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DBBill
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???? How ofter do you......
#29053 - 07/04/05 12:26 PM

.... have a 'smith check/tune-up your double rifle to make sure everything is as it should be?

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Marrakai
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Loc: Darwin, Top End of Australia

Re: ???? How ofter do you...... [Re: DBBill]
#29057 - 07/04/05 01:57 PM

At purchase! After that, a knowledgeable owner should be able to keep tabs on things.

Bit like cars: some owners can't service and change oil, others wouldn't dream of paying (or trusting!) someone else to do these relatively simple chores.

Thankfully, double rifles don't yet come with a combustion-management computer!!

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AussieMike
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Loc: Southern Tablelands, NSW, Aust...

Re: ???? How ofter do you...... [Re: Marrakai]
#29058 - 07/04/05 02:06 PM

Never - probably should but can't think of a 'smith in my town who I'd trust more than I trust myself. I use a guy in Melbourne for the occasional modification that involves something scary like milling the rib to install EAW scope mounts on a drilling.

Had a 318 WR I bought that had been submerged for three days in a flood. It had been dried out and checked by one of the top guys in Oz (probably, in terms of practical experience, in the world). Had a rust problem three months later - moisture in the wood and the 'smith took me through fully disassembling the action over the phone one Saturday. But, knowing the guy, he would have done the same even if he'd never seen the rifle.

mike

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new_guy
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Loc: Texas

Re: ???? How ofter do you...... [Re: DBBill]
#29083 - 08/04/05 12:41 AM

I have the inside cleaned about every 3-years, depending on use, i have mine stripped, cleaned & generelly checked over.

If I've taken the gun to africa and used it for a couple of weeks, i'll accelerate that timing... primarily b/c of that dust over there - you'd be amazed at where it can get.

is that too often? maybe, but i wish that some of the old-timers before us had felt the same way i do about their guns at the time. if so, we'd have DR with "Excellent" bores... instead of pitted ones.

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500Nitro
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Reged: 06/01/03
Posts: 7244
Loc: Victoria, Australia

Re: ???? How ofter do you...... [Re: DBBill]
#29097 - 08/04/05 08:40 AM

Every double I have / do buy goes straight to the gunsmith for a strip and clean, check over,
firing pin rounding off (most need this as previous owners don't seem to bother).

Then if I have used the guns in hot, dusty / wet areas (ie NT of Australia every year),
depending on what happened I sometimes give them back to have another strip / clean.

I look at it this way - if I am hunting dangerous game, I like to know that my gun is
in tip top shape and everything works BEFORE I get charged !!! Then all I have to
do is shoot the thing.

500 Nitro

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