Kevin Peacocke
AH ambassador
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- Zimbabwe, SouthAfrica
You may have seen on various posts and replies I have made that I bought a new Verney Carron 375 Flanged Magnum O/U. This is/was my dream rifle, it fits perfectly, it is well regulated and I shoot it well. Nice wood, light, finnesseful. Problem is it has excess head spacing, the top barrel more than the bottom one, 24 thou and 12 thou respectively. The net result is that it shoots fine with new cases, but splits reloads, both top and bottom barrel, on the first or second reload. So all ammo must be new, which is not easy in Zimbabwe, but nevertheless doable.
The question - should I accept this situation and keep the Verney, or write it off and start dreaming of a Heym 89B? Is this a fatal flaw, or just an annoyance that I am over-reacting to? What would you do?
The question - should I accept this situation and keep the Verney, or write it off and start dreaming of a Heym 89B? Is this a fatal flaw, or just an annoyance that I am over-reacting to? What would you do?