Marrakai
.416 member
Reged: 09/01/03
Posts: 3674
Loc: Darwin, Top End of Australia
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gatsby:
I owe you a beer mate!
Many years ago I was shown a WR Ovundo Explora, but many of my friends since have refused to believe such a gun exists! The fellow I thought had shown it to me, Vic P_, denied all knowledge, so my credibility was shot, so to speak.
I can now use your photo to win back a few bets! 
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Marrakai
When the bull drops, the bullshit stops!
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www.marrakai-adventure.com.au
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gatsby
.375 member
Reged: 05/09/05
Posts: 862
Loc: inland valley CA USA
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Marrakai,
I might take you up on that one day! There are at least a couple of Westley Ovundos with rifled choke barrels. Here is a better photo for your disbelieving mates.
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"Recoil is insignificant when there is a tiger on the head of your elephant" The Maharaja of Cooch Behar
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Paul
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Reged: 28/08/07
Posts: 1031
Loc: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Thanks for the pics, Gatsby: what a great-looking piece. I love the sights, all folding down for shot, I expect.
The scope mounts might limit you to quail and rising clays, though.
The Explora script wins your bet, too, Marakai.
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JeffFive
.224 member
Reged: 14/06/08
Posts: 3
Loc: Tennessee
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Heym lists their 55B in .500 NE.
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xausa
.400 member
Reged: 07/03/07
Posts: 2037
Loc: Tennessee, USA
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Krieghoff refused to furnish .500 Nitro Express barrels for my Teck O/U double rifle, so I'm having them made by a German gunsmith, using a Krieghoff monoblock.
Why they think an action which they routinely furnished in .458 Winchester Magnum is not strong enough for the .500 NE, I have no idea. I suspect they just didn't want to do the job and declined on that basis.
I will be in Germany for a week next month and hope to return with photos and a progress report on it and the other two DR's the same gunsmith is working on.
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