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Made contact with Gun dealer in Aus,and he did not like the Merkle and said it becomes loose and has had several customers complain about the merkle. I have not heard any bad press about the gun and was wondering if this was just a sales tactic to sale a Heym.Also I recieved a catalog from HK and it had Merkle info in it? when did this happen!!

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470NEBD, In my experience, when you hear someone telling you a Merkel shoots loose with a chambering of a cartridge that was designed for double rifles, they usually have shot handloads that are too hot for the rifle, or they have something they want to sell you! Usually it is the second reason.

I don't think you will find a German made rifle that is too weak for the rounds chambered in it from the factory, and Merkel is no weaker than any rifle that is proofed for the round it is chambered for. A full 90% of the doubles that come "off face" do so because of poor care, causeing wear in the henge pin area, not from high pressure from proper loads!

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Thanks Dugaboy1. The sales person I talked to was just wanting to sale a Heym in My opinion, not saying the Heym is a bad rifle the price was not very attractive. Also do you know if merkle puts a better recoil pad on or is this something I need to look into

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Let me start by appologizing for not getting back before now!

First, there is absolutly nothing wrong with a Heym double rifle. If the Heym, and the Merkel cost the same. the Heym would be my choice hands down, between the two brands. However, they do not cost the same, and the Heym is not enough better than the Merkel to justify the difference in price! The Merkel is a better bargain!

Merkels do not come with a recoil pad! This, IMO, is so the buyer can custom fit the length of pull when he installs the recoil pad. I installed a Pachmeyr decellarator on my 9.3X74R, and the 470NE has a Kick-ese! I prefere the decellarator, and the Pachmeyr comes in the traditional "RED" rubber now. I'm going to replace both mine with the red decellarators.

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"If I die today, I have had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"

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