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OWD
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Dickson Round Action Double Rifle?
#217571 - 04/10/12 06:48 AM

Have any of you guys ever seen a John Dickson Round Action double rifle?

I've seen them on boxlock actions, but not on Dickson's famous round actions.

There's one coming up at an auction in PA - a BP .500EX.

There's more info about it on my blog:

http://www.dogsanddoubles.com/2012/10/auction-alert-a-john-dickson-round-action-double-rifle/

Thanks

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Re: Dickson Round Action Double Rifle? [Re: OWD]
#217573 - 04/10/12 07:31 AM

Nice looking gun.

Would be a good pick up for 6 - 8000
if everything checks out.

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Re: Dickson Round Action Double Rifle? [Re: 500Nitro]
#217583 - 04/10/12 12:24 PM

There will be some other nice shotguns and rifles in that same auction too:

http://www.pookandpook.com/cat/2012-10-06/all/300 and forward...

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Re: Dickson Round Action Double Rifle? [Re: Igorrock]
#217606 - 04/10/12 09:17 PM

Round action? All I see is a fancy-back. AFAIK Dickson's action maxed out at 20Ga for shotties and 400/360 and equivalent for rifles.

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500Nitro
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Re: Dickson Round Action Double Rifle? [Re: kamilaroi]
#217608 - 04/10/12 10:26 PM

Kam

"Dickson's action maxed out at 20Ga for shotties"

No way, I had a 12 gauge and their were 2 or 3 others
on offer to me at the same time.

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Re: Dickson Round Action Double Rifle? [Re: 500Nitro]
#217623 - 05/10/12 01:45 AM

I believe there is a 10 bore round action listed in the daybook.

This is not the first .500 I have seen, and a friend of mine once had a Black Powder .577.

Remember, Dickson's made round actions for 15 years before nitro propellant came into general use. By their design, there is more material in the action juncture of a round action than a bar action sidelock or a boxlock. Even with ejectors, there is only a small hole lengthwise on each side.

BTW The same gentleman had a .500 BPE Dickson Round Action of about the weight of the rifle in the auction, and the recoil was so brutal he sold it.

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HeymSR20
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Re: Dickson Round Action Double Rifle? [Re: MikeRowe]
#217626 - 05/10/12 03:40 AM

Well Dickson's is just up the road from me here in Edinburgh, and I do recall seeing a round action rifle in the white on their gun rack a few years ago. David Mackay Brown also builds double rifles on a round action - very similar to the Dickson action - not surprising since he apprenticed at Dickson's I believe.

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Re: Dickson Round Action Double Rifle? [Re: HeymSR20]
#217639 - 05/10/12 08:43 AM

I defer to greater info shown here than mine. Ta fellas.

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OWD
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Re: Dickson Round Action Double Rifle? [Re: kamilaroi]
#217891 - 12/10/12 10:25 PM

BTW: that Dickson RA DR sold for $23,700.

Anyone here bid on it?

You can read more about it here:

http://www.dogsanddoubles.com/2012/10/super-rare-dickson-double-rifle-brings-big/

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