How many double rifles do you own?

[daawg1963]

How many of you own more than one double? What's in your battery?

470 nitro bsearcy accurate engraved killed 1 buff 1 tskless withit

 

[Patrillos]

Verney-Carron (VC) is a well respected French firearms maker.

Verney-Carron | Art de la chasse | Amour pour la nature

Maison familiale française fondée en 1820. Entrez dans l'univers de Verney-Carron, la marque de fusils de chasse la plus ancienne en France. Découvrez notre histoire, notre héritage et toutes nos dernières créations.

www.verney-carron.com

https://www.verney-carron.com/pdf/catalogue-2018-US-Export-Verney-Carron.pdf

Ok. I know Verney Carron perfectly..i own one, but never named it VC

 

[SAFARIKIDD]

Let me see...Not as many as my bud Cal Pappas ...but a few:
.500NE Ferlach
.577 Army Navy (by Wesley Richards)
.577 Wesley Richards
.600 Charles Osborne
.700 Searcy
7 Bore WW Greener
8 Bore JW Tolley
4 Bore Custom by Ken Owen

Four of them been to Tanzania for Buff
The .700 Drilled a Wyoming Bison from the rear-end and came out his chest! 1000gr Woodleight at 2200fps

 

[264]

I own and hunt with three a greener conversion in 577 s 3/4 light nitro. A chapius 9.3x74 UGEX, and a 450 400 Merkel.
Put all to good use on NT buff and other game heres a few pics cheers Mick
Merkel 450 400 hornady DGX 400gr

Greener 577 2 3/4 650 RNSP woodleigh

all time favourite pic

chapius 9.3x74 286gr hydro

 

[crs]

Velo Dog
Thanks for the compliment on the rifle; the maker has passed on but I bet he is smiling up in Heaven.
The donor was a 12 gauge Simson & Co Suhl gun, but the wood work was designed by Bob Hynden and done by Brian Dudley complete with palm swell and cheek piece/pad. The rear rib has grooves for the Talley scope rings and Talley peep sight which provides a very low scope and peep view through the express sights. The stock comb therefore works for all sights! With scope, weight is 9 pounds.
And the rifle handles like a good double gun should with the sights coming up into line as the the rifle is mounted. The darn thing seems to fire itself when the sight picture comes into focus. This one is a keeper.

 

[double rifle newbie]

sabatti 450 nitro express ejector
sabatti 9.3x74r extractor.
they both are regulated like a dream! both shoot 1 1/2” at 75 yards and on horizontal plane.
i know it is a sin to put a scope on DRs for some purists but i have a scope i can pull out my pack and can immediately attach or take off in a matter of a couple of seconds. a 2-7x32 leupold with a single lever contessa mount. allows me to take long shots on PG. i have complete confidence shooting the 9.3 with the scope to about 300 yards.

 

[Rare Breed]

Rizzini 470 NE and a Chapius in 450-400

 

[robert kuester]

577 Light Nitro,577x500ex,fully rifled 12 bore,9.3x74,11.15x65and a single 4 bore,with an extra 4 bore shot gun barrel. Many high end double shot guns. From a 8 ga. Parker to a 28ga. Manton.

 

[Boxlock]

Lets see...
William Douglass, BLE, .470 Nitro
Rodda BLE, 450/400
Westley Richards , Drop Lock Ejector, 400/360

All good shooters

Cheers

 

[Ray B]

I've known people that thought they owned a boat when in reality the boat owned them;
hopefully the above gun owners are not in that category.

 

[Sarg]

I have a few but not what I want, I did see it for sale & cheap only a few months back but missed it as too late, a Westley Richards .577 TLH light nitro !

I have a
C&H 8 bore action waiting for its rifle barrels to be added .
Tolley 12bore Fully Rifled 3in
Bland .577 BPE 2 3/4in .
Greener .577 BPE 2in (Snider)
Westley Richards , Box Lock, Ejector, 400/360NE

Have a cool old under lever hammered Cape Gun to (looks like a Double) in 500/450 Musket (I think it is, has loose rib) X 16ga .

Would also like either a nice English .500NE for guiding back up & or .450NE for personal hunting !

 

[Fabnosh]

Fabarm Asper 9.3x74R
Chapuis .375H&H

FN

 

[double rifle newbie]

Double’s I own now and have owned:
These doubles are with new owners:
20-577 Dickson
12-bore Lyon and Lyon
.450 bpe Graham
.475 no2 Wilkes
8-bore Henry
.600 Jeffery
.470 Lyon and Lyon
.500 Reilly bpe
.500 bpe Gibbs
8-bore Henry (another one)
.475 no2 Scott
8-bore Jeffery ball and shot
.500 bpe Holland royal
.577-500 bpe Reilly
12-bore Whistler
.450 bpe Scherping (my only non UK double)
.577 bpe Bland
.500 bpe Powell
10-bore Lang
.577 bpe Hollis
(Many shotguns have gone in 12-10-8-4 bore)

Sold the past 15 months:
4-bore Hughes
.577 bpe Rodda
.450 bpe Reilly
12-bore Baker
.500 nitro Watson
.350 no2 Rigby
10-bore Manton
.500 bpe Ingram
.577 bpe Manton

Still to go:
.577-500 G&M with extra original shotgun barrels
.450 no2 Lang
.450-400 Gibbs
12-bore Rodda
.577 Lang howdah pistol
(Several double shotguns 12-10-8 bore)

Will keep for now:
.500 bpe Mortimer
.450-400 Harrison and Hussey
4-bore Rodda
.600 Wilkes
8-bore Locke
(Will keep a few shotguns in 12-10-8)

Forgive me. I know I missed many. My memory fades at times.
Cheers,
Cal

Hi Cal. fantastic collection! I see from prior posts that you live in Alaska. My father retired up there and lives in anchorage so we have done many hunts up there, and also did a PG hunt in Namibia. those interior grizzlies dont get as big as the coastal brownies but man are they aggressive. ill post my 2016 grizzly story when i have time. its a long story. Cheers.

 

[double rifle newbie]

One so far- chapuis 470. Had it since Dec 2019 and really like it.

Not sure what caliber to get next- open to suggestions!

you have the heavy stuff covered. i absolutely love my 9.3x74r. food for thought...

 

[double rifle newbie]

Got a Sabatti 416 Rigby extractor. I love the thing but im on the look out for a 500NE in the coming years maybe

How do you like the Sabatti? I know they got a bad rap a few years ago with the whole Cabelas fiasco but i have two and they are vith amazing.

 

[IvW]

IvW
What are they ? I recall @Major Khan sir and you mentioning once that you own a 9.3x74 millimeter Rimmed ( a combination gun ) .

9.3x74R/12ga
12ga/12ga 24 inch barrels with sights slug gun
7x65R/12ga 3 inch
308/12ga

 

[HWL]

9.3x74R/12ga

A Brno Super, isn't it?

HWL

 

[double rifle newbie]

None (at least in reality - in my dreams I own many!), though I do own side-by-side and over-under shotguns. I would love to own a double rifle one day.

Can anyone comment on their usefulness or appropriateness for N. American game - in the big bore calibers that is, I understand you can get doubles in smaller calibers, but I can probably only afford to ever own one of these . If you were only going to ever buy one, what caliber would you go for?

a .375 or a 9.3x74r would be a great NA double. both flat shooting and relatively mild to shoot. both big enough to go after anything in north america including brown bear.

 

[double rifle newbie]

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I would like to have at least one double rifle in 450/400Jeffery. This is my dream.

great caliber

 

[Ike85123]

Just 1. But its the only one I need, unless I hit the lotto !
Heym 88ph in 500ne.
And Im the man that looks for any excuse to hunt with it. Gophers are great practice !