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Thank you, rookhawk. Whenever considering hunting in Africa and/ or getting a DR, I will take your advice.

Thank you for this, rookhawk. I really don’t know where the idea is coming from that I would plan to have a DR built out of a shot gun…! Did I somehow unintentionally indicate for this? What drove my question is that I was wondering about the sizes of the actions without obvious correlation with...

Nice cynicism. Not sure why you feel this sort of grim is contributing to clarify on my question, though. Why not sharing your knowledgeability by means of providing the info I was asking for? I didn’t ask about hunting in Africa. I asked about a simple technical detail on double rifle design...

Hi Rare Breed. Thank you for your kind welcome and the follow up question. The reason for me asking for those three measures was that the doubles I had seen at said shop were most obviously different in their width but without obvious correlation to their respective caliber -which admittedly I...

Hi rookhawk. Thank you for this. Yes, this makes sense to me and explains why the actions of the doubles I saw at the shop had different dimensions but without obvious pattern re. their respective caliber.

Well then, the more I am gracious you took the effort to respond and trust you to experience the same kind of response you provided at any forum you will register in the future. I am sure you will be as much appreciating it then as I was today.

Thank you for this, BeeMa. Will try to contact him.

Well, this is what I noticed, too -and this in part the reason for my original question. Thank you for acknowledging.

Hello grand veneur. Thank you for your response. I am sure it is with good intentions even though I must admit that I find it interesting to welcome a newbee on the forum by questioning the seriousness of his query, and then not even answering what was asked...! Anyway. Thank you.

Hello all. I am new here as I am also a novice to African hunting. Current experience is limited to hunting in Europe and US. Largest animal ever taken have been red stag and wild boar of ~500lbs life size each. I am also novice to African shells and rounds. Never was a fan of bolt action and...

Hello all. I am new here as I am also a novice to African hunting. Current experience is limited to hunting in Europe and US. Largest animal ever taken have been red stag and wild boar of ~500lbs life size each. I am also novice to African shells and rounds. Never was a fan of bolt action and...