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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
I have never been a big fan of break open rifles....
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Ok, you saved me the trip back to Cabelas...
I was just curious how practical this gun was cause I think it's beautifully made.
I found this online:
" At the 2004 SHOT show I met with Messieurs Peter Yates and Einar Hoff of GSI Incorporated, the U.S. importer for Merkel firearms. The meeting provided piece one of the puzzle in the form of the new Merkel K1 Stalking rifle.
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Built on a Franz Jager-type break open single shot action, the rifle weighs a feathery 5.5 pounds, and it's nicely-equipped with a single trigger adjustable for three weights of pull. Fire controls involve a sliding safety, which cocks and uncocks the hammer for firing, or for safety.
The rifle has an extractor only (a gentlemanly feature), and sports a cold-hammer-forged barrel measuring 23.5 inches in length. Its got good, solid fixed sights even my old eyes can see, and has the ability to mount a scope. To spoil us even further, we mounted a Swaroski 3-10x in 30mm quick-release rings.
Chambered in .30-'06, the rifle is typical of the Merkel line, with wonderful hunting scenes engraved on the French gray finished action. At the range the rifle shot Federal 180-grain Nosier ammunition into five-shot groups spanning a heal 1.5" at 100 yards. Two hundred yards brought satisfactory 3-inch groups. The rifle is a true example of a stalking-type rifle and I believe proudly represents a tradition founded and built in the Thuringen Forest region of Germany since the 14th century."