'Cause whichever it is, I am doing it right now.
That is one schweet double rifle.
(I had an order in on one of those vaporware .45-70 Baikals that Og mentions as far back as Summer of '05, too. I even had a couple co-workers and customers wanting one. None ever showed up.)
The baikals are showing up a little at a time. Hope I get to bring it down next blogmeet for you to shoot. There a rifle range nearby?
ReplyDeleteNearest ones are Atterbury and ACC.
ReplyDeleteOh me oh my. Loverly.
ReplyDeletePretty, but I still like my single-shots. It forces you to pause and make that shot count. But, I could be convinced to make that argument with one of those as well.
ReplyDeleteI still kinda want a double rifle in .50BMG, just for the pure wrongness of it. Make up some nice flat nosed bullets for it... or load regular ones backwards! That'd be sweet.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I know, it's a disease.
What ever hapened to Kodiak? They had doubles in muzzleloader and break action. A buddy had a front loaded in .58, and ground down the base plug to make a solid "Minie" ball.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing maybe 750, 800 grains of bullet over 110 grains of FFg. Momma! The recoil was so bad, I only shot the right barrel, as it torqued outward on firing and pulled the stock away from my face. Poor man's cast off.
beautiful!!!! May your shoulder never get tired of that sweeeet rifle. double rifles are a rare commodity.
ReplyDeleteSide by t'wict, is t'wict ez nice.
ReplyDeleteLong live it's big-game literary antecedents in that grown-up now, 'young girl in the library's' mind.
Early exposure to real literature, and Ruark certainly qualifys, is a life long gift, that keeps on giving.
Ejoy y'r new rockn'roller.
Eventually, you may wish to find a milder plinkin' load that 'regulates' just for an afternoon of water-filled plastic-bottle blasting.
...but don't tell Elmer Keith. Still and all he'd be be proud of ya, to be having a real gun, doncha know. ;~`)
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I have the NEF in 45-70. Got my 'Gris' with the .54 blackpowder. I'll be waiting for a sheep/goat lottery to put the 45-70 through it's paces.
ReplyDeleteI have already killed every gallon jug that has come out of our block.
Anyone have any practical experience with the brass "Monolithic Solids" ??
call in on my blog. Don't be shy!
Double Rifle Envy (DRE) is a powerful thing, and that rifle seems to be a heck of a find. I've spent a fair amount of time behind a friend's .470 NE Searcy, and the only one who has DRE worse than me is my Wife. She is determined to get one one day, while I am satisfied with my .458 Lott.
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I took both of my Cape Buffalo with solids and have dropped a dozen or so "lesser" critters with them as well. In every case where bullets were recoverable, they could be loaded and shot again, if you didn't mind the way they look. Penetration is unbelievable, and not many were recovered. Be careful about what's BEHIND your target. All of mine were fired in either .458 Lott (buffalo and a couple of wild boar), .376 Steyr or .308. The .308 were a spectacular failure, and I didn't shoot anything bigger than rabbits with them, because they were too long to be stabilized by the 1:10 twist in my rifle. Although they would shoot into a plate sized group at 100, they would frequently make a sideways hole. Not suitable for ANYTHING.
As far as casting your own brass and then lathe turning the cast ingots into bullets (mentioned on your blog), Um. . . . I'm gonna ask a stupid question: If you have a lathe, why not just BUY bronze round stock (or whatever material you want) and turn it down to your desired dimension. Here's a link to a place selling .625 bronze rod in lengths as short as 52" for about $33.
http://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?pid=10451&step=4&showunits=inches&id=761&top_cat=0
That should make up 4 dozen solids or more, wouldn't you think?
FormerFlyer
That's a very pretty rifle. What fun. -- Lyle
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