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Maverick
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Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?
04/02/04 03:35 PM

My first double was a Searcy field grade .470 and it was (and still is) a great gun. Extremely accurate; it has a beefy feel to it, as opposed to the Euro doubles that feel more streamlined to me. I put over 300 rounds through the gun without the slightest problem. I dropped elephant, buffalo, and loads of California wild pigs with the gun (hit one pig running at 172 yards). Not bad for a gun that I paid $7,000 for in 2000. In Africa, I hunted alongside my friend, who carried a $20,000 .470 Francotte. Of course, the Francotte was much prettier, but the Searcy actually shot better (both my friend and I tested both weapons together and we both shot the Searcy more accurately). Incidently, I sold the gun to my PH in Zimbabwe (he'd fallen in love with it) and he used the gun to stop a charging buffalo and a charging cow elephant, all caught on film which is being sold at the hunting conventions. I have nothing but praise for the gun- it is a workhorse, not a showpiece. I miss it. As to comparisons to the Merkel- I can only attest to what I've heard- which is that the Merkel is built on shotgun tubes and is inherently much weaker than the Searcy, which Butch builds himself. Hope this helps.

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Who Has a Searcy Double?	Phil_in_the_UK	29/01/04 07:46 AM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	DUGABOY1	06/02/04 04:02 AM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	zimhunter	05/02/04 02:33 AM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	mickey	05/02/04 03:28 AM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	Maverick	05/02/04 03:42 PM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	NitroX	05/02/04 03:00 AM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	DUGABOY1	06/02/04 05:07 AM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	Chasseur	06/02/04 07:59 AM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	docEE	10/02/04 12:13 PM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	atkinson6	14/02/04 04:00 AM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	NitroX	16/02/04 09:08 PM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	475Guy	14/02/04 10:53 AM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	Maverick	04/02/04 03:35 PM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	NONE	30/01/04 08:44 AM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	Chasseur	29/01/04 08:28 AM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	ThomasEdwards	30/01/04 07:05 AM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	Chasseur	30/01/04 08:20 AM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	ThomasEdwards	30/01/04 08:52 AM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double? DELETED	luv2safari	04/02/04 03:50 PM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	DUGABOY1	06/02/04 04:40 AM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double? DELETED	luv2safari	14/02/04 01:35 PM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	NitroX	16/02/04 09:13 PM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	gryphon	14/02/04 04:07 PM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double? DELETED	DUGABOY1	17/02/04 02:50 AM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	mickey	17/02/04 03:36 AM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	475Guy	17/02/04 03:16 AM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	NitroX	17/02/04 03:48 AM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	gryphon	17/02/04 06:38 AM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	atkinson6	18/02/04 05:15 AM
I have a Searcy	500grains	16/02/04 05:53 PM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	atkinson6	30/01/04 08:49 AM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	mstarling	30/01/04 02:02 AM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	luv2safari	29/01/04 08:07 AM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	atkinson6	29/01/04 08:18 AM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	510Wells	04/02/04 02:08 PM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	mickey	04/02/04 02:19 PM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	510Wells	04/02/04 04:13 PM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	Holmes	04/02/04 05:15 PM
Re: Who Has a Searcy Double?	Chasseur	05/02/04 12:57 AM
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