Favorite Darling Small-Mid Bore Double?

[Wildwillalaska]

What is your favorite small to mid-bore double chambered in. Not really thinking 450/400 or 375 H&H or Flanged, smaller still.

I’ll admit I don’t have a solid handle on where big bores transition to medium or small, so feel free to share your favorites wherever they’d fall in the mix…and maybe what it is that makes you love it so much. Is it the rifle itself, or the cartridge…combination thereof?

Some of the smaller delicate British doubles have caught my eye lately, but just so many different cartridges out there, many obscure to obsolete…or maybe I’m simply ignorant to them, possibly shying away from something worth considering. There is just so many from 275 magnum to 280 flanges to 400/360 and various versions of it, to 8x57 variants, it can make your head spin. Got me thinking there are likely a gent or three here with not only experience with some of these, but possibly a true fondness for one or more.

Anyway, for those that choose to share, cheers and I appreciate the participation.

Will

 

[R eight]

9.3 x 74 R is what both of my doubles are in. Plenty of ammunition and components available and its performance is on a par with the 9.3 x 62.

I’ve got an O/U Blaser BB97 Classic (model with fixed barrels) extractor which is accurate and pleasant to shoot. I’ve also got a Chapuis UGEX S/S ejector. It’s not too bad either.

Looks wise the Chapuis wins. But the Blaser wins in every other department.

 

[Odinsraven]

Have a 318 WR double ....by BSW Shul beautiful little gun and surprisingly accurate.Thankfully secured a supply of ammo before Kynoch's closure. Have taken wildebeest and kudu with it ...Including the Randy Runt a mythical Kudu who was pissing in the gene pool on a particular lodge.