How many double rifles do you own?

The closest thing to a proper double barreled rifle which I own ... is my " Old Belgian " and I could not love it more .
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It is a 12 Bore double barreled side by side shot gun , made in Belgium in 1950 . It has 3 inch chambers , extractors and 28 inch long barrels ( The left barrel is fully choked . The right barrel is modified choke ) . I used hand loaded spherical ball cartridges in this grand , old gun . The cartridges are 3 inch Eley Alphamax magnum " High Brass " . The bullets are 1 ounce spherical balls of hardened lead ( which I currently mould myself ) .
The " Old Belgian " fires spherical ball bullets with remarkable accuracy out to 30 yards . I have been using it extensively since 1959 , and exclusively until 1996 ( I did not purchase any other fire arms before 1996 ). I used it as my back up " rifle " during my 10 year career as a professional shikaree , working for Allwyn Cooper Limited in Nagpur, India from 1961 to 1970 . Aside from taking jungle fowl , water fowl and various species of Indian deer for the pot over the years .... I have also used it to dispatch 11 royal Bengal tigers , which had been mortally wounded by my clients , Wild Boars , Asian Sloth Bears , 15 gaur bisons ( using only double lung shots , at night by ambushing them near water holes and shooting them over torch light ) and 21 man eating forest panthers , including the most recent 1 in February 2020 of this year .
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I had always dreamt of owning an Auguste Francotte side lock side by side double barreled rifle , chambered in 9.3×74 mm Rimmed , though . With 24 inch long barrels , automatic ejectors , beaver tail fore end , no automatic safety and double triggers . It would have made the perfect back up rifle , during my career .
Fascinating career !
 
Ok. I know Verney Carron perfectly..i own one, but never named it VC

Was a time when VC aka Victor Charlie, or just plain Charlie stood for something way different than a double barreled rifle, so missing the current meaning of VC is perfectly understandable.
 

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Not in the class of some of the classics, but I own a trio of Pedersoli Kodiak’s. One in each caliber. All three for the price of some of the affordable doubles....~$6k plus
 
'Got my first about a year ago but it's more of a North American double than an African Double. I'm mostly a duck hunter and have hunted with double shotguns since 1985. Our gun season for whitetail runs from August 15 through January 1 so I had four months of shooting ducks/birds in the morning with a double then climbing a tree in the evening with a bolt rifle so I picked up a Browning Express in .30-'06 last April. Because of the coastal flooding I only got to kill one deer with it last year but, amazingly, the under barrel was a misfire - the first time in 45 years of deer hunting. I cycled the safety to reset the inertia trigger and dropped the buck with the over barrel.

When I got the gun, I never intended to hunt Africa yet here I am...

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I'm getting a good grouping at 100 yards but I have to shoot a 150 grain in the under barrel and a 180 in the over barrel. At first I was disappointed but after thinking about it, I wouldn't want it any other way. I use a tipped 180 and mark the bottom of the case with a sharpie so I can keep get the right "bullet" in the right chamber. Here's two 100 yard groups. The one on the left was first and I did a scope adjustment came back with a cold rifle and shot the group on the left. Looking at the trajectory of the two different shows them almost in lock-step out way beyond what I can shoot with a 1.5x to 5x scope.

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'Got my first about a year ago but it's more of a North American double than an African Double. I'm mostly a duck hunter and have hunted with double shotguns since 1985. Our gun season for whitetail runs from August 15 through January 1 so I had four months of shooting ducks/birds in the morning with a double then climbing a tree in the evening with a bolt rifle so I picked up a Browning Express in .30-'06 last April. Because of the coastal flooding I only got to kill one deer with it last year but, amazingly, the under barrel was a misfire - the first time in 45 years of deer hunting. I cycled the safety to reset the inertia trigger and dropped the buck with the over barrel.

When I got the gun, I never intended to hunt Africa yet here I am...

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I'm getting a good grouping at 100 yards but I have to shoot a 150 grain in the under barrel and a 180 in the over barrel. At first I was disappointed but after thinking about it, I wouldn't want it any other way. I use a tipped 180 and mark the bottom of the case with a sharpie so I can keep get the right "bullet" in the right chamber. Here's two 100 yard groups. The one on the left was first and I did a scope adjustment came back with a cold rifle and shot the group on the left. Looking at the trajectory of the two different shows them almost in lock-step out way beyond what I can shoot with a 1.5x to 5x scope.

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That is a beautiful double
 
Gawd...is this a disease...I have gone from 2 to 5 within half a year...
 
Three for now. All Pedersolis. Each a different caliber.
 
Sounds good Tarawa, what calibres? Can you send pictures? Have you hunted them yet, or still plan to?
Hi Kevin,
I have hunted only Florida hogs with the 45-70 and the 8x57JRS. Took hogs with both. 45-70 (125 yard shot). 8x57 (80 yard kill). I finally after 10 years, bought ammo for the 9.3 x74R. Great guns if you are man enough to lug them around…just kidding. They are a little muzzle heavy, but three doubles for just a tad over $6k, I can’t complain. I plan on hunting much more this season. At 68 it’s time to quit working.
George
 
Maverick 88 Pump Shotgun 12 ga.
Savage 320 Pump Shotgun 12 ga.
Mossberg 930 Semi Auto. 12 ga.
Mossberg 500 Pistol Grip Pump Shotgun 12 ga.
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Tarawa,
those are some good looking doubles!!
Thanks! I have my sights set on a 577 BPE, but may be out of my price range.
 

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