Re: Driven-Boar-Rifle
Ha Ha,, yeah well the blaze orange is there to draw attention to the rifle at the IWA show, and when i'm on driven hunts it gets folk interested and into conversations that often end up in orders for custom rifles.
I was a bit aprihensive on the orange my self, usualy prefering tactical dull colours,
but i must say the rifle has grown on me in that colour, and the soft touch laq over the water transfer has an excellent feel, the stock was finnished by hydrographics near York in England, and they did a 110% job. And hey, its different !!
A lot of folk dont like the long mag catches, ours is a bit shorter than the Badger or AICS.
I like the catch as it is, it is easy to operate, is far enough from the trigger ( i have trigger guard safeties and mag catches, they are dangerouse)
and if one should desire the catch shorter,, hey hacksaw, file and touch up blue, 5mins work and you have a shorter mag catch.
Ive had to swap mags fast on a couple of driven hunts and that catch works a treat, even with gloves on.
I wish i had used a Manners MCS T, the stock is of the little seen a wild dog sporter variety. But id didn't unfortunately have a Tom stock spare, and the wild dog was spare.
It shoulders very well though,.
I will definately be working with Hydro Graphics on stocks in the future if the finish on that one is anything to go by,
Its a potent, hand little rifle, is exatly 1m long, i can get 4rds of 9.3 RSM or .450 marlin in the magazine and one up the spout,
with a spare mag that gives me 9rds in pretty short order.
The S&B FD scopes are the best optic ive come across for driven game, and ive treid about everything, the problem bieng, on a driven hunt, you never know where your stand will be, thick brust, maybe you can see 10-15m or on top of a tank berm, between 400m and 2800m in any direction,, the 1.5 gives you close range ability both eyes open, the 6x gives you adequate magnification for a longish shot,
To be honest though,. the best driven boar rifle is a marlin 1895.
Pete
