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OK, how many of you feel scoping a DR, even with QD rings, ruins the balance of them? I've received emails saying not to do it and get another rifle like a bolt or single shot for longer range shots with a scope...especially with 9.3x74R, which is a shorter range cartridge.

Are any of you of the "DR are meant for irons only!" mentality?

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My 9.3x74R is scoped with QD mounts. My .30-06 set of barrels will be too. My .450 is not. If I had a .400 as I hope to, it will have a set of QD mounts.

I've read saying get a second single shot rifle in the same calibre, scope that and carry two rifles, one an unscoped DR and a single shot scoped in the same calibre.

Heard it said on the internet, never seen it done or actually read anyone doing it on a real safari. Sure a tracker could carry an extra rifle and they often do, usually a lighter rifle, not one in the same calibre.

If a scope and QD mounts work well, at worst it will turn a double rifle into an effective single shot with increased range over the open sights.

IMO.

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John aka NitroX

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