight 9 lb, 4 oz, perfect for this caliber. This cartridge is the 450/400 3” Nitro Express cartridge. The rifle is pleasant to shoot with recoil being a heavy shove instead of a sharp jab as in high velocity magnums. Included are 7 boxes of Hornady factory Ammo, (3 solids, 4 soft points). Also there are 75 once fired empties, 41 handloads with 400 grain soft points, a die set and some bullets. The Americase shown in the photos is included. There are slots for four barrel sets, receiver, fore end and accessories. The shotgun barrels have three inch chambers and have five choke tubes and a choke tube wrench. You can take this set on Safari and shoot your big game, then hunt fowl with the shotgun. The asking price is less than my investment, and still considerably less than the cost of most double rifles. And these rifle barrels are adjustable for point of impact.

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John aka NitroX

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