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Harry
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Small caliber doubles
      #264694 - 08/05/15 07:53 AM

Who has and uses smaller caliber double rifles? What caliber and made by who?
I have a 22 LR with matching 410 bbls. and at 1925 Westley Richards in 250/3000.
I get much more use of these at the ranch being as I can only go to Africa every four years or so.

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Charls
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Re: Small caliber doubles [Re: Harry]
      #264698 - 08/05/15 02:36 PM

My most used double rifle (while hunting) is a .303 Rigby. If I can hunt with a tenth of the shots fired on the range with the big ones I would die a happy man.
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Ash
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Re: Small caliber doubles [Re: Charls]
      #264701 - 08/05/15 03:49 PM

Personally think the smaller doubles feel alot nicer. I don't own any though.

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Re: Small caliber doubles [Re: Ash]
      #264704 - 08/05/15 04:05 PM

I would love a .22 Hornet double rifle of good standard and balance. And would also love a medium calibre size side by side DR as well.

I DO HAVE a set of barrels in .30-06 for my U/O Tikka DR. They still have not been fitted to the action. I will get this done this year finally I think. I have needed the rifle/shotgun and not been able to send it off for a long period of time to a gunsmith in the past. I think they will be a fun alternative.

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iomskp
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Re: Small caliber doubles [Re: NitroX]
      #264705 - 08/05/15 04:27 PM

I have a Belgium made double in 300 Sherwood it is a delight to shoot.

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Re: Small caliber doubles [Re: NitroX]
      #264706 - 08/05/15 04:27 PM

Have a 7x57R arriving soon. Refurbished Westley Richards
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LesLeeSpeed
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Re: Small caliber doubles [Re: ozhunter]
      #264709 - 08/05/15 06:21 PM

I have a 7x65R SXS and it is a real delight to shoot.
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Re: Small caliber doubles [Re: LesLeeSpeed]
      #264712 - 08/05/15 09:08 PM

I am a huge fan of small to medium caliber double rifles. Among those I have three chambered in .303 Brit., one in .300 Win. Mag., one in .360 2-1/4" BPE, one in .400/.360 2-3/4" NE, and one in 9.3x74R.

In the past I have owned a Valmet o/u .30-06 (many deer killed), a .280 Flanged NE, a 7x57R, an 8x57JR, and a different 9.3x74R.

Don't know if I have remembered them all just sitting here at my computer. The small calibers are simply marvelous. There is nothing bad and very much good about them.


My Purdey .303 made 1897:




My Westley Richards .303 made 1901:




My Webley & Scott .303 made 1937 (not my photo):




My Josef Winkler .300 Win. Mag. after a successful hunt:




My Rigby .360 2-1/4" BPE made in 1880:




My Greener .400/.360 2-3/4" NE made 1909 (not my photo):




My Muschelverschluss (Clamshell) Double Rifle 9.3x74R by Otto Seelig:




By the way, most people think the big shoulder stomping dinosaur busting doubles are the only ones worth having. Please don't tell them how wrong they are.

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Re: Small caliber doubles [Re: CptCurl]
      #264723 - 09/05/15 01:04 AM

Too bad you couldn't bring one with you, Curl. I've got nothing but junk in comparison to anything you have - but - we will visit my bro and look at some nice ML's.

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rigbymauser
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Re: Small caliber doubles [Re: DarylS]
      #264727 - 09/05/15 01:57 AM


..That Purdey in .303 is a I-will-sell-my-soul gun.

Naaa..won´t sell my soul. Who wants to swap a Purdey .303 for my Wife?...:LOL


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TH44
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Re: Small caliber doubles [Re: rigbymauser]
      #264732 - 09/05/15 08:37 AM

Don't knock the larger doubles - all double rifles have genuine beauty

Small - a Jean Van Malle (Belgian, in .450/.400, my smallest double), like a .410 shotgun





My largest (double) 8 bore H & H Ball Gun



.577 BPE by I Hollis



I would certainly still like a double in something like .360 - 2 3/4"

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Re: Small caliber doubles [Re: TH44]
      #264735 - 09/05/15 09:06 AM

I have had the good fortune to handle both of CptCurls 303s they are fantastic.
I have a Westley Richards in 300 Savage. ( 1932 )


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Re: Small caliber doubles [Re: sbs470]
      #264741 - 09/05/15 12:41 PM

Three little guys:


.280 Ross - Bernhard Merkel (1916)






8X72R - Wilhelm Brenneke (1898)




8X57JR - Nagel & Menz (1907)




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Re: Small caliber doubles [Re: Buchsemann]
      #264745 - 09/05/15 02:35 PM

Beautiful rifles! Good to see them still being used too.

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underlever
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Re: Small caliber doubles [Re: stug]
      #264748 - 09/05/15 05:12 PM

My smallest is a Webley & Scott 32-40. I love the small doubles and probably 90% of all my hunting is done with either this rifle or the first double I ever owned, an Alex. Henry 360-2 1/4. The Henry is by far my favorite and has accounted now for in excess of 300 head of game. I believe a small double makes you really hunt because you don't have any power in reserve.
By using a small cal. double in thick cover on pigs, where your shots and visibility are less then 10 metres, you expose yourself to the potential of untold adventure. It's just a big game hunt scaled down.
My 'big' double these days is a 9.3x74R. I use it if I'm feeling lazy or the job at hand is deemed more serious.

Underlever.


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Well_Well_Well
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Re: Small caliber doubles [Re: underlever]
      #264749 - 09/05/15 05:24 PM

Jesus wept Curl, exactly who or what do I have to do to receive even one of your doubles in your will?


* note that of the very few people I have asked that question in the last 20 or so years, not one has as yet had the decency to turn up their toes *


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Ash
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Re: Small caliber doubles [Re: Well_Well_Well]
      #264750 - 09/05/15 05:45 PM

Love that 8x72r. Can you create a thread just on it and post some pics of those pencils (cartridges)? Please?


Pretty sure someone on here has a .310 Double.

At the Australian Arms Auction there was a .360 No5. double for sale (last year i think?)

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Huvius
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Re: Small caliber doubles [Re: Ash]
      #264757 - 10/05/15 12:06 AM

I have a Greener 310 double.
It is a really fun little gun but the bores are in pretty poor shape. Would make a super 22 Hornet but I would think lining and re-regulating could be difficult. I don't think I have read about how well that works
I recall someone here getting a much nicer example a few years ago.

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Harry
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Re: Small caliber doubles [Re: Huvius]
      #264765 - 10/05/15 02:13 AM

OZ Hunter and Capt. Curl,
I am jealous of the 7x57 Westley and the various 303's. Thanks everyone for sending photos. It is nice to know I am not alone. In Tulsa this time I saw a new Heym 30/30 double that would be neat for whitetail in Texas.
Better tomorrows,
Harry

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Re: Small caliber doubles [Re: Harry]
      #264766 - 10/05/15 04:23 AM

My James Woodward .303 British. It has a roller bearing for the forward locking lug.



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Ash
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Re: Small caliber doubles [Re: OahuKaneohe]
      #264786 - 10/05/15 01:47 PM

Lovely!

Huvius can you post some pics of yours up here?
Have you tried shooting it?

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Huvius
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Re: Small caliber doubles [Re: Ash]
      #264796 - 11/05/15 12:09 AM

Quote:

Lovely!

Huvius can you post some pics of yours up here?
Have you tried shooting it?




Here it is.
http://forums.nitroexpress.com/showflat....true#Post143842


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Ash
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Re: Small caliber doubles [Re: Huvius]
      #265022 - 16/05/15 07:30 AM

Thank you, sir. It's a peach.

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Re: Small caliber doubles [Re: Ash]
      #265034 - 16/05/15 12:19 PM

Century Arms [Saunders] did have a very nice Merkel 5.6x50 R a while back with scope for sale cased etc would have been great for small and medium game here !

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Re: Small caliber doubles [Re: 500Boswell]
      #265098 - 17/05/15 11:36 PM

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Century Arms [Saunders] did have a very nice Merkel 5.6x50 R a while back with scope for sale cased etc would have been great for small and medium game here !




You didn't keep any photos of if when it was up for sale? If so, please post or send!

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