Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Combination Guns and Drillings Curious about the Valmet 412

I am intrigued by a combo set of shotgun barrels and then a pair of rifle barrels in .308 Win. But what I cannot figure out is how the same buttstock could work well in both applications. It would seem like the the shotgun would require much more drop than the rifle, assuming one plans to use a scope on the rifle barrels. For the shotgun you would want the eye aligned right with the rib, but for the rifle you would want it about 1.5" higher than that.

Anyone with firsthand experience want to 'splain it to me?

If you shoot trap a lot the problem is lessened, as trap stocks have less drop than field guns.

This has been a moderate conundrum with the 412/512 guns. Since the rifles with their own mount set the scopes a bit high, the stocks have only moderate drop. They're built as a compromise, and the rifles have just enough drop to allow for getting down enough to use the puny little folding sight in the rib. (BTW, they're fragile sight blades).

At one time I had three receivers and a dozen barrel sets, and I owned and traded many more. I took this set to Africa. It's the Valmet/Lothar-Walther 9,3X74R o/u barrel set and the 512 receiver with DT and a 12ga/9,3X74R set. I shot a fair amount of francolin and guinea fowl with the combo set.

In the true Finnish Valmet 412 I preferred the cheaper 412S to the more deluxe 412; I liked the stock much better.

I use a strap on pad with a foam insert when the rifle barrel is on.



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