Heym SR20
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Well these guys in Germany are making nice hand built doubles with change out of €3,000
http://www.zimmermann-waffen.info/40641.html
http://www.zimmermann-waffen.info/40641.html
Who has and uses a double rifle? Or who lusts after one?
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Just got back from Portugal, for the last driven trip of the season. Having been caught out a few times, I now take both my Chapuis side by side 9.3x74, and my Merkel Helix 9.3x62 to the peg I draw, and use the most appropriate rifle for the terrain. I specifically left the scope for the double behind this trip, to force me into using the open sites, glad I did.
This peg was clearly pretty tight, and using the double a no brainer. I didn't realize my friend Pedro was filming with the GoPro, but I'm very pleased he was
It was a really windy day, and I kept hearing twigs breaking, and bushes moving all over the place, but the noise I heard this time was different. I saw something moving, but the dogs had been moving in, and out, so waited to make sure. As I realized it was a boar, it saw me, and launched itself. I was too slow with the first shot, and I could see it hit the rear quarter, so took the second. No way I could have done that with the Merkel, as fast as it is.
Video is short, and sweet
[video]https://1drv.ms/v/s!AuMybRupBYb6mFmeGdg4Lwdydxx9[/video]
This peg was clearly pretty tight, and using the double a no brainer. I didn't realize my friend Pedro was filming with the GoPro, but I'm very pleased he was
It was a really windy day, and I kept hearing twigs breaking, and bushes moving all over the place, but the noise I heard this time was different. I saw something moving, but the dogs had been moving in, and out, so waited to make sure. As I realized it was a boar, it saw me, and launched itself. I was too slow with the first shot, and I could see it hit the rear quarter, so took the second. No way I could have done that with the Merkel, as fast as it is.
Video is short, and sweet
[video]https://1drv.ms/v/s!AuMybRupBYb6mFmeGdg4Lwdydxx9[/video]
The Milkman strikes again
I wondered how long it would take you
Well it could be worse, just call me Ernie 
When are you going to post the video you took ???
greville1689
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Many years ago I saw a Rigby .303 sidelock in a gunsmith's in Scotland. Sadly it was not for sale and was in for renovations. Not seen one since.
Heym SR20
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They didn't make many at all. There is odd British made small bore double that comes up at auction. Quite a few are rebarrelled from the original 360 Nitro etc, into 7x65 or 9.3x74.
A large number of doubles in the 1960s and 70s where bored out to 410 shotgun as Rifle licencing became stricter and Kynoch Ammo went out of business and ammo got into short supply.
And at at the end of the Empire many were just abandoned in the colonies. In the early 1990s the Lusaka Police HQ in Zambia had a whole room full of old guns with many fine doubles in various states of disrepair. Not so much rusty, but stocks being eaten away by termites etc.
Heym SR20
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There was a question earlier re small bore doubles. Peter Hoffer in Ferlach is now building a double 17 Hornet. All up weight on 2 1/2 lbs.
Peter Hofer Jagdwaffen - Readily available : Double barrel rifle, calibre 22/22 Hornet or 17/17HMR (Hornady)
Peter Hofer Jagdwaffen - Readily available : Double barrel rifle, calibre 22/22 Hornet or 17/17HMR (Hornady)
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