NitroX
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October 1, 2024
The Iconic .500 3" Nitro Express - Westley Richards Double Rifle
Completed in July 2024 and regulated to place four 570-grain soft-points, fired from each barrel in turn, within a 2 ½ ” x 1 ½” rectangle at 50 yards, through iron sights, this .500 Nitro Express is a great example of Westley Richards 21st Century double rifle making.
By Westley Richards & Co.
The .500 x 3” nitro express, in the opinion if many professional hunters, is the perfect cartridge for dangerous African game and the Westley Richards 1897 patent hand detachable lock action is the perfect platform from which to fire it.
The principle of the close range double rifle is that it has to move fast and instinctively. At close quarters, the hunter often needs to shoulder it like a shotgun, acquire his target and fire, in one fluid movement.
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https://www.westleyrichards.com/theexplo...ds-double-rifle
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John aka NitroX
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NitroX
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Yay! A Westley Richards double rifle 500 with two triggers.
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John aka NitroX
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Govt get out of our lives NOW!
"I love the smell of cordite in the morning."
"A Sharp spear needs no polish"
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degoins
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Functional gorgeousness!!
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93x64mm
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Now that is one heck of a rifle!
Not overdone in any way
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DarylS
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What a beautiful, well made rifle.
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Daryl
"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V
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3DogMike
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+1
Very nice, classic & not all "tarted up" as some we have seen. The buyer has good taste.
- Mike
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"Will Rogers never met a fighter pilot"
- Anon
“Always carry a flask of whiskey in case of snakebite, and furthermore always carry a small snake."
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Marrakai
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Yes, and being a Westley Richards, I can even "feel" the weight between the hands just by looking at it! 
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Marrakai
When the bull drops, the bullshit stops!
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www.marrakai-adventure.com.au
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