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I have been looking at the Merkel 140 with the auto ejectors and scope mounts in the 9.3 x 57. I like the handy 21" barrels too--

Hmm-
I wonder how this compares to a Chapuis? This 2nd Double gun would be hunted hard and regularly.

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hoppdoc, I own several double rifles of different chamberings, but when I get ready to go to Africa, the two Boyt takedown soft cases are filled with my Merkel 140-2, 470NE Safari double, and the little Merkel 140E, 9.3X74R, and go into the Tuff-pak. This is my favorite pair of doubles for hunting Africa, and the little 9.3X74R Merkel gets a work out often right here in the good old USA, and Canada. the 470 with North Fork solid copper, cup points is the only bullet needed for that rifle, and the 9.3 works fine with 286 gr Nosler Partitions, and NF's cup points, or square points for solids. Works for me!

The good thing about the 9.3 for your light rifle is, if anything happens to the big rifle, the 9.3X74R will finish the hunt for you where something in the 8MM class might not be allowed.

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"If I die today, I have had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"

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