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DUGABOY1
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Re: Poll : Right Barrel or Left Barrel First
19/09/12 10:34 AM

This explains something that has puzzled me for some time about my Merkel 140-2, 470NE double rifle. I’ve had three people accidently double that rifle by pulling the back trigger first, and everyone says this is a malfunction.

Like you found the makers say the rifle was designed to fire the front trigger first. The right trigger has a slightly lighter trigger pull than the back trigger. Now I know why the maker says this. It is because of the inertia trigger block. That allows the right trigger to be lighter without being a “SET “ trigger on the big bores for pin point accuracy.

The strange thing is, I often fire the back trigger first to select a solid that is almost always loaded in that barrel, with a soft point in the right barrel. I have never had a double discharge on this rifle myself in ten years.

This is the way I load this rifle when leaving the hunting car. My reason for this is, I want a soft for the first shot on anything but elephant, and the second shot to be a solid for a possible going away shot.

Thank you for the pictures!

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Edited by CptCurl (19/09/12 09:43 PM)

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Re: Poll : Right Barrel or Left Barrel First	AkMike	11/02/12 05:33 PM
Re: Poll : Right Barrel or Left Barrel First	xausa	11/02/12 11:16 PM
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Re: Poll : Right Barrel or Left Barrel First	HogPilot	12/02/12 06:14 AM
Re: Poll : Right Barrel or Left Barrel First	Buchsemann	12/02/12 06:51 AM
Re: Poll : Right Barrel or Left Barrel First	tinker	12/02/12 07:05 AM
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Re: Poll : Right Barrel or Left Barrel First	Buchsemann	13/02/12 05:00 AM
Re: Poll : Right Barrel or Left Barrel First	ruffcountry	13/02/12 05:58 PM
Re: Poll : Right Barrel or Left Barrel First	NitroX	13/02/12 08:29 PM
Re: Poll : Right Barrel or Left Barrel First	CptCurl	13/02/12 10:32 PM
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Re: Poll : Right Barrel or Left Barrel First	mauserand9mm	19/09/12 01:18 PM
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