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bouldersmith
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.240 flanged H&H Royal
#340546 - 30/04/20 01:35 AM

A nice honest old gun.

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Re: .240 flanged H&H Royal [Re: bouldersmith]
#340554 - 30/04/20 03:18 AM

Quite a stocking rifle!

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tinker
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Re: .240 flanged H&H Royal [Re: DarylS]
#340578 - 30/04/20 01:45 PM

Really neat little rifle.
I bet it handles like a wand!

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jvw
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Re: .240 flanged H&H Royal [Re: tinker]
#340581 - 30/04/20 06:09 PM

A friend of mine in Oz has one as well, but with the gargoyles and dragons engraved on it. If I remember correctly, they only made eight or so of these.

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NitroX
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Re: .240 flanged H&H Royal [Re: jvw]
#340582 - 30/04/20 07:24 PM

What calibre is the ".240" H&H?

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bouldersmith
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Re: .240 flanged H&H Royal [Re: NitroX]
#340585 - 30/04/20 09:10 PM

.240 flanged magnum is the chambering on this rifle. A cartridge developed by H&H in the 1920's.

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NitroX
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Re: .240 flanged H&H Royal [Re: bouldersmith]
#340587 - 01/05/20 12:35 AM

But what is the bore size of .240? ,240 in reality biore size? Between the lands .240? or ?

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TH44
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Re: .240 flanged H&H Royal [Re: NitroX]
#340599 - 01/05/20 09:04 AM

COTW give bullet size as .245 as against the .244 of the later .244 H&H Magnum

Hoyem gives both at .244

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Re: .240 flanged H&H Royal [Re: TH44]
#340609 - 01/05/20 07:54 PM

Have handled one of these, just gorgeous!

Felt so light to hand.

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NitroX
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Re: .240 flanged H&H Royal [Re: TH44]
#340610 - 01/05/20 08:26 PM

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COTW give bullet size as .245 as against the .244 of the later .244 H&H Magnum

Hoyem gives both at .244

TH44

Thanks. Could a .243 bullet be used in one? If not what?

I suppose a .243 projectile could be bumped up to it.

I imagine this double rifle is beautifully light and superbly balanced?

Now what was the target species was the cartridge designed for? Roe? Fallow?

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tinker
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Re: .240 flanged H&H Royal [Re: NitroX]
#340619 - 02/05/20 12:25 AM

Performance is nearly identical to the 243 Winchester with the 100 grain bullet at about 2900fps

It would have been a honey in the Highlands deer stalking or on Chital in India.

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Waidmannsheil
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Re: .240 flanged H&H Royal [Re: tinker]
#340694 - 03/05/20 03:23 PM

Superb rifle, very classy. H&H built some exceptionally nice smaller bore double rifles whic always look perfectly proportioned and balanced. I would be pretty happy with that rifle.

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NitroX
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Re: .240 flanged H&H Royal [Re: Waidmannsheil]
#340703 - 03/05/20 08:45 PM

I love the rifle. Would make a perfect lighter deer woods rifle. Fantastic as a hog deer rifle. And wonderful for roe, in the days before scopes were common.

I can't see it as a highland red deer rifle though. Unless the double rifle is superbly accurate, shooting in a highlands environment, better for a bolt action or a single shot.

That's one reason why I wonder what such a double rifle and cartridge choice was really wanted for?

For smaller game I think a single shot with open sights makes usually a more accurate choice.

Maybe one reason such rifle/cartridge choices are so rare?

But maybe a Maharajah in India wanted the perfect chital/axis deer double rifle.

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