How many double rifles do you own?

[Tanks]

Well, I got the sickness. Last year this time I had only one, a Heym 88B in .500 NE.
Since then I acquired a VC .450 NE and picking up from CA FFL jail a Heym 88B in 9.3x74R in 5 days.

The Heyms are going to Zimbabwe with me at the end of July.

 

[Daniel Cary]

GI has a beautiful VC in 375 flanged for sale. Not a fan of case color, however this one just looks right.

 

[robert kuester]

I have a 577. 577-500. 9.3x74,4590,450-400 and fully rifled 12 bore,plus a single 4 bore with an extra shot gun barrel. Shot guns included 8ga, 2 12ga,and 16ga Parkers. 12ga Rigby, 12ga Wesley Richards, 12ga Purdey, 12ga WC Scott 12ga Holland and Holland 12ga Joseph Lang, 12ga Whitbey and a28ga Manton.

 

[Fark]

Let me see...Not as many as my bud Cal Pappas ...but a few:
.500NE Ferlach
.577 Army Navy (by Wesley Richards)
.577 Wesley Richards
.600 Charles Osborne
.700 Searcy
7 Bore WW Greener
8 Bore JW Tolley
4 Bore Custom by Ken Owen

Four of them been to Tanzania for Buff
The .700 Drilled a Wyoming Bison from the rear-end and came out his chest! 1000gr Woodleight at 2200fpsView attachment 364901View attachment 364902View attachment 364903

 

[Fark]

Is that the 4 bore used to bag dinosaurs back in the day?

 

[CBH Australia]

Zero

 

[robert kuester]

Is that the 4 bore used to bag dinosaurs back in the day?

Ya, It kills on one end and memes on the other!

 

[Fark]

Ya, It kills on one end and memes on the other!

I hear that they needed a 2 bore for the largest dinosaurs,but that`s just a rumour.

 

[robert kuester]

I hear that they needed a 2 bore for the largest dinosaurs,but that`s just a rumour.

OUCH!!!!!!!!

 

[Fark]

OUCH!!!!!!!!

I hear that Chuck Norris has a couple of 2 bores for his sidearms and does quick draw rapid fire trick shots with them. I hear........

 

[robert kuester]

My 4 single kicks enough thank you!

 

[Pondoro]

Christ...now I have 6..

 

[Tommen]

I have 3 and one more is coming later this year. Chapuis 7x65R and 375H&H one Blaser S2 500NE and the new is a Heym in 500NE. Blaser is going to be for sale.

 

[Tom Y. Hanssen]

How many of you own more than one double? What's in your battery?

After my first African Safari hunt at the beginning of this year I shot my first buffalo with my Blaser R8 Professional in .375 H&H Magnum. It dropped on the first bullet (300 grs. Federal Trophy Bonded) at 100 yards. I gave it a security shot at 30 yards (300 grs. Federal Sledgehammer Solid). The PH I hunted with had a Merkel 400/450 double thst was very nice. I said to my self if I was coming back for another buffalo, it would be with a double. Came across a Merkel 140A in .470NE just after I came home, slightly used (not shot more than 50 times). Bought it straight. Is in the process of mounting a Leica Red Dot sight on. This month I came across a brand new Merkel 140A in 9.3x74R. Couldn´t resist. Bought it and put a Nikko Sterling 1-6x24 scope on it + the open sights. So, I have two, and still would like to have more. Currently I know of a W.W. Greener in .577, built in in 1902 that looks like a stunner and a .600NE (almost new). The prices need to come down a bit or I have to win the lottery to move on them. Can´t have enough guns!

 

[DEFYET]

My collection has grown from when I started this post back in 2020.

My VC 470 is now accompanied by a 1906 Manton 450/400 3¼" for nitro and most recently a VC 600NE Imperial.

 

[BnC 04]

Have my Heym 470 but working on acquiring another Heym in 375 Flanged.

 

[degoins]

DEFYET do you have pictures you can share? We would love to see those beauties.

 

[Tom Y. Hanssen]

My collection has grown from when I started this post back in 2020.

My VC 470 is now accompanied by a 1906 Manton 450/400 3¼" for nitro and most recently a VC 600NE Imperial.

Wow, quite a collection you got there

 

[DEFYET]

DEFYET do you have pictures you can share? We would love to see those beauties.

 

[Pondoro]

Defyet....a very nice Manton you have...how does it shoot..? I have a 1910 vintage Manton in .470NE, the upper rifle in the pic.. It is up for a light restoration.