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I think the Merkels in the Dangerous Game calibres/cartridges only come with ejectors.

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Not an accurate statement. I have a Merkel in 500NE with extractors. Purchased it in 07 and have taken 3 elephants with it, among other game.

I also have a Chapuis in 9.3X74R with ejectors. I like the ejectors on that gun because I have a scope on it. But I greatly prefer the extractors on the 500. I learned the technique from Boddington in his Safari Rifles on how to reload. I open the action and roll the gun with a flick of the wrist resulting in the barrels pointing straight up. Practice will have you doing this in one quick motion. The shells fall out right at your feet, together. With practice, this technique is very fast.

Owning and shooting both types, the only draw back to extractors is that you must pull the spent case when firing only one barrel. By the same token, reloading that one barrel can be done silently with extractors but not ejectors. This was the reason the old Ivory Hunters preferred extractors but of course, we don't shoot multiple bulls out of a herd anymore. Still, there are situations where a quick and silent reload are beneficial.

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