Disassembling a Merkel RX Helix

[@Renegade_Nine]

Thanks for the video. It was a great help cleaning my father's Helix.

[@davidraabe184]

Thanks for showing! Very good video mate!

[@guntherwoortman2021]

Hi. What size ellen key did you use for the stock?

[@slickrick343]

Nice video mate, still think you should have ended it halfway when the gun was still in bits. Gotta get the repair work in somehow mwhahaha... Ps. 2 months down the line and your favourite hammerli still hasn't lost pressure! One of life mysteries right there.

[@SwedenAirhead]

Thanks for this video. Very educationel!

[@Ch18905]

That is a very thorough explanation. Can you please provide info on how to adjust the trigger on Helix? Thanks

[@enduroskillstraining]

5yrs later and I am still trying to find a video showing how to adjust the trigger :D

[@Ganjaseed]

It's a small allen key just behind the trigger guard (you can see the small hole at 1:45). It is only accessible after removing the rear stock. *Edit: standard trigger is set to 10 N (1000g). You can't decrease the force below that, but you can increase it: 10 turns clockwise correlates to a 10 N increase.

[@enduroskillstraining]

@@Ganjaseedthank you. I happen to buy the upgraded Merkel target trigger and when disassembling it found the little hole. I’ve now drilled a small hole in the stock for easy future adjustment 😎👍

[@Ganjaseed]

@@enduroskillstraining Nice, what is your experience with the target trigger, did you set it to the lowest 5 N (500g)? Does it have other advantages? And what's the price?

[@enduroskillstraining]

@ £490 and yes, currently set to 500gr. Feels amazing and like that the trigger itself has a better feel with the grid pattern. Slightly tricky to fit.

[@walterdl2904]

Good explanation and visuals. The Helix looks like a very interesting gun from all I have seen. Have you come across the Browning Maral? We don't have access to it here in the States. The straight pull must play well in the UK and EU. I believe you folks have a prohibition on pump action long guns in the UK. Why is that so? Having written that, in the US we have far more incomprehensible gun laws.

[@DMX-PAT]

Is it possible to design a more complex gun?

[@fiskeman92]

well germans are know for overdesign and make things pretty complex . Not so service friendly :)

[@thomaswessel1076]

@@fiskeman92 Mauser 98 and Blaser R8 seem to disagree.

[@plostyle786]

It is a bit discouraging to own knowing you have to do this to clean it..but to achieve a short throw straight pull that is forward locking, all this is necessary.

[@MrYrgas]

Engieneerd to stupididty. This is more complex than my semiautomatic

[@JLad_]

I'm curious, how many disassemblies it takes to loosen up those two pins or the barrel clamp.

[@Matt85ism]

what size allen does it take to remove the stock?

[@Mrp0k3]

4 or 5 mm

[@Ganjaseed]

It's 5 mm! (If you should strip it, there is a deeper seated Torx fallback to get it undone in an emergency) *At least it is on the speedster model!

[@paulfrehley7352]

Is the Merkel Helix available in the U.S.? This is a fantastic wonder of German engineering.

[@paulfrehley7352]

@maxnomad8561 That made exactly *zero sense*

[@fiskeman92]

Are the gear wheels made out of plastic or are they metal ?

[@tgsoutdoors]

They are metal

[@mikeluna5920]

What specific stock/model is this? I’ve been looking for one

[@JLad_]

Alpine

[@valentinmsk8075]

parfait

[@petemulhearn7787]

Think I''ll stick with my Mauser and its nice 60 degree bolt. That thing looks like a proof of concept prototype action.

[@dungspreader]

ruckwarts durch tecknik !

[@ivicamilosavljevic4706]

I don't think, that this (as many before) direct action (pool) mechanisms will have any great future... It is too complicated for disassembly, cleaning, maintaining... To much small complicated peaces... Nice and fast mechanism, but not for use in the nature, mud, forest, FIELD... sensitive to mud, dust, lost parts, damaged parts etc. Congratulations to engineer effort, big work SIR, but I really can't see any commercial future ... Bolt action, or modified gas semi auto (without gas cycling parts) will be the future for now in the world of fast reloading hunting/sniper carbines ... (My personal 2 cents opinion - some 2-3 RSD)

[@elodduabiht294]

Hello excuse me Can you say to me which tool do you use to disassemble the stock Because I have lost the tool

[@tgsoutdoors]

A browning or krieghoff stock tool Will do the job also

[@Ganjaseed]

You need a long 5mm allen. *At least it is on the Speedster stock.

[@moskos1267]

Too many operations….

[@АлександрБелан-б6з]

Теперь понятно почему Германия проиграла войну. Продолжайте делать такое же не надёжное оружие 😅

[@justingutz9987]

Allen key for the stock? This is a stupid ass design

[@tgsoutdoors]

Like every beretta and browning over and under?