Forums.NitroExpress.com

Home | Ezine | Forums | Links | Contact NitroExpress.com: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE

View recent messages : 24 hours | 48 hours | 7 days | 14 days | 30 days | 60 days | More Smilies

*** Enjoy NitroExpress.com? Participate and join in. ***

You are not logged in. [Login]

Main Index · Search · Active Topics
New user · Who's Online · FAQ · Calendar

Double Rifles, Single Shots & Combinations >> Double Rifle Photos & Archive

404bearslayer
.300 member

Reged: 28/04/09
Posts: 226
Loc: Germany

Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE
26/11/09 11:53 AM

hanks General,

it is in deed a beautiful gun, but what surprised me most is how well it shoots. I have once read in an article that H&H shoot and adjust a Royal double over several months to eliminate tension and sources of warping in the gun and to make it shoot consistently under varying conditions (especially heat). The authors of the article did test that claim and shot the gun from ice cold to very hot (preheated by radiators) and did find out that, unlike other doubles they had tested, the H&H proved to be immune at whatever change in temperature was thrown at it.

I understood this to mean that it is 'regulated' to minimize warping of the barrels, rather then being regulated to a specific warping profile that a certain type of ammunition might produce. That would of course mean that the gun should shoot well with about any ammunition at any speed (within reason). Well, put it to the test today with a couple of handloads. In deed, same point of impact, same precision as with my Federal factory loads (which was the 'official' regulating load). My factory loads (Federal / Trophy Bonded Bear Claw) clocked 2172 f/s, while a load with GS Custom solid ran at 2220 f/s, for example. No difference whatsoever. I just loaded for the energy level I wanted - done. After shooting some other loads, picked up the still hot gun, and did two unsupported off-hand shots with the GSC bullets at a buffalo-head silhouette at 50 meters - hit square in the middle and grouped a tad under 2 inches. Couldn't be happier.

For people who are interested in it: I will post .470 loads with GSC FN and Hornady DGX bullets in the doubles / nitro express reloading forum.

Post Extras

Print Post

Remind Me!

Notify Moderator

Entire topic
Subject	Posted by	Posted on
Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	404bearslayer	22/11/09 11:01 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	ArnoldB	22/11/09 02:06 PM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	404bearslayer	22/11/09 02:15 PM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	baileybradshaw	22/11/09 02:41 PM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	crkennedy1	22/11/09 02:57 PM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	404bearslayer	22/11/09 04:12 PM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	rigbymauser	22/11/09 07:29 PM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	CptCurl	23/11/09 12:00 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	9.3x57	23/11/09 12:58 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	404bearslayer	23/11/09 02:40 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	JabaliHunter	23/11/09 03:52 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	peter	23/11/09 04:16 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	ArnoldB	23/11/09 04:36 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	404bearslayer	23/11/09 05:16 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	500Nitro	23/11/09 06:41 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	404bearslayer	23/11/09 06:57 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	500Nitro	23/11/09 07:07 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	404bearslayer	23/11/09 11:31 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	9.3x57	23/11/09 02:07 PM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	404bearslayer	24/11/09 10:09 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	mehulkamdar	25/11/09 04:32 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	404bearslayer	25/11/09 06:35 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	mckinney	01/12/09 10:10 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	404bearslayer	01/12/09 12:55 PM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	9.3x57	01/12/09 02:09 PM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	404bearslayer	02/12/09 12:41 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	9.3x57	02/12/09 01:07 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	Ripp	02/12/09 01:30 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	404bearslayer	02/12/09 02:03 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	bwananelson	29/11/09 10:28 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	404bearslayer	29/11/09 10:54 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	4seventy	29/11/09 08:31 PM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	armbar	30/11/09 12:53 PM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	armbar	30/11/09 01:03 PM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	404bearslayer	01/12/09 06:12 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	4seventy	01/12/09 09:03 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	Der_Jaeger	27/11/09 02:40 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	404bearslayer	27/11/09 04:30 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	9.3x57	26/11/09 12:57 PM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	404bearslayer	26/11/09 01:50 PM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	9.3x57	27/11/09 12:56 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	Mike_Bailey	25/11/09 06:52 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	404bearslayer	25/11/09 07:41 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	500Nitro	25/11/09 07:47 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	404bearslayer	25/11/09 08:03 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	500Nitro	25/11/09 08:14 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	Anonymous	25/11/09 10:21 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	404bearslayer	26/11/09 11:53 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	9.3x57	23/11/09 03:04 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	500Nitro	23/11/09 03:08 AM
Re: Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe DR .470 NE	ArnoldB	22/11/09 02:41 PM

Extra information

0 registered and 28 anonymous users are browsing this forum.

Moderator: CptCurl

Forum Permissions
      You cannot start new topics
      You cannot reply to topics
      HTML is disabled
      UBBCode is enabled

Rating:
Thread views: 23622

Jump to

NitroExpress.com

Powered by UBB.threads™ 6.5.5

Home | Ezine | Forums | Links | Contact

Copyright 2003 to 2011 - all rights reserved