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Ahmed577
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Re: The Purdey "200 Year Battery of Nine" - Ahmed577 [Re: Mike_Bailey]
      #265478 - 24/05/15 10:27 PM

Tinker, yes all the tools etc will be included. Mike Bailey, they will cost my marriage if the cost is found out. I am starting to get excited about the finished project. I think the Boss battery ( project started 10/2007 ) will be completed about the same time as the purdey battery. Nitro forum will have a complete introduction soon. Thankyou for the interest.

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Re: The Purdey "200 Year Battery of Nine" - Ahmed577 [Re: Ahmed577]
      #265522 - 25/05/15 08:21 PM

Ahmed577 I await the completion of your respective battery's with great anticipation.

Of course if you need a hand in shooting them, I am at your command


Best wishes,

Chris

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Re: The Purdey "200 Year Battery of Nine" - Ahmed577 [Re: Rockdoc]
      #265523 - 25/05/15 08:38 PM

Sweet Jesus, there's a Boss set too!!!!!!??????

You are a man of taste!

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Re: The Purdey "200 Year Battery of Nine" - Ahmed577 [Re: Ahmed577]
      #265608 - 27/05/15 10:44 PM


I'm lost for words......

I hope you have the opportunity to do some very hard hunting with each one of these rifles.

Love Purdy doubles, you don't see enough of them.

No .400 or .450 bore?

Thankyou for sharing.

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Re: The Purdey "200 Year Battery of Nine" - Ahmed577 [Re: Rhodes]
      #265627 - 28/05/15 12:47 PM

Thanks Ahmed577

I very much look forward to seeing the bullet casting and sizing tools.




Cheers
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Re: The Purdey "200 Year Battery of Nine" - Ahmed577 [Re: NitroX]
      #265903 - 04/06/15 01:52 PM

I must say that in my 18 years of using the internet, this is absolutely the best gun related post I've ever seen. Over many years I've been lucky enough to have handled and shot several doubles by Purdey and Holland & Holland, been to both factories, became acquainted with some people who worked for them, and never missed a chance to drop by whenever I was in England to check their latest creations, the latest of which being the stunning bicentennial trio at Audley House in June 2014, even though the style of decoration chosen for that .470 wasn't exactly my cup of tea.

Despite H&H being a more prolific rifle maker, I've come to personally like Purdey's rifles more and find them to have a distinct edge in fit and finish quality, balance, and I like the square shape of the action side bolsters more than the "wavy" one in H&H rifles. I also like how Purdey's rifles come standard with some intricate design features such as disc set strikers, gas vents (false screws in the back of fences), sideclips for barrels, and of course the complex Beesley action with the assisted opening system being integral to the mechanism. That assisted opening of a Purdey always felt more positive than H&H's design, and although it makes it slightly harder to close the action of a Purdey when still new, this effect almost disappears after the rifle had been used for a while and the spring broken in, leaving you with a weapon that closes normally but opens with a beautiful "assertiveness" for the lack of a better word.

Congratulations on that stunning set of what I believe to be the finest firearms ever created, and wish you enjoy them in good health.

P.S. I have never seen a Boss rifle in person, so I'll be looking forward to hearing your impressions once you receive that Boss battery.

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Re: The Purdey "200 Year Battery of Nine" - Ahmed577 [Re: adrian500ne]
      #265914 - 04/06/15 09:21 PM

Nice comments Adrian. Now you have me wanting a Purdey!

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Re: The Purdey "200 Year Battery of Nine" - Ahmed577 [Re: crkennedy1]
      #268126 - 17/07/15 03:24 AM





Progress photo of the .600 with a .410 for comparison.

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Edited by NitroX (17/07/15 03:26 AM)

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Re: The Purdey "200 Year Battery of Nine" - Ahmed577 [Re: NitroX]
      #274620 - 05/12/15 09:07 PM




Ahmed's Purdey .22 Hornet single shot under construction.

What great figure to the stock.

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Re: The Purdey "200 Year Battery of Nine" - Ahmed577 [Re: NitroX]
      #277317 - 30/01/16 04:49 AM

Ahmed has kindly emailed me a bunch of new photos so will soon share them here.

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Re: The Purdey "200 Year Battery of Nine" - Ahmed577 [Re: NitroX]
      #277351 - 30/01/16 05:43 PM



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Re: The Purdey "200 Year Battery of Nine" - Ahmed577 [Re: Rockdoc]
      #277353 - 30/01/16 07:38 PM

Looking forward to that

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Re: The Purdey "200 Year Battery of Nine" - Ahmed577 [Re: Mike_Bailey]
      #277367 - 31/01/16 08:50 AM

Lovely. I had the privilege of handling a Purdey 600 double in the white some years ago, very handy rifle. However, not much use here in the Sutherland, Scotland where red deer are the biggest quarry.

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Re: The Purdey "200 Year Battery of Nine" - Ahmed577 [Re: simonsaorsa]
      #280501 - 08/04/16 01:01 AM

Ahmed's post reminds me I have some of his photos to post!

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Re: The Purdey "200 Year Battery of Nine" - Ahmed577 [Re: NitroX]
      #280544 - 08/04/16 09:00 AM

Waiting for the next instalment on this thread.

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Re: The Purdey "200 Year Battery of Nine" - Ahmed577 [Re: VonGruff]
      #280571 - 08/04/16 11:05 PM

Von gruff no one more interested than I on progress of boss and purdey batteries. Boss battery of "6" 3 now complete. Boss 20b o/u 28b s/s & 300h&h bolt take-down rifle completed. These 3 guns were ordered in years 2007 & 2008. Were finished within 3 years of order date. 410 o/u ordered 4/09 they hope will be complete 4/16. 375 - 303 double rifle & 5.6 x 50r o/u rifle may form part of my estate to finalise. Purdey battery of "9" well underway. Many pictures on purdey club website. I am incapable of sending pictures for some reason. Others will help me. Part of the purdey battery included a landrover as official carriage it arrived in Australia this month. Thankyou for your interest.

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Re: The Purdey "200 Year Battery of Nine" - Ahmed577 [Re: Ahmed577]
      #280573 - 08/04/16 11:25 PM

Amazing! Thanks for the update.

I missed Johns post of the photos! That 600 looks close to finish?

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Re: The Purdey "200 Year Battery of Nine" - Ahmed577 [Re: Ash]
      #280575 - 08/04/16 11:50 PM

600 completed this week. 4 to go. I have not seen any completed photos of 600. Am hunting a lot over next 6 months. Will report when I can. Hope nitro will post some photos.

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Re: The Purdey "200 Year Battery of Nine" - Ahmed577 [Re: Mike_Bailey]
      #280628 - 09/04/16 12:38 PM

Quote:

I am pricing up the sex change, used to have a .500 Holland double, does that count ? best, Mike



How's the sex change going Mike or is it now Michelle.

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Re: The Purdey "200 Year Battery of Nine" - Ahmed577 [Re: Rule303]
      #280634 - 09/04/16 05:19 PM

If I get the gun cleaners job it's Michelle. A question is the Boss battery going to have an O/U double rifle ? I have never seen one in the flesh, I think they have only made less than 100 in total, best, Mike

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Re: The Purdey "200 Year Battery of Nine" - Ahmed577 [Re: Mike_Bailey]
      #280651 - 09/04/16 11:04 PM

.400 member. Boss battery has 1 o/u rifle. A 5.6 x50r. Not a fan of o/u heavy calibers. This is a pot rifle only. I understand less than 10 o/u rifles have been built by boss since 1909 year of inception.

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Re: The Purdey "200 Year Battery of Nine" - Ahmed577 [Re: Ahmed577]
      #280668 - 10/04/16 05:06 AM

Just 10 !! Blimey. At the sound of being called sacriligeous, my first double was an O/U Dumoulin in .470 and I liked it a lot, that gape and reloading speed is, in my opinion a load of old b*lls. If I had the wonga I would love a Boss O/U in .500 NE , best, Mike

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Re: The Purdey "200 Year Battery of Nine" - Ahmed577 [Re: Mike_Bailey]
      #280696 - 10/04/16 05:36 PM

with a side lever !

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Re: The Purdey "200 Year Battery of Nine" - Ahmed577 [Re: Mike_Bailey]
      #280714 - 10/04/16 10:59 PM

Hey Mike! I'm a fan of large bore u/o's too!

Seen this one? https://www.guntrader.uk/Guns-For-Sale/Lang-Joseph_Rifle_For-Sale_141023105507001

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Re: The Purdey "200 Year Battery of Nine" - Ahmed577 [Re: Ash]
      #280734 - 11/04/16 05:14 PM

I think that is based on a Browning action is it not ? best

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