Thread: Single Shot Rifles - Blaser & Merkel

I am looking at a single shot takedown myself, currently Wolverine sports in Canada, has just got in 6-7 Merkel K5,(6.5x57, .270, 7x65 etc) few Blaser k95 about,
A K95 deluxe used, in 7x65 has popped up, debating hard about this.
Ive got a few nice single shots, Ruger #1 in 30-30 and 219 zipper, and copper single shots in 20 vartarg and 6x47 rem,
K95 I think is more appealing, as there is the odd spare barrel about, Epps currently has 3 spare barrels, not cheap thought.
Hannel also makes a takedown single shot, Fair makes rifles, on shot gun frame, including a kipplauf on there 28gr frame. both these are a bit cheaper than K5, K95.
Winchester is making the low wall again aviable in 22 hornet to 6.5 creed, Ive got a .22 hornet on order,

Honestly I think the K95 are great wee rifles , there are more of these in the country than you would think and you seldom see one for sale second hand which tells you something ,and it does not look out of place next to some much older firearms @Frodo

There's a Thompson Contender G1 in 30-30 on trademe currently. Link provided in the trademe good deals thread.
Joel

Lucky,the photos dont do it justice.....that is one beautiful rifle and oh so light.

I've got a Merkel K3 in 7x57R, with a 3-9x42 Kahles in Rectnagel qr mounts. The k3 has the "alloy" reciever, the k4 the steel reciever and hexagonal barrel. The k3 reciever is not cheap, light flimsy etc. Its a good solid alloy. ON my first reloading session it put 4 out of 5 in the same hole. I pulled the 5 shot as i filled my pants. 7x57r brass is pretty easy to find. I use geco , rws and privi. Weight is 2.8 kg scoped so even a 7x57 is pretty lively in the hands off a bench.

A different angle on the single shot: Ranking of Single Shot Actions.
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Originally Posted by rupert

A different angle on the single shot: Ranking of Single Shot Actions.
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Certainly a different angle and depends what you want to use it for

Most of those mentioned are magnificent actions but I wouldn't be keen to carry them in the South island alps

So any list of preferred action really comes down to the context
And even if it's to be shot at all

Great thread. It's not helping my rifle acquisition syndrome, as it was recently termed somewhere on the forum. Something like this has been on my own wish list for a while too. I looked into these Dakota Arms rifles myself. Possibly not in the same league as the Europeans but by all accounts finely engineered.
Dakota Model 10 deluxe

I will fire up the posts with this quote from the nitro express link

"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

Those who know me well can vouch for the fact that I'm actually mainly in to exposed manual hammers
And before someone points out the obvious that a K95 doesn't have an exposed manual hammer
I consider the Blaser firing system to be essentially an exposed manual hammer
It is certainly not a safety catch