| mickey |
| (.416 member) |
| 06/07/12 12:58 AM |
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Re: Unbelievable: a Boss O/U Double Rifle...
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The barrels are like that to keep the weight down.This action was made as a double rifle action and if you could see the top of it,it has a bissel rising bolt third bite as on a Rigby.You have to remember that when this rifle was made that Boss's had only built under a handful of double rifles and everything was still very experimental.The scope mount does look dreadful but then Boss's were the only people at that time to build an O/U rifle so didn't have the benefit of being able to see how others had done it.
Dont knock it.We all have to start somewhere.
Boss should have, could have even then, made a more appropriately sized action. This is reminiscent of a lot of older Doubles built on one size fits all actions. Most (not all) 360#2s are built on actions suitable for a 470, even though they end up weighing more than the 470 would.
Boss built smaller actions then and could have easily used one.
Do we know what caliber this is? Maybe a 303?
As for the scope, If it is a pre WWI rifle than the mount was probably added much later when scopes became more popular and efficient. A clumsy job no matter what era.