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Gentlemen: Any of you fine folks take a double rifle to Africa? Modern or vintage? English/Scottish or other? Just curious as doubles seem to scream "Africa" and it's a hoot to take one there and hunt with open sights. Not a plains game rifle for Namibia but doubles are more versatile than many think. My website has some great pics of doubles and the trophies taken with them. Looking costs nothing. Go to <calpappas.com> and follow the navigation bar. I don't know how to post photos here but I will learn to do so and would love to see some of your rifles with twin tubes. What say you?
Cheers, mates. Cal Cal, welcome aboard. No offense, but I beg to differ on the plains game part, and wholeheartedly agree on the versatile part. The rifle is a Merkel .470 Nitro Express. All animals were taken with LBT WFNGC cast bullets except the blue wildebeest. The .470 was the only rifle I took to Africa. I'm working on bullets/loads for rabbits. First head of game in Namibia. Gnu wasn't on the menu until the shot presented itself.Warthog in the Caprivi was next.Baboon followed the pig.Zebra back near Windhoek. OK, this isn't a double, but the only reason is because my son was faster on the draw with his '95 Winchester in .405Domestic bovine back on the farm near Windhoek that I wrote about previously.[img]http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab99/TDBall56/Prairiedog470NEresized.jpg[/img]Not Africa, but prairie dogs are fair game.[img]http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab99/TDBall56/Rabbits470NE1.jpg[/img]Again not Africa, but rabbits are fair game as well. The .470 NE is a bit hard on small, thin skinned game with anything less than head shots though. Even then, it's a bit hard on them. Might have to consider switching to Hornady solids for rabbits.[img]http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab99/TDBall56/RabbitFlying470NE.jpg[/img]Sometimes the rabbit jumps the bullet and gets a second chance. Could also be that I miss more often than I let on.David David I'm late to the thread but was looking at your pics and have to ask was that rabbit charging ? No wonder you carry a double rifle. :^)
Last edited by bangeye; 02/28/15.
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