Finally my new double arrived ! I had put an ad in a German hunting magazine ("Looking for a double rifle in .500 N.E., maybe .470 N.E. or 450 3 1/4" N.E., offer anything but Krieghoff ") and got some respond with ridiculous price expectations (45.000 Euros for a Ferlach double). After a few weeks a master gunsmith called me and told me he would sell his masterpiece, which he had to build for his master exam. I visited him and had a thorough look at the rifle. I intstantly knew that this is what I was looking for. The double is based on a Heym action with hammer-forged Heym barrels but was not blued yet. We went to the shooting range and I was not satisfied with the regulation, so I asked him to regulate it again, which he did several times until I gave my OK. I wanted a Recknagel rear sight mounted forward as far as possible and also I decided against any engravings, since my opinion is that no engravings are better than bad ones and I just cannot afford the really nice ones. As a finish I choose some high-tech black matte nitration, which should be much more durable than either blueing or colour case hardening.
After everything was as I wished I happily paid the price which was quite fair compared to other quality doubles. Of course I went to the shooting range as soon as possible and test fired a few rounds at 50 meters, Federal factory ammo with Woodleigh soft nose bullets as the gun had been regulated with that ammo regarding my wishes.
The first two shots were 18mm apart, the second two 22mm, which is excellent in my opinion.
The caliber is .470 N.E., the barrels are 61cm long, the double has cocking indicators and ejectors as a DG rifle should have. The trigger pull is just fine due to the excellent construction of the Heym modified Blitz locks, an internal safety prevents double or accidental discharges.
Of course this is not a impressing double to show off but I hope it will serve me well on as many buffalo hunts as possible !

"Keep on hunting the hard way !"

Kalunga