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mickey
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Are multi barrel sets worth the bother?
02/12/04 02:26 PM

After reading the post on the Chapuis or Krieghoffs with muti barrel sets I wonder how many find them handy? I have had limited experiance with them, only two.

The first was a Thys in 600NE w/375 H&H Barrels. A sweet handling 600, if that can be said, but an awkward 375. It actually weighed more as a 375 because of all the extra steel needed for the action width. The 375 was the most accurate Double I have ever seen, a 1.5x6 Ziess and it would shoot inside .5 inch 4 shot groups for anybody. With all the extra barrel weight and stiffnes it was like shooting a Bull Barrel target rifle. 14lbs as a 375 and 11.5 as a 600NE.

The other is a 470 Wilkes with a set of 360#2 barrels. Because of the cartridge size these two barrels weigh within ounces of each other and are hard to tell apart from size and contour. Either set shoots and feels the same. A good handling combination.

I also have a nice little 9.3 and have wondered if getting a set of 20 Gauge barrels would destroy the balance.

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Are multi barrel sets worth the bother?	mickey	02/12/04 02:26 PM
Re: Are multi barrel sets worth the bother?	mehulkamdar	25/12/04 11:28 AM
Re: Are multi barrel sets worth the bother?	foxfire	24/12/04 11:56 PM
Re: Are multi barrel sets worth the bother?	NitroX	25/12/04 12:54 AM
Re: Are multi barrel sets worth the bother?	butchloc	21/12/04 06:51 AM
Re: Are multi barrel sets worth the bother?	luv2safari	12/12/04 02:02 PM
Re: Are multi barrel sets worth the bother?	4seventy	12/12/04 10:46 AM
Re: Are multi barrel sets worth the bother?	Peterb	12/12/04 11:55 AM
Re: Are multi barrel sets worth the bother?	Rusty	05/12/04 12:05 AM
Re: Are multi barrel sets worth the bother?	luv2safari	12/12/04 02:11 PM
Re: Are multi barrel sets worth the bother?	foxfire	04/12/04 04:08 AM
Re: Are multi barrel sets worth the bother?	NE450No2	25/12/04 07:02 AM
Re: Are multi barrel sets worth the bother?	foxfire	29/12/04 08:27 AM
Re: Are multi barrel sets worth the bother?	NE450No2	29/12/04 08:50 AM
Re: Are multi barrel sets worth the bother?	foxfire	24/02/05 11:12 AM
Re: Are multi barrel sets worth the bother?	NE450No2	24/02/05 03:27 PM
Re: Are multi barrel sets worth the bother?	mstarling	25/02/05 03:58 AM
Re: Are multi barrel sets worth the bother?	foxfire	25/12/04 01:14 PM
Re: Are multi barrel sets worth the bother?	ThomasEdwards	04/12/04 02:02 PM
Re: Are multi barrel sets worth the bother?	new_guy	03/12/04 03:46 AM
Re: Are multi barrel sets worth the bother?	DUGABOY1	03/12/04 07:55 AM
Re: Are multi barrel sets worth the bother?	unspellable	04/12/04 03:37 AM
Re: Are multi barrel sets worth the bother?	DUGABOY1	03/12/04 02:36 AM

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