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3DogMike
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Re: Double Rifle Caliber - Help Me Choose!
      18/01/18 01:58 PM

Just my experience and opinion here:
“....an 11lb .500. About the same calculated recoil as a.470....” same weight rifle? The .500 is a NOTICEABLE step up in recoil. Dont be fooled by “calculations” you need to try them for real.

I have shot many of the big calibers in double rifles (4bore was a T. Bland single shot); various .400’s, .450, .458, .470, .500, .577 (both 90-650grain and 100-750 grain), 12bore, 8bore, 4bore.
The 100-.577 will make a believer out of you even in a 14lb rifle.
And don’t scoff at how freakin heavy a 14lb rifle can get in 100°F heat by the end of the day. Even in the heyday the guys that wrote about that stuff talked about .577’s and .600’s being exhausting to carry.

9 1/2-10lb .400, 10-10 1/2lb 450 or 11lb .470 is a nice sweet spot, my 2˘ worth.

Just sayin,
- Mike

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* Double Rifle Caliber - Help Me Choose! vandeusenps 18/01/18 07:44 AM
. * * Re: Double Rifle Caliber - Help Me Choose! Claydog   18/01/18 08:54 AM
. * * Re: Double Rifle Caliber - Help Me Choose! vandeusenps   18/01/18 09:46 AM
. * * Re: Double Rifle Caliber - Help Me Choose! DarylS   18/01/18 11:57 AM
. * * Re: Double Rifle Caliber - Help Me Choose! Rell   18/01/18 12:08 PM
. * * Re: Double Rifle Caliber - Help Me Choose! vandeusenps   18/01/18 12:14 PM
. * * Re: Double Rifle Caliber - Help Me Choose! 3DogMike   18/01/18 01:58 PM
. * * Re: Double Rifle Caliber - Help Me Choose! crshelton   18/01/18 03:07 PM
. * * Re: Double Rifle Caliber - Help Me Choose! 500Boswell   18/01/18 04:33 PM
. * * Re: Double Rifle Caliber - Help Me Choose! Rockdoc   18/01/18 05:51 PM
. * * Re: Double Rifle Caliber - Help Me Choose! vandeusenps   18/01/18 10:39 PM
. * * Re: Double Rifle Caliber - Help Me Choose! 3DogMike   19/01/18 04:49 AM
. * * Re: Double Rifle Caliber - Help Me Choose! vandeusenps   19/01/18 05:08 AM
. * * Re: Double Rifle Caliber - Help Me Choose! Rell   18/01/18 11:20 PM
. * * Re: Double Rifle Caliber - Help Me Choose! Ahmed577   19/01/18 01:31 AM
. * * Re: Double Rifle Caliber - Help Me Choose! vandeusenps   19/01/18 05:12 AM
. * * Re: Double Rifle Caliber - Help Me Choose! NitroXAdministrator   20/01/18 07:03 PM
. * * Re: Double Rifle Caliber - Help Me Choose! Ahmed577   20/01/18 09:28 PM
. * * Re: Double Rifle Caliber - Help Me Choose! 416rigby   21/01/18 06:07 PM
. * * Re: Double Rifle Caliber - Help Me Choose! Matthew   23/01/18 10:26 AM
. * * Re: Double Rifle Caliber - Help Me Choose! vandeusenps   25/01/18 12:34 AM
. * * Re: Double Rifle Caliber - Help Me Choose! NitroXAdministrator   23/01/18 07:37 PM
. * * Re: Double Rifle Caliber - Help Me Choose! Matthew   24/01/18 03:24 AM

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