More First World Problems

[mchughcb]

Those members with a D99, do you prefer the splinter or semi beaver tail fore end?

What say you?

[dieselten]

Mine has a splinter and it is ok. I would have preferred the beaver but i got this second hand at a great price. The splinter is bigger than a true british splinter

[mchughcb]

Cheers Nick.

[dieselten]

What barrels are you looking at Chuck?

[mchughcb]

3006 and 2 x 20g

[9.3x64]

My Merkel 12x12x.222 drilling has a splinter, but not the real tiny British splinter.
My Merkel 9.3x9.3x20 has a much larger forend.
I much prefer this forend for rifle shooting.
However I have to admit when shooting moving birds I like the splinter.

[mchughcb]

Just weighting up the options.

[SPEEDY]

Yep, definitely on my to buy list.

[mchughcb]

Yep the blasers in the combination catalogue are something to behold.

[SPEEDY]

They definitely give me happy feeling in my special place

While I love my Luxus, I can definitely appreciate a fine D99 more. While out chasing Fallow last week I kept having hares, rabbits and even the occasional Fox pop up and a D99 would have handled the lot.
I also realized that I've only shot a couple of Fallow twice so the single shot would have suited me just fine.

[mchughcb]

Yep and thats the scenario every week for me, foxes with deer, ducks, rabbits etc. Hence any combo makes perfect sense.

[mchughcb]

Mine has a splinter and it is ok. I would have preferred the beaver but i got this second hand at a great price. The splinter is bigger than a true british splinter

Nick do you have a bare weight for the D99?
Thanks Chuck

[dieselten]

Chuck mine is a Duo, .308/.222/20G. it weighs about 9 pounds without a scope

[mchughcb]

Thanks Nick. The one im looking at is about 8.5lb but makes it heavier than my sauer. Ill have to think about it.

[SPEEDY]

30/06 and 2x20ga, I'd be bloody tempted myself.