

3200) and was built to provide a shooting system based around an over/under double shotgun style barrel break action with the option to buy shotgun, rifle/shotgun combination, and/or double rifle barrel sets for it. Its design was very much like the Remington 32 (i.e. The Valmet Model 412 was a nicely made European combination gun that earned a good reputation for itself, primarily in Europe and Britain. For a lot of shooting opportunities these combination arms can be a perfect choice, but if you need to be able to take shots out past the 200 yard mark into 300 yards and beyond territory then you’re likely to need a properly set up bolt action in the rifle safe as well. Yes the combination gun can provide interchangeable barrel sets for shotgun, rifle/shotgun combination, or double rifle, but it cannot be expected to be a tack-driving “reach out and touch” long range rifle that delivers sub-MOA groups out past the 200 yard mark. There is a limit to what one can expect from an “all in one gun” combination however. A double rifle can be a very flexible hunting arm, especially if it comes with additional shotgun barrels and/or combination rifle/shotgun barrels: and the Valmet 412 series were one of the best of the affordable combination guns on the market.
