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A Close Look At The Merkel K3 Stutzen
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Күн бұрынYou may recall seeing the K3 in action in our Deer Stalking video a few weeks ago. it's not often that Jonny has a full-blown love affair with a rifle but he can't hide his feelings for this one.
What're your thoughts? Let us know in the comments down below.
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@ioakimmakis9288 5 жыл бұрын
wow...i didn't know about this gun...Greetings from northern Greece, Pella-the heart of Makedonia.
@patriot4258 4 жыл бұрын
I have a Merkel KR1 3 barrel set and love it. I have owned many rifles and this is by far my favorite. I have traveled with many times and it has never let me down . Excellent firearms from an old company
@petemulhearn7787 5 жыл бұрын
Although I don't have any desire to own most of the guns you show on this channel, shotguns in particular, your enthusiasm is infectious.
@keithhane9030 5 жыл бұрын
Anytime a gun manufacture has a firearm in sold with a mannlicher style stock, it quickly grabs my attention. I have a few Ruger M-77s with mannlicher stocks and absolutely love them. I am very excited to see a hinge action firearm with full length stock. The wood quality appears to be top notch! I am very impressed with Merkel. I must invest in one of these rifles soon! Thank you for a look at a firearm I probably would never have seen.
@danhill6333 5 жыл бұрын
Very beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
@andrewoutside2073 3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video. You got me excited for a heirloom rifle like this....... thanks !
@geraldswain3259 5 жыл бұрын
Forget all that black plastic crap this is wonderful .
@tgsoutdoors 5 жыл бұрын
That it is
@alun7006 5 жыл бұрын
I will never own one, but what an absolutely stunning thing.
@paulsimmons5726 3 жыл бұрын
Great review of a really nice piece of craftsmanship. Not inexpensive, however, a gun like that can be passed down through the generations.
@awbernardy 3 жыл бұрын
I have loved that rifle since I first saw one...
@rancidpitts8243 2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful, I want one. Wish I could afford one.
@bigleemac 4 жыл бұрын
What a thing, beautifully simple, want.
@christinamoneyhan5688 5 жыл бұрын
You really should check out a Ruger # 1
@maxcaysey2844 5 жыл бұрын
Amazing quality content as ever! Now, we just need a little (Super in-depth) review of the Saxo Bavarian Carbine! Cheers!
@tgsoutdoors 5 жыл бұрын
If only they would send us one for Review...
@maxcaysey2844 5 жыл бұрын
@@tgsoutdoors That would be sweet! :)
@GeorgeSemel 3 жыл бұрын
Made to shoot game with. I like the matted subdued finish. I don't like shiny guns, learned the hard way on a hard two weeks in Newfoundland looking for a moose. The shine of the 300 Weatherby MK V- german make back in 1972 spooked that moose and never go a shot. A 308 or 7mm 0 8 would be more than enough in a short light rifle like that. Put a 1.5 to 5 power Scope on it and you would have an excellent package to hunt with for life and so will your great-grandchildren.
@MegaRiffraff 5 жыл бұрын
I’m not normally a single barrel man , but I like that .
@brucechennell860 5 жыл бұрын
Such beauty. I do love a stutzen and there is something special with traditional styles. If it was in .243 I would be very tempted but think I might end up going Ruger No.1
@tgsoutdoors 5 жыл бұрын
.243 may be available soon apparently... a Ruger No. 1 is still rather nice though
@brucechennell860 5 жыл бұрын
@@tgsoutdoors Now that's thrown a spanner in the works! Wait and possibly get a K3 or don't wait and get a No.1 that is of course untill someone suggests something else or I see something else!
@lukestephenking 4 жыл бұрын
Nice video!
@notforsaletoday1895 5 жыл бұрын
My gosh, it is beautiful.... I love the fore end coming to the very end of the barrel. But is there a significant benefit to having a short sight radius?
@wildrangeringreen 3 жыл бұрын
being further from your eye can make it a little easier to use quickly (you see it a lot on Dangerous game rifles), plus it makes it easier for people to attach modern scopes with larger objectives without having to resort to high rings/mounts AND still have the sights on (nice if you drop your rifle in the mountains and break the scope). A shorter sight radius tends to make it harder to have as precise of a sighting, but I'm guessing they're assuming if you are going to be shooting at 200-300 yards, you'll mount a scope, rather than use open sights (I like my open sighted guns though lol)
@richardcranston1833 5 жыл бұрын
Great vid wondered if you could do a few vids dedicated to rifles like you've done shotguns. For example first rifle, manufacturers range like you did with CG and B and B. Top 5 rifles all time, on a budget, target, hunting, scopes. Learn so much from you guys. 😆
@tgsoutdoors 5 жыл бұрын
We will work on this for you, good ideas
@yeahbee8237 5 жыл бұрын
Im drooling here
@OldManMontgomery 4 жыл бұрын
That is a wonderful looking rifle. I'm not convinced it is four time better (based on price) than my Ruger No. 1.
@tgsoutdoors 4 жыл бұрын
Possibly not, but it is still very nice indeed
@OldManMontgomery 4 жыл бұрын
@@tgsoutdoors I will stipulate Merkel makes excellent rifles and shotguns.
@borkwoof696 4 жыл бұрын
Price doesn’t increase proportionally with quality
@OldManMontgomery 4 жыл бұрын
@@borkwoof696 That is correct. In my experience, price outpaces quality and utility quite handily
@roeng1368 5 жыл бұрын
Lovely. Side by side shotguns and single shot rifles are my thing. The whole tacticool i am a wannabe sniper thing is such a pita. That rifle does not even need a scope on it, perfect the way it is.
@HJDore 5 жыл бұрын
Opinions on drilling shotguns? Seem like a combination of your favorite firearms.
@roeng1368 5 жыл бұрын
@@HJDore Don't like drillings personally, german oddities imho. If i want to shoot game or clays i take the shotgun out, if i want to shoot targets or deer, i take the rifle out.
@HJDore 5 жыл бұрын
ro eng fair enough. I really like the concept, but with a) them starting at about 9 grand and b) being a gamekeeper I doubt I’ll ever afford one.
@fishking16 3 жыл бұрын
You should do the Blaser K95 or the new K5!
@bubbajones5905 5 жыл бұрын
Odd how they mount the rear sight so far forward. The sight radius looks to be only a foot or so.
@tgsoutdoors 5 жыл бұрын
It isn't massive but i have used one of the open sighters and it is quick and easy to use - maybe not the best to attaining the the potential accuracy this rifle has - but certainly good enough for 100m shots if you want
@OldManMontgomery 4 жыл бұрын
Those sort of sights are made to be fast to acquire a sight picture on probably moving game. No, not so great for Two mile target shooting.
@borkwoof696 4 жыл бұрын
They’re backup sights intended for close shots. The rear sight also needs to be mounted so far forward so that their sharp when you focus on the front sight.
@indianairriflesguns2886 5 жыл бұрын
It's a Real beauty
@thelongslowgoodbye 5 жыл бұрын
Is it just me or do you think the rear sights could have been placed further rearwards (towards the action) so you get a better sight radius?
@HDMIGAMER 5 жыл бұрын
That is a nice gun I’m in love 😂
@mchughcb 5 жыл бұрын
You can pop that cap off on the pistol grip and get a nice game scene cap from Egun.de. I put a moose on mine but I'm sure a nice roe deer would be good on the merkel.
@tgsoutdoors 5 жыл бұрын
They are available as a factory spec as well, they even do blanks which you can have engraved to your style...
@Tuton25 5 жыл бұрын
"Transcend all that super accurate sniper crap" Couldn't have said it better my self, that is especially true here in the US. That's largely why I choose not to pay attention to rifles here, but the shotgun market is getting more and more corrupted with the whole "shockwave" thing going on...
@roeng1368 5 жыл бұрын
"Sniper crap" ? Absolutely agree, i see people with 3k's worth of schmidt and bender scope, on what is basically an f-class target rifle weighing about 13 lbs, 2k leica binoculars, infra red leopold minocular, all to shoot foxes or deer over 200 yards max. Daft.
@dominiccampbell947 5 жыл бұрын
I thought if those shockwave things were shotguns they would be illegal? ...I'm joking! Keep the can of worms closed hahaha!
@scowler92 5 жыл бұрын
Shockwaves fill a niche, just like revolvers that accept .410 shotshells.
@Tuton25 5 жыл бұрын
Scowler the niche of parting fools with their money I suppose...
@chrishorner8589 5 жыл бұрын
Delightful rifle looks to be perfect for ROE stalking
@tgsoutdoors 5 жыл бұрын
in 6.5x55 swedish?
@chrishorner8589 5 жыл бұрын
@@tgsoutdoors a perfectly adequate calibre and superior on Roe
@Lolololo-zc4mm Жыл бұрын
😍
@219garry 3 жыл бұрын
and what's the price comparison between the Merkel and the CZ 550fs??
@HJDore 5 жыл бұрын
What’s up with that Haenel jaeger 10 on your website priced at £1?
@keithbrooks5468 3 жыл бұрын
I'm in love!
@zacbell03 5 жыл бұрын
Omg.... I WANT ONE!!!
@andrewmartin4593 4 жыл бұрын
must have one
@PaulAnthonyDuttonUk 4 жыл бұрын
Had a chance to shoot that gun in Austria... and whilst having a lager frothed with a red hot poker in a hotel that looked more like a natural history museum, not a spitting distance from Hitlers birth place; Johkan, who puts most of his kills on the menu told me that he and his mates hardly ever shoot multi barrel or bolt action anymore but prefer single shot... Clearly for the sake of a kiss philosophy but interestingly they cover each others shots. So I guess that's another way to have a second round at the ready without the burden of weight. The gun is perfect in my opinion and though short, when dressed up against the cold mid or late season the LOP is fine. Would like to have one.
@p20gey1 5 жыл бұрын
Snow when did u get that?
@tgsoutdoors 5 жыл бұрын
had this one sat for a few weeks now, but it wasnt long ago
@p20gey1 5 жыл бұрын
@@tgsoutdoors we haven't had snow in Norfolk this year. Keep up the videos. Happy days
@fishzmfgo1 4 жыл бұрын
That's a great looking rifle but I think the sighits look dum in my opinion and there way to close together I think but good video none the less
@clangerbasher 5 жыл бұрын
Hand down if they have an FAC and a reason to own. We never own them here really just lease them in a way.
@yeahbee8237 5 жыл бұрын
30-06! In that short of a barrel? And The recoil in such a light rifle? The muzzleflame gotta be good thou 😋 Rather go 30-30 tbh and it got a rim... If you d wanna go modern 6,5creed or 300blackout would be nice. Dunno what ze german equivilant of a light recoiling flat shooting good for short barrels calibre would be? Dunno what the
@219garry 5 жыл бұрын
Ya, they should do a 7mm 08 or the 6.5CM. Oh and cut the price in half. LOL
@radiatedronnie2855 2 жыл бұрын
The rifle has a 22 inch barrel, so fairly regular for a .30-06 but due to the much shorter action start further back. So not a lot of muzzle flash The rifle is handy, light and portable, great for a blind or stalking. A typical German "Short-barrel" cartridge would be 8x57IS /IRS Short-barrel and flat shooting? 7x57/ 7x57r or 6,5x57/ 6,5x57r -a German gunsmith and hunter.
@briansanderson5084 5 жыл бұрын
Get a room!
@beachboardfan9544 5 жыл бұрын
"handsome" 😬
@219garry 3 жыл бұрын
Communitst country, Citizen gets one shot. Law enforcement......Ak 47s
@GeorgeSemel 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but what you do is you shoot the guy with the AK right thru the heart and then pick up the AK. One-shot is nowhere near the disadvantage as some would think.
@Russell-1 2 жыл бұрын
Gee purrs - rather a silly comment.
@fanbatcher 4 жыл бұрын
Why would you spend like $6,000 when you could literally buy 10 bolt action rifles for that kind of money!? Just an observation from a country boy in New England.
@radiatedronnie2855 2 жыл бұрын
Higher quality manufacturing, engineering and materials used. Also the people working in manufacturing get paid a living wage. Easy Caliber-swapping, and a well designed, strong action. Stronger in fact that other regular break actions The barrel is old hammerforged, making thd rifle even more durable. The rifle is incredibly light and handy, literal hole-in-hole accuracy. -German gunsmith and hunter
@noctismortis7349 3 жыл бұрын
British people talking about guns scares me. "That sniper crap" may not mean anything if your face is crooked and you can't shoot right anyway, but if you wanted to be able to hit something from a mile away, a freefloated barrel is kind of a big deal. It's a great gun for hunting with class, but nothing really else. That aside, it's a beautiful weapon.
@royjennison3916 5 жыл бұрын
sorry dont like that for the money
@markburr4953 4 жыл бұрын
Sights are that far forward so they do not interfere with scope mounting. This rifle weighs 3 lbs less than a Ruger #1. My concern would be the low comb making it difficult to get a good cheek weld and see through the scope.
@fanbatcher 4 жыл бұрын
Foolish money for an impractical gun . A Ruger No 1 is far more convenient and 1/4 the price!
@borkwoof696 4 жыл бұрын
How exactly is it more convenient?
@fanbatcher 3 жыл бұрын
Falling Block...
@Russell-1 2 жыл бұрын
Moto Mo - Impractical in what way?