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Hi Daniel:

Welcome aboard!!!

My first double was an S2 in .470 NE. There are serious design shortcomings with these rifles and given that they are priced somewhere around the price of a traditional double, e.g. Merkel, you are far better taking a pass on the S2 and making an alternate choice.

The Blaser uses a tilting block. It is an absolutely strong design, however, it necessitates the use of a “hood” extending off the top of the barrels so the tilting bloc can lock into the barrels. This “hood” results in very slow loading because it obscures the easy access to the chambers.

The S2 does not come with ejectors..... only extractors..... This is a preference thing but most people want ejectors.

The S2 “safety” is a decocker, so when the rifle is broken open for reloading, one must recock the rifle every time before shooting. If you need to reload really quickly in the heat of the moment, you don't need the aggravation of having to push a heavy recocker forward. Most would argue that even a normal safety should not be an auto safety so one doesnt need to worry about it after a hasty reload.

Those are the major design shortcomings.

The next thing you may wish to consider is that they only can be adjusted for horizontal spread, and at least in my experience vertical spread can only be adjusted with a deft hand and a 2 pound ball peen hammer to get them to properly regulate.

I no longer own this rifle. I was fortunate enough to trade it in for a traditional double rifle of reasonable quality. For double rifles, there is no free ride and there are no short cuts to getting a good rifle.

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