Wooooooooooooooooow, I thought this was a form that individuals with a love of doubles and big bores come to share information and just maybe help some poor fellow out with some info, well let me put and end to this pissing contest, I am the individual who purchased that 470 searcy from drake and I absolutely love it, I finally have a double that I’m not afraid to thrash through the woods, and bring to Africa. I must say that it does shot some very nice groups at 50, though they do not touch each other but are about a 1” to 1.5” apart, hopefully with some reloading I can close the gap a bit.
Now what did I pay for it? Well first off there was no way I was going to pay 8500 for I could order a new one for and extra grand, I offered him 7500 and he took it. And I saved 2k of play money. Would love to own a Holland or a westley Richards and I will one day, but for now I can’t see spending 60k or more, ( if she ever left me I’d be at westleys office that next week getting fitted for a 577)
I choose a searcy because it’s a working gun, and I feel butch builds a very nice rifle, also that he is local ( in the states) and he has already repaired my safety which did not work on the gun when I purchased it, and that only cost me shipping charges, he fixed it for free and checked the gun over. And in a weeks time. That’s what I call service.
So now that this is put to rest let move on.