How often do you buy another double

[Milton Starr]

Originally Posted by Steve McCarty

I too have been to Africa. Zebra are not treated as pets. They are not a horse and no one walks up to one to stroke it's nose. One morning I watched a few kick a wandering jackal to death. It tried to join them at the rim of a watering hole. The Zebra took an exception, and kicked it to bits. If a zebra bites it'll take out a chunk of flesh the size of an over ripe apple, or it'll eviscerate you with their sharp hooves. Best to give them room. They look wonderful! They herd and do indeed dazzle you with their stripes and at a distance the black and white strips blend and they look sort of grayish.

Thanks for the story ! Are you a member on the accurate reloading forum ?
Its mostly about big bores and hunting African game . Its where I met my gunsmith

[Milton Starr]

Cob before I forget , My dream hunt would be a Zebra . I mean stable would be a second runner up but something about a zebra hunt fascinates me . Id be happy even for one of those Texas zebra hunts .

[Steve McCarty]

I bought a new/old double two months ago and it got pretty hot around here. I've been ordered to lay off the shotgun buying. To keep from having to dig a foxhole in my living room that is what I have done.

I enjoy my gun collection which numbers well over 200 guns of all kinds. While it might be strange to some to call guns charming, I find them somehow alluring. I think it is their history that drives and the knowledge that someone in the past, some times in the distant past, held and used that gun too.

[charlie cleveland]

i too agree there is something about an old shotgun or reifle that is very appealing to me.i can admire them for long periods of time..aiming and pointing at imaginary targets..wondering who had this gun before me what type of game had been taken with her...yep i think all of us who like guns are really dreamers to some extent... charlie

[wayne goerres]

40 grs of 3031 is a pretty light load in a 45/70. You wont gain much by rechambering to 45/120 with smokeless powder. My 400/450 uses 60grs of 3031 with a 400gr jacked bullet. Mine is a double so it probable weighs a little more than a Ruger no 1.

[C.O.B.]

At one time I had a Marlin in 45/70. If memory serves me I used 50-52 gr of 3031 and a 350gr JHP. I had a 2.5x scope on a pivot mount and for a woods deer rifle it was awesome. I sold it off when I got the 416 Taylor.

[Steve McCarty]

Originally Posted by wayne goerres

40 grs of 3031 is a pretty light load in a 45/70. You wont gain much by rechambering to 45/120 with smokeless powder. My 400/450 uses 60grs of 3031 with a 400gr jacked bullet. Mine is a double so it probable weighs a little more than a Ruger no 1.

I cannot recall what the load was I used in my 45/70 for the Ruger No 1. I do recall using 3031. I usually load the middle load as recorded in a reloading manual.

I have a friend who hunts with Lord Randolph Churchill's 400/450! I've seen the rifle, beautiful. Cased. As I write I cannot recall the maker. The owner had about a eight or ten wonderful double rifles.

[Eldon Goddard]

Originally Posted by Steve McCarty

I have a friend who hunts with Lord Randolph Churchill's 400/450! I've seen the rifle, beautiful. Cased. As I write I cannot recall the maker. The owner had about a eight or ten wonderful double rifles.

That would be something to see.
My .458 lott will push a 500 grain bullet 2300 and the .460 weatherby will go about 2600. I heard the early factory ammo for the .460 weatherby went as fast as 2700 but they turned it down.

[Steve McCarty]

Originally Posted by Eldon Goddard

That would be something to see.
My .458 lott will push a 500 grain bullet 2300 and the .460 weatherby will go about 2600. I heard the early factory ammo for the .460 weatherby went as fast as 2700 but they turned it down.

I have fired a Whby 460 once, and from the bench. I embarrassed myself when the end of the bolt came back and hit me square on the nose, which filled my eyes with tears. I couldn't help it. When I shoot really big bore rifles I stand up and allow by torso to take the recoil.

I enjoy shooting H&H 375's and don't find them punishing. Of course when you actually shoot at hair you don't notice the recoil at all.

I doubt I'll ever go back to Africa. Around here elk are thick, I mean in my neighborhood! They are a pest. Deer too. I have never even shot at an elk tho. During elk season the woods sound like an infantry attack. Most guys, however; go after them with a bow in the earlier season and the success rate is high.

[wayne goerres]

Bet you kind of wished you had kept that one. those were nice guns for brush hunting.