If the point of the double is dangerous game shooting (vice just having fun with the big guns), then I would point out that a good bolt rifle may be an even better choice than the exalted doubles.
A practiced rifleman with a good bolt rifle is a little slower for two shots than he would be with the double. But he is far quicker with three or four. And if reliability is in question (a la the Merkel discussion), the Mauser rifle (or it’s derivative, such as Model 70, Dakota 76, Ruger RSM, etc.) wins the race going away.
But he certainly won’t look as good!
