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Dark_Helmet
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First double rifle... few questions...
      #12209 - 23/03/04 07:01 AM

well, dad's got it, bad. I made him watch "In the Blood" and now he wants a big-bore double something fierce! (not to mention a buff-hunt)...

basically two questions, which chambering and which rifle for a first-timer.

I just don't know enough about the flanged cartridges to be of much assistance, and outside of my SKB o/u scatter-guns, I'm useless on the double mechanics.

obviously, it will be a used piece.

and this will be anything BUT a safe-queen...

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Edited by dasMafia (30/03/04 01:49 AM)

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Dark_Helmet
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Re: First double rifle... few questions... [Re: Dark_Helmet]
      #12210 - 23/03/04 07:04 AM

and I should add... that if anyone has something for sale, I'd gladly consider it.

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Re: First double rifle... few questions... [Re: Dark_Helmet]
      #12215 - 23/03/04 08:00 AM

dasmafia, take a look at this website! #9, and #17 are of special interest! go to gun vault, then click on double rifles

www.champlinarms.com

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Re: First double rifle... few questions... [Re: Dark_Helmet]
      #12237 - 23/03/04 10:41 AM

...why don't you contact luv2safari...from what i understand, luv2 has some prized drillings for sale...

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Re: First double rifle... few questions... [Re: DUGABOY1]
      #12245 - 23/03/04 12:28 PM

dugaboy... the chappuis is a good candidate... the francotte is, well, not.

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Re: First double rifle... few questions... [Re: Dark_Helmet]
      #12264 - 23/03/04 05:22 PM

That Gibbs 450 3 1/4 looks like a good buy in a useful caliber.

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Re: First double rifle... few questions... [Re: Dark_Helmet]
      #12302 - 24/03/04 03:28 AM

In reply to:

dugaboy... the chappuis is a good candidate... the francotte is, well, not.



?????? #9 is a Chapuis,470NE and #17 is a Gibbs 450NE! If I had the $9800, the Gibbs would be in my safe, as we speak!

The Francotte is for the serious collector, or someone with more money than sense!

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Re: First double rifle... few questions... [Re: DUGABOY1]
      #12306 - 24/03/04 04:29 AM

dasMafia

Here is another one from Guns America.


Model Name: William Douglas and Sons .470
Price : $7,995.00
Seller : JCBVANB
Contact : http://www.gunsamerica.com/gogetgun.cgi?gun_number=976447958
Description:
No better bargain will be found on this fine rifle, a William Douglas and Sons .470 Nitro, serial #1116.This rifle was purchased new from Cape Outfitters in June of 1997. Regulated for Federal ammunition, it is an extremely robust rifle using the time tested Anson & Deeley boxlock action with Purdey third bite. It has auto ejectors, hand checkering, and features a lifetime warranty from the manufacturer.The rifle is in excellent condition, with 95% blue, 100% color case hardening. The action is tight, with a total of 71 rounds fired through the rifle, 35 on the left barrel and 36 on the right. Each shot was recorded in a journal, a copy of which is included.
Click this link to contact seller:

Like the Gibbs it will have Chopper Lump Barrels. Some will argue that the extra strength they supply is not needed but like Leather Interiors they show a little extra interest and attention to detail by the maker.

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Edited by mickey (24/03/04 09:49 AM)

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Dark_Helmet
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Re: First double rifle... few questions... [Re: DUGABOY1]
      #12310 - 24/03/04 06:49 AM

dugaboy... for me #17 was a $57,000 francotte... the Gibbs IS an attractive piece at a good price... thanks for the help.

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Re: First double rifle... few questions... [Re: Dark_Helmet]
      #12742 - 29/03/04 07:48 AM

A new Searcy PH model in 450-400, 500-416 or 470 for $9500 and its a new gun and will take much higher pressure than a British gun..I sure like mine, and so has everyone thats looked at it...

For a strictly hunting rifle I prefer it to the British guns by far, and I can toss it in a guncase and take it anywhere and if it gets ruined or lost, I can replace it with another...

Not to say I don't love the old British guns, I do and have owned more than a few of them, I now own a few of them, but I don't consider the two in competition with each other....

I like the right tool for the job and I consider a new Searcy a better hunting rifle than any 100 year old gun, especially if you have not dealt in British guns a lot, most of them are junk, have been re-blacked a dozen or so times, all matter of 100 year old wear etc, as a matter of fact one really has to know his stuff when buying them, and even then one can get burned badly....

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Re: First double rifle... few questions... [Re: atkinson6]
      #12776 - 30/03/04 01:48 AM

wow, that is VERY affordable... and the guns aren't exactly ungly as I recall either!!!

and the 450-400 might be the ticket from a "pain" standpoint... thanks!!!

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Re: First double rifle... few questions... [Re: Dark_Helmet]
      #13235 - 09/04/04 07:27 AM

Very good information atkinson6. Thank you!

NitroSteel

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