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I have used the search function but I am not turning up much for "double rifles" on this board. Am I looking in the wrong section?

Do I just need to start a "Double Rifle" thread?

Thnx

what kind of info are you after? I've written some here and there.

maybe try searching by name? heym,searcy,chapuis,merkel, etc

You could start a double rifle thread. In fact perhaps Rick should have seperate heading for double rifles only...I have been shooting doubles for about 30 years I guess, and doubles are an interesting subject and actually a whole new ball game as what is fine with a bolt gun or any other action seldom applies to the double, it's a whole nuther world...a world full of folklore, and old maids tales!

Well - about all I know about doubles is ... to hold them makes me happy.

Although I am sorely tempted to jump in what I KNOW is the low end of the market and buy the Remington 45-70 double (because it is probably the only one I can afford), I am wondering if I should just save my pennies until I can pay a few thousand more and get something else.

I guess I just don't know enough about them to intelligently even make a plan for owning one (or several) someday.

In an ideal world, I could buy a few to enjoy and as "investments"

Any suggestions on where to start learning besides right here? If there are threads here that I haven't turned up, I'd appreciate any links to them you could guive me.

Thanks in advance. Mike

A double rifle means dangerous game; therefore have any double inspected and appraised by an expert before you buy.

I'd avoid the Rem/Baikal like the plague. really.


we had a thread last year (in this forum) on the subject.
it'd be worth looking up.

personally, I'm fond of the Heym 88B (I have one).

I've not shot a Searcy, but have shot a Chapuis/Merkel/Blaser/and older Rigby.

It's worth at least saving until you get into the Chapuis/Merkel price range.

here's a few threads to wade through:


The remington/baikahl thread

working up 470 a load before moose season

the final 470 moose season report

found another:

more pics

there are a number of threads scattered around here and there - I know of about a dozen or so members that have them.

I'd like to see a double rifle forum here....

Not to steal any one's thunder here, if you really want to kick a few tires on this subject, you might want to try this link. HERE

There are more than a few posts on this topic. I know of no other site that is more devoted to the subject @ hand.

ya. BTDDT. Good info - it's a slow-moving site though. once-a-month reading is more than enough to "keep up"


an you don't get yelled at as much there as you do on AR.

I see where the Baikal 45-70 and 30-06 doubles are selling in New Zealand for around $900 US.

Thanks guys!
I now have some reading to do

It kinda warms the heart to see that Russian slave labor has finally paid off for them.

I had the pleasure of owning 2 fine Browning Express doubles a couple of years ago . It was a pleasure to use such well made rifles,they were over and under doubles, one in 7x65 rimmed and the other in 30.06.I tried nearly every combination of tried and true loads available , BUT it was very frustrating trying to regulate them without the exact ammo.They were both regulated for Browning Belgium factory ammo.This particular ammo was never imported , so a trial and error period of 5 years began .The best I ever did was 2" groups at 80yds , In the end I sold both and made a nice profit BUT they were a joy to own.Double rifles can be fun to own as a deer rifle or pig gun , probably the best time I've had, in the sense that I had to start from scratch and work up.If you see a double in a little calibre like I did grab it , they are more fun to shoot ,cost less and don't hurt like the big ones do. Regards and good shooting.

Unless the only thing available to pry open a crate was a baikal...


Valmets!! Brownings!! They show up every so often in a search. I had a valmet 12/12, 06/06
Sold 'em kick myself in the arse everytime a thread like this shows up, lol.

And Paul Jaeger was converting ruger red labels into O/U big bores, i.e. 45-70 etc.

FYI, I started a cape gun /drilling thread in the shotgun forum too!

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbth...mp;Number=2943223&page=0#Post2943223

ok...but why avoid them? Are they unsafe or just ugly?

read the rem double thread I linked above, as well as it's internal links.

very little handwork + high pressure round + Russia = trouble.

It seems to me a double rifle in 45-70 is about as useless as tits on a boar hog...

The double is good for one thing only and that is when a elephant, hippo, lion, or buffalo is all over your butt at less than 10 yards then that quick second shot is the greatest thing since sliced white bread!!!:)

I have always had at least one double rifle in a big bore until recently and I finally decided I would just as soon have a good bolt gun in a 404 or 416..Doubles are mostly nostalgia and not needed in todays safari where you have a world of back up

They are however a thing of beauty, and pride of ownership is worth a lot...I just can't justify them any more as I dont' go to Africa every year like I used to, and I have too much money tied up in horses these days to afford the double rifles..

I agree. Nostalgia and appraciation of the fine piece itself are the ONLY reasons to buy.