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Ulfhere
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Reged: 06/10/07
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Loc: AL

Re: T. Bland .577/.500 No 2 Double
10/05/09 06:09 AM

Here are some pics of mine. Its a working rifle. Its plain and has seen a lot of use (evident in the sweat corrosion on the left barrel and the right side lock and the repairs to triggers, trigger guard and buttplate, restocking, etc.). There is even more perceptible wear on the rifling in the right barrel vs the left, suggesting that the hunter generally required only one shot. I have a, perhaps romantic, notion that this rifle was used by a professional hunter for many years. It isn't mint original finish, but it has nice bores with modern Enfield rifling so it will digest jacketed bullets with more alacrity than Henry or Metford rifling. Its mechanically sound and has all the features that I wanted in a double rifle: Back action, Jones underlever, hammers and a doll's head extension on the barrels. I wasn't particular about the chambering, but it worked out perfectly because I just happened to have two boxes of Bertram brass in 577/500 No 2 that I had grabbed for $20 each when Huntingtons was having a clearance of stale inventory. I guess that is the gun nerd equivalent of a girl buying a new pair of shoes because they are on sale.

Here is a very similar one on Cabela's Gun Room site:

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/conten...requestid=50558

Here is another on Vintage Doubles, where I got mine:

http://www.vintagedoubles.com/inventory.php?sort=5&process=fullview&gunID=1077

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T. Bland .577/.500 No 2 Double	Ulfhere	24/04/09 07:01 AM
Re: T. Bland .577/.500 No 2 Double	50Calshtr	25/04/09 07:23 AM
Re: T. Bland .577/.500 No 2 Double	Ulfhere	27/04/09 12:26 AM
Re: T. Bland .577/.500 No 2 Double	tinker	27/04/09 02:16 AM
Re: T. Bland .577/.500 No 2 Double	Ulfhere	27/04/09 07:25 AM
Re: T. Bland .577/.500 No 2 Double	tinker	27/04/09 09:30 AM
Re: T. Bland .577/.500 No 2 Double	peter	09/05/09 09:24 PM
Re: T. Bland .577/.500 No 2 Double	Ulfhere	10/05/09 06:09 AM
Re: T. Bland .577/.500 No 2 Double	peter	10/05/09 06:33 AM
Re: T. Bland .577/.500 No 2 Double	tinker	10/05/09 12:58 PM
Re: T. Bland .577/.500 No 2 Double	93x64mm	15/07/19 07:57 AM
Re: T. Bland .577/.500 No 2 Double	50Calshtr	16/07/19 12:46 AM
Re: T. Bland .577/.500 No 2 Double	crusty	24/04/09 10:01 AM
Re: T. Bland .577/.500 No 2 Double	Ulfhere	24/04/09 10:17 AM

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