Favorite Darling Small-Mid Bore Double?

[50Gunner]

Wildwillalaska, many Thanks for that pic tutorial, I'll have to get little Wife ahold of that and see, she's the brains of this outfit, smart girls are indeed cool, and awful handy, especially in my case ; ]

BTW Tanks and 318AE, beautiful rifles, Cat and Bushbuck.

 

[BonUm16]

The 360 Buckhammer is rimmed, it's a straight walled 30-30 that shoots .358 bullets. Ballistically identical to the 358 Winchester. It would make a great whitetail double rifle.

The 360B might make a decent whitetail double-gun round but the .358W is pushing same weight bullets 300+ fps faster. Not sure that could be considered “ballistically identical”.

 

[Wyfox]

The 360B might make a decent whitetail double-gun round but the .358W is pushing same weight bullets 300+ fps faster. Not sure that could be considered “ballistically identical”.

My load is a 200gr Hornady at 2400fps, that is what I was going off of. We can say its between a 35 Rem and a 35 Win...

 

[BonUm16]

My load is a 200gr Hornady at 2400fps, that is what I was going off of. We can say its between a 35 Rem and a 35 Win...
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No, I’d say if that is a chronographed load, you’re nipping on the heels of factory .358W. If memory serves, factory velocity numbers for a 200gr bullet are 2500+/- for .358W and 2200+/- for 360B. I wasn’t aware handloaders were bumping the 360B up to the level you claim. Impressive.

 

[112Savage]

I do not think the 360 buckhammer will last through time. However for the ranges that DR’s typically are useful, it’s factory ballistics of a 180gr at 2400fps or better yet, a 200gr at 2200fps would be perfect. It is a straight wall case larger than 35 caliber so it would work in certain restricted states. One complaint that I have heard is that almost all the straight wall cartridges are made in cheap rifles with crappy synthetic stocks. Low recoil, effective medium game caliber in a modern cartridge with modern boxed ammo “available”

 

[Esoteric Junkie]

I can't tell from the photos. Does it have the unique MacNaughton elongated top lever? Is it a skeleton action, or a rounded boxlock?

The 303 MacNaughton does not have the elongated skeletonized top lever; however, I have a MacNaughton 450 double that is a bar in wood with elongated and skeletonized top lever and cocking indicator window.

The one in the photos is a trigger plate round action...........MacNaughton produced approximately five double rifles with no ribs between the barrels. Four were 303 British and one was a 600NE.

EJ

 

[Saul]

It does not have the elongated skeletonized top lever, however I have a MacNaughton 450 double that has is a bar in wood with skeleton top lever and cocking indicator window.

The one in the photos is a trigger plate round action...........MacNaughton produced approximately five double rifles in the configuration you see in the photo of all calibers.

EJ

That MacNaughton must be a thing of beauty.