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This for going into the weeds with wounded Leopard, and lion.

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Mac,
You should contact Mickey as rumour has it that he actually owns a genuine PHC Linoleum Leopard Suit which you may want to duplicate for your quest into the weeds!

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I have an old Valmet Lion that I'm going to convert to a 20" 12 bore rifle, with quarter rib, and front "MOON" sight. This for going into the weeds with wounded Leopard, and lion. Solid Hardened lead bullets crimped into all brass cases, should do the trick, and make a legal rifle for use in "Shotgun slug only" areas for deer, and moose. It has a single selective trigger, that in 30 years has never failed to work like a two shot simiautomatic!

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Hey wait a minute Mac, didn't you once say that you'd never own a double rifle with a single trigger!?

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I hate single triggers too.

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Actually I quite like them.
It really doesn't worry me much whether there is one or two triggers so long as both types are totally reliable.

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I get on the single trigger, fire the first shot, then yank on the trigger guard

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Hey, CptCurl, Nitro does the same thing apparently so all you need now is a couple of double discharges and you will be his buddy for life.

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Why is it that your rifle will perform flawlessly until the moment of truth?

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Aint that a fact! Murphy's law I guess.
Thank the Gods of hunting that it usually does not happen too often!

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I read about NitroX's buff hunt.... I sure would like to do a hunt like that!

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You can!
Nitro is organizing another Buff hunt at the same place for 2005 and is looking for a few hunters to take part also.
The fact that you would be most likely bringing a double or two should ensure you a place but if not the mention of free alcohol and tarty women might help!
You never heard that from me though, ok?

The 2005 NE Water Buffalo Hunt thread in the Australian Forum has the details.

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Hey wait a minute Mac, didn't you once say that you'd never own a double rifle with a single trigger!?

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Damn, 4seventy, you just had to notice that! Words have a bad habit of coming back to bite you in the butt, don't they?

It is true that I don't like single triggers on a double rifle, but this old Valmet has a single trigger, and I'm not sure the parts for the 412 will fit this 1960 ventage Valmet LION. Actually, the old shooter has had 18 1/2" smooth bore barrels with iron sights, for many years, and was made that way for a deer slug rifle for shotgun only counties of East Texas. That is basicly what it will be used for still. The new rifled Hastings blanks will not use regular slugs, but 12 bore bullets crimped into Brass 12 bore cases.

I hunt with double rifles, and even the small ones have two triggers. Shotguns are another matter, but if the parts will fit, I will change to the twin trigger system in the LION, if not the 12 bore rifle will be used as is.



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Mac,
You should contact Mickey as rumour has it that he actually owns a genuine PHC Linoleum Leopard Suit which you may want to duplicate for your quest into the weeds!

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I think I'd be in more danger of falling and breaking my neck, with that suit, then from the leopard!

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Valmet sells the parts to convert to double triggers. I did that with a Model 512 I had. The conversion was easy (I did it myself), and the trigger parts were not expensive.

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Valmet no longer in existance! It is now TIKKA, but made in Italy, by Beretta. I'm not sure the triggers are still available,or if they will fit the old 1960 Valmet LION, but if they are, I'd love to have a set! Does any one have a sourse for these triggers?

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Both my 16b doubles (SxS, not O/U) shoot .666" diameter bullets.

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