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500Nitro
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Re: bolt action double rifle ? [Re: Double_Trouble]
#56499 - 06/05/06 07:27 AM

Double Trouble

Yes, winter is here already - alot colder, however we have been in drought
for the last 5 years and the Summer Temps, even in Victoria which is down south
have been very high. I'm not a great fan of the really hot weather - but will put
up with 30 - 45 degrees when I go up North hunting although it gets pretty
uncomfortable trying to shoot in 40 degree heat with sweat pouring off your forehead !!!

Re "liberating", I believe you only have to change 10% to overcome a patent
and since the action is completely different, then I can see how they get away with it.

Nowadays, jumping on the band wagon of someone else is all the rage - not that
I agree with it but that is society.

500 Nitro

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mehulkamdar
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Re: bolt action double rifle ? [Re: Double_Trouble]
#56503 - 06/05/06 09:15 AM

Double Trouble,

Szecsei was a very nice man to communicate with and if you are in touch with him, please convey my wishes for his good health. Holt Bodinson was also a fine gentleman to communicate with and if either of these gentlemen comes to the NRA convention at Milwaukee, I would be more than happy to buy them a drink. I can see that the many different ideas that Szecsei had would be difficult to implement and test - he downed a white rhino with one of the first rifles that he amde from scratch in his workshop if I remember - and I hope that he achieves the perfect balance that he desires and enjoys it. Yes, I have been the recipient of their very courteous and helpful communication and they are fine gentlemen.

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mehulkamdar
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Re: bolt action double rifle ? [Re: smicha6551]
#56504 - 06/05/06 09:19 AM

Steven,

Thanks for posting this. I, too, found it confusing that Blaser sell one of their drillings under the name "Duo" though they must have a reason that mere mortals cannot understand. Yes, the wood looks nice but it is not the kind of rifle I would buy even if I had the money.

Good hunting!

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Double_Trouble
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Re: bolt action double rifle ? [Re: mehulkamdar]
#56644 - 09/05/06 01:06 AM

Mehul: I will certainly pass on your good wishes to Szecsei when next I speak with him.

500: you may be correct about the 10% content factor ( I am not sure )
what I do know is that Blaser is not keen on answering mail on the subject (leads one to think if it smells like a rat ....then it's most likely a rat)
re the 45 degree temps .... you would find me indoors with a glass of cold ibeer in hand listening to the hum of the air conditioner! lol the only thing I would like at 45c would be a bowl of soup!

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400NitroExpress
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Re: bolt action double rifle ? [Re: Double_Trouble]
#56743 - 10/05/06 01:12 AM

The Fuchs is a Gee-whizz engineering exercise, nothing more, and a particularly moronic one at that. It burdens the double rifle with all of the crippling disadvantages of the bolt rifle while offering no new advantage at all. It's a novelty bolt-action rifle, not a double rifle as it does not qualify as such. That a few take it seriously is illustrative of the accuracy of P. T. Barnum's maxim.
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CptCurl
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Re: bolt action double rifle ? [Re: 400NitroExpress]
#56761 - 10/05/06 06:03 AM

Boy do I agree with 400's statement above.

Can you imagine the silly mess that thing will have if one side jams, or if the mechanism gets some grit in it?

What happens if you fire the right barrel and then cycle the action?

On and on and on. . . When you were a kid did you ever have the board game "Mousetrap"? The object of the game is to build this outrageous contraption that spreads across the board and ultimately results in a chain-reaction to catch a mouse. The Fuchs rifle reminds me of that.

If I had that kind of money to spend on a DR I would spend it on something of value. (Can you imagine trolling one of those things around trying to recoup your money from it?)

Curl

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mehulkamdar
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Re: bolt action double rifle ? [Re: Double_Trouble]
#56782 - 10/05/06 01:36 PM

Double Trouble,

Please let him know that I live a semi retired life in Chicago these days and that I moved to the US from Chennai, India, in 2004.

Thanks and good hunting!

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NitroX
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Re: bolt action double rifle ? [Re: NE450No2]
#56921 - 11/05/06 07:58 PM

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Poster: NE450No2
Subject: Re: bolt action double rifle ?

Mehul
If I had the money I would have to have one of those Blaser R 93 double rifles.

If only for the novelity of it.
A bbl set in 308 and one in 375.

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NE450No2

You would want one with a 28 g set of barrels too I think.

Bolt actioned double barrel shotgun.

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Double_Trouble
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Re: bolt action double rifle ? [Re: 400NitroExpress]
#58224 - 03/06/06 05:02 AM

400...... it is far more than a "gee wiz" excercise in engineering although it is quite an engineering marvel.
the rifle was brought to light after the inventor had a conventional dr double fire on him during a buff hunt. The rifle was his answer to avoid a re-occurance.
and 400 as you"seem" to be speaking from a position of knowledge..... would you please quantify your phrase "That a few take it seriously"

as for your question curl....... if you fire the right(or left) barrel only and then cycle the action, you eject both a spent shell and a live round and both chambers are then re loaded.
your aother queeries arent really worth spending a great deal of time on in answering as they are conditions that may arise with any firearm .....bolt or break action.

By the way ,,,,, it can be made to accomodate shotgun shells in your choice of guage ....28 or other.

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CptCurl
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Re: bolt action double rifle ? [Re: Double_Trouble]
#61428 - 19/08/06 10:14 PM

Here's an interesting video of the Fuchs double bolt rifle in action:

http://www.fuchs-fine-guns.com/movies/weltpatent.mov

I have to admit it's an engineering marvel with flawless execution. Still not my cup of tea, though.

Given the opportunity I would like to shoot one!

Curl

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Grizzly
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Re: bolt action double rifle ? [Re: CptCurl]
#61436 - 20/08/06 02:01 AM

The Blaser bolt is a good start to a finely pimped double.

Me, I'm holding out for a double magazine fed semi automatic double rifle

. Now THAT would be some fine engineering.

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Chasseur
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Re: bolt action double rifle ? [Re: CptCurl]
#61461 - 20/08/06 02:53 PM

As much as I hate to admit this, I was kinda impressed by the video. I'd like to shoot too. Though its still not for me...

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