Forums.NitroExpress.com

Home | Ezine | Forums | Links | Contact NitroExpress.com: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag

View recent messages : 24 hours | 48 hours | 7 days | 14 days | 30 days | 60 days | More Smilies

*** Enjoy NitroExpress.com? Participate and join in. ***

You are not logged in. [Login]

Main Index · Search · Active Topics
New user · Who's Online · FAQ · Calendar

Double Rifles, Single Shots & Combinations >> Double Rifles

Marrakai
.416 member

Reged: 09/01/03
Posts: 3591
Loc: Darwin, Top End of Australia

Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag
03/01/08 10:52 AM

Bird-shooting with an open double-gun is not uncommon in my neck of the woods, mainly wing-shooting waterfowl under flight-paths. However, hunting DG on foot is an entirely different matter.

A single spear-grass seed or tiny twig on the flats of a properly-made DR may render it unable to be fully closed in an instant, or closed sufficiently to be safely fired. Indeed, the problem may not be immediately apparent and even if the shooter realises what has happened, the business of clearing the obstruction while facing down a DG charge could very easily be fatal.

What's more, the second barrel, the oft-touted raison d'etre of DRs for DG, would be equally unavailable.

Double rifles simply must be closed when stalking dangerous game.

Other than that, I agree with the other posters above: flicking a tang-safety forward as you mount a DR should be so instinctive as to be a completely unconscious action. Extensive practice with automatic-safety double shot-guns is probably the least expensive way to achieve this.

Of course, the real trick is remembering to re-engage the safety immediately if for some reason the shot is not taken! ..and this applies to the Krieghoff decocker as well.

--------------------
Marrakai
When the bull drops, the bullshit stops!
--------------------------------
www.marrakai-adventure.com.au

Post Extras

Print Post

Remind Me!

Notify Moderator

Entire topic
Subject	Posted by	Posted on
Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	smicha6551	10/03/06 11:38 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	DUGABOY1	29/12/07 12:29 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	smicha6551	29/12/07 05:14 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	Bill_Cooley	31/12/07 04:06 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	ozhunter	02/01/08 03:46 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	500Nitro	02/01/08 03:58 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	JPK	02/01/08 12:20 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	Bramble	01/01/08 08:18 AM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	JPK	02/01/08 12:07 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	400NitroExpress	01/01/08 07:46 AM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	NitroX	03/01/08 05:49 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	400NitroExpress	04/01/08 02:29 AM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	EricD	03/01/08 06:48 AM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	400NitroExpress	03/01/08 04:13 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	smicha6551	06/01/08 01:12 AM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	Marrakai	06/01/08 10:05 AM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	xausa	08/01/08 02:19 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	JPK	08/01/08 02:31 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	NE450No2	10/01/08 06:01 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	DM	08/01/08 12:40 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	EricD	03/01/08 06:13 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	k80	04/01/08 01:40 AM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	400NitroExpress	04/01/08 02:54 AM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	k80	04/01/08 01:25 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	NitroX	03/01/08 05:43 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	xausa	03/01/08 06:13 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	NitroX	02/01/08 05:31 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	smicha6551	02/01/08 11:04 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	JPK	03/01/08 01:24 AM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	JPK	03/01/08 12:58 AM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	NitroX	03/01/08 02:50 AM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	JPK	03/01/08 06:49 AM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	JPK	03/01/08 06:53 AM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	Bramble	03/01/08 09:16 AM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	JPK	03/01/08 09:47 AM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	Marrakai	03/01/08 10:52 AM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	Bramble	03/01/08 11:32 AM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	400NitroExpress	03/01/08 02:35 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	Anonymous	29/12/07 02:48 AM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	k80	29/12/07 08:49 AM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	Schamankungulo	29/12/07 08:56 AM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	MichiganShooter	12/03/06 05:33 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	shakari	11/03/06 01:23 AM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	Sunshine	12/03/06 07:23 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	shakari	12/03/06 07:44 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	Sunshine	12/03/06 08:33 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	shakari	12/03/06 09:29 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	ChopperGuy	14/03/06 12:49 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	shakari	14/03/06 04:41 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	smicha6551	15/03/06 02:37 AM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	400NitroExpress	28/12/07 05:10 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	smicha6551	28/12/07 08:02 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	400NitroExpress	29/12/07 01:28 AM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	ChopperGuy	15/03/06 12:48 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	smicha6551	21/03/06 06:41 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	Schamankungulo	28/12/07 01:25 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	JPK	28/12/07 03:11 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	Will	28/12/07 10:46 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	4seventy	12/03/06 07:33 PM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	smicha6551	11/03/06 02:20 AM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	BlainSmipy	11/03/06 04:00 AM
Re: Krieghoff Classic Big Five in .458 Win Mag	k80	11/03/06 12:15 PM

Extra information

0 registered and 65 anonymous users are browsing this forum.

Moderator: CptCurl

Forum Permissions
      You cannot start new topics
      You cannot reply to topics
      HTML is disabled
      UBBCode is enabled

Rating:
Thread views: 14580

Jump to

NitroExpress.com

Powered by UBB.threads™ 6.5.5

Home | Ezine | Forums | Links | Contact

Copyright 2003 to 2011 - all rights reserved