I’m in trouble!

jomw10 said:
I was guiding an aoudad youth hunt in East Texas. One of the other guides brought a sabatti 500 NE double to shoot after the kids were gone. I’ve never knew I needed a double!.
After 3 shots I’m hook!
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I didn’t know about aoudad in east Texas. Where? Guessing it’s high fenced. I just did an aoudad hunt in West Texas and it can certainly be habit forming.
 
How do you fire an odd-number of shots out of a DR? As double rifle newbie said - it's a slippery slope - I now have 3.
 
375 Ruger Fan said:
I didn’t know about aoudad in east Texas. Where? Guessing it’s high fenced. I just did an aoudad hunt in West Texas and it can certainly be habit forming.
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Sorry, West Texas. It was in the Apache range, near the Guadalupe mountains. The hunt is part of the TYHP program.
Nothing like taking a 17 year old boy and his Father, that have been hunting blinds in south Texas, up and down the mountains all day long looking for an Aoudad! or two.
 
Understood. Fired my first double last year in S.A. 470 NE My first practice shot hooked me! I pulled both triggers and spined my charging Cape Buffalo bull at less than 8 feet away! Except for a little soreness in my shoulder after the adrenaline wore off, all good! I had first killed his buddy at 80 yards and he was waiting for me in the long grass! What a rush!
 
Two shots out of a merkel 500NE and I was hooked.
 
jomw10 said:
I was guiding an aoudad youth hunt in East Texas. One of the other guides brought a sabatti 500 NE double to shoot after the kids were gone. I’ve never knew I needed a double!.
After 3 shots I’m hook!
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Was in a similar spot 20 years ago. Many double rifles have come and gone since. Always looking for the next one.
 
Yep......I'm with you on that! I'm looking hard for a double rifle myself. Before I make my decision though, I gotta shoot several calibers (404J, 416 Rigby, 458, 471N) to determine how well I can physically handle the recoils. I shoot sporting clays competitively and know that your stance, leveling the shoulders makes the recoil feel almost like nothing. I believe the same shooting form will minimize what ever recoil I experience from the rifles that will provide the final answer I need. I just hope they all don't feel good or I'm in deep sh*t! Worse yet, if I can't handle any of them, I' still buying one. Ain't that doing a "Forrest Gump"?
 
coreydb said:
Yep......I'm with you on that! I'm looking hard for a double rifle myself. Before I make my decision though, I gotta shoot several calibers (404J, 416 Rigby, 458, 471N) to determine how well I can physically handle the recoils. I shoot sporting clays competitively and know that your stance, leveling the shoulders makes the recoil feel almost like nothing. I believe the same shooting form will minimize what ever recoil I experience from the rifles that will provide the final answer I need. I just hope they all don't feel good or I'm in deep sh*t! Worse yet, if I can't handle any of them, I' still buying one. Ain't that doing a "Forrest Gump"?
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You should be able to handle any of them. I was able to put 3 rounds of a 500NE without any recoil issues. Now a 20 shot session may be different!
 
jomw10 said:
You should be able to handle any of them. I was able to put 3 rounds of a 500NE without any recoil issues. Now a 20 shot session may be different!
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That's verrry encouraging!
 
And to make matters worse, the Double rifle addiction spills over into shotguns- in addition to the several DR brands you may also fall prey to needing Winchester 21s, Parker VHEs, and several other brands and models, all SxS.
 
Yep....include A.H. Fox and the ole Savage and Ithaca too....
 
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