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Re: What's better-Double or Bolt??
      20/05/07 12:38 PM

I can only address his concerns baised upon my own use of the double in Texas, Montana, Idaho, Canada, Alaska, and Zimbabwe.

I have taken game from squirrel to elephants.

Range:
I can shoot and hit with an iron sighted double as well as I can with an iron sighted bolt rifle.

With a scope sighted double I have taken game to a little over 300 yards.

With a scoped bolt rifle in a Magnum calibre I have taken game farther... But I have not hunted with a scope Magnum double.

Reloading.
I have discovered that the immediate second shot has proven to be much more useful to me than a bolt rifle with 3 or more rounds in the magazine.

And I do not just mean for DG at point blank range, but for general hunting as well.

Reliability.
Nothing beats the reliability of a double rifle.

Expense
By their design double rifles are a LOT more expensive than most bolt rifles.
However when you compare them to custom bolt rifles the difference narrows.

For me, I have found a double rifle to be FAR superior to ANY other rifle action type for MOST hunting.

I never set out to prove this "theory", I just "discovered" it to be true after using a double rifle for most of my hunting here in North America preparing for Africa.

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* What's better-Double or Bolt?? hoppdoc 20/05/07 11:29 AM
. * * Re: What's better-Double or Bolt?? Double_Trouble   25/05/07 10:46 PM
. * * Re: What's better-Double or Bolt?? DUGABOY1   25/05/07 09:28 AM
. * * Re: What's better-Double or Bolt?? hoppdoc   25/05/07 09:58 AM
. * * Re: What's better-Double or Bolt?? DUGABOY1   25/05/07 01:10 PM
. * * Re: What's better-Double or Bolt?? 400NitroExpress   25/05/07 07:03 PM
. * * Re: What's better-Double or Bolt?? Will   25/05/07 10:19 PM
. * * Re: What's better-Double or Bolt?? dnovo   25/05/07 10:47 PM
. * * Re: What's better-Double or Bolt?? xausa   26/05/07 05:02 AM
. * * Re: What's better-Double or Bolt?? 400NitroExpress   25/05/07 11:54 PM
. * * Re: What's better-Double or Bolt?? mickey   20/05/07 12:18 PM
. * * Re: What's better-Double or Bolt?? NE450No2   20/05/07 12:38 PM
. * * Re: What's better-Double or Bolt?? hoppdoc   20/05/07 03:27 PM
. * * Re: What's better-Double or Bolt?? NE450No2   20/05/07 03:54 PM
. * * Re: What's better-Double or Bolt?? hoppdoc   20/05/07 10:30 PM
. * * Re: What's better-Double or Bolt?? bonanza   20/05/07 10:50 PM
. * * Re: What's better-Double or Bolt?? hoppdoc   21/05/07 01:13 AM
. * * Re: What's better-Double or Bolt?? xausa   21/05/07 05:14 AM
. * * Re: What's better-Double or Bolt?? dnovo   21/05/07 10:28 AM
. * * Re: What's better-Double or Bolt?? hoppdoc   21/05/07 10:40 AM
. * * Re: What's better-Double or Bolt?? xausa   22/05/07 03:23 AM
. * * Re: What's better-Double or Bolt?? dnovo   22/05/07 03:47 AM
. * * Re: What's better-Double or Bolt?? hoppdoc   22/05/07 12:00 PM
. * * Re: What's better-Double or Bolt?? mehulkamdar   25/05/07 07:14 AM
. * * Re: What's better-Double or Bolt?? 4seventy   21/05/07 03:06 PM
. * * Re: What's better-Double or Bolt?? bonanza   20/05/07 10:45 PM
. * * Re: What's better-Double or Bolt?? AzGuy   20/05/07 12:30 PM

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