Single Shot Saturday - Show us your Single Shots!

[Kdgj]

It’s hard to believe this WR 400/360 has survived in this condition. WR has no records on it, but it has to be over 110 years old.
Ken

 

[ftrovato]

It’s hard to believe this WR 400/360 has survived in this condition. WR has no records on it, but it has to be over 110 years old.
Ken

Simply beautiful!

 

[TheDoubleD]

My contribution...I have more.

Leopard and Buffalo.

Well not a Boddington special edition Buffalo , so maybe more correctly just 450/400 3". It is quickly become my favorite rifle on the deer lease. I bought it to take to SA for Cape Buffalo, but the wife says I am to old and decrepit to go. I feel the old, but not the decrepit. I have taken deer and hogs with that gun.

The Leopard works good on Deer. But I got rid of the Swarovski and found nice old Leupold 4X. I could not get proper eye relief with the Swarovski. Nothing wrong with Swarovski, but it just didn't work on this rifle.

 

[ftrovato]

My contribution...I have more.

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Leopard and Buffalo.

Well not a Boddington special edition Buffalo , so maybe more correctly just 450/400 3". It is quickly become my favorite rifle on the deer lease. I bought it to take to SA for Cape Buffalo, but the wife says I am to old and decrepit to go. I feel the old, but not the decrepit. I have taken deer and hogs with that gun.

The Leopard works good on Deer. But I got rid of the Swarovski and found nice old Leupold 4X. I could not get proper eye relief with the Swarovski. Nothing wrong with Swarovski, but it just didn't work on this rifle.

If you can walk you can hunt buffalo. Better to be the turtle than the heir when buffalo hunting. GO!

 

[TheDoubleD]

I can walk, yes, I am not decrepit. The problem is Airline fainting. More and more episodes. Last flight from SA in 2008, one hour in I fainted. They wanted to take me off the plane in Senegal-like hell!

Been several more episodes since then, the most recent this past spring, on a short trip. Doctors tell me their isn't much the can do for this. Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate they say. Add in old mans non aggressive prostate cancer and all that water makes you uncomfortable real fast. l'll do the short duration flights' but don't want to do a 15 hour flight-might need to carry Depends.

 

[TheDoubleD]

Naughton and Holloway .303British.

 

[Canadaboy]

I’m not sure if I ever posted this. It’s a Heym 44b in .270 Win. A sweet little rifle!

 

[Huvius]

This is a 400/360 Webley 1897 retailed by Lang.
A very rare rifle - one of about six or so known to exist and one of maybe two in original configuration.
Aesthetically, one of the best proportioned and shaped of all falling block rifles. (IMO)

 

[ftrovato]

I added this one to the collection of Single Shots.

Ruger #1 75th Anniversary in 270 Winchester.

Number 25 of 75 that were produced to celebrate Ruger's 75 Anniversary.

I usually don't make rifles into safe queens but I suspect I won't shot this one and I'll look for a new home for her in a few years when I can make a few bucks on her to fund a hunting trip.

 

[Huvius]

I don’t recall if I had I posted this single shot here on AH yet.
A nice small frame Webley 1902 patent rifle.
A few years ago I had John Todd engrave it.
Turned out quite nice.
I hope my little grand daughter would like to have it some day.

 

[BC Tal]

@Huvius, what a beauty. What caliber?

 

[Huvius]

@Huvius, what a beauty. What caliber?

It was originally chambered in 300 Rook but at some point was rebored and chambered to 357 Magnum.
I haven’t shot those but 38Spl works just fine and is actually similar to the 360 No.5 cartridge of the period.

 

[Huvius]

A Holland & Holland 360 No.5 Rook
The paper patched bullets aren’t correct for this cartridge but just look so good and shoot beautifully in this little rifle.

 

[ianthompson]

This one was cute. I don't think I could hunt anything more dangerous than a rabid coon but it is still fun. 295 H&H.

 

[ianthompson]

A Holland & Holland 360 No.5 Rook
The paper patched bullets aren’t correct for this cartridge but just look so good and shoot beautifully in this little rifle.
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Very nice

 

[Huvius]

Shooting the rifle above:

 

[ianthompson]

Rook rifles have to be one of the more overlooked british sporting rifles in my area. No one has heard of them. Lots of fun. A 360 would be nice.

 

[GeorgeGibbs505]

H&H Ross model in 300 Rook. Has taken squirrel and ground hogs and an excellent shooter.

 

[yamoon]

Impatiently waiting a 9.3x57r (360 2 1/4 BPE) German stalking rifle. The seller is shipping Monday. I will post photos when it arrives.
Mike

Arrived

 

[TheDoubleD]

Made for Rawbone, CapeTown.

Rawbone had an affiliation with Greener. This action is the same style as seen on Greener sporting Martini's. This gun is marked for .303 Ammunition. But it is not a .303 British. Shooting a .303 British carteidge with the .311 bullet blows case heads off. Correct is bullet. major bore is .304, same as the 7.5 Swiss Rubin bullet. The case, except for neck the same as .303 British. When the British were developing the .303 they were using the Rubin bullet. Proofs and marking seem to indicate this gun is early 1890