Petersoli Kodiak Survivalist 44 Mag Double

If you have the money and the gunsmith or manufacturer there are alot of options. I like the 6.5x55 and I have seen an AR in that caliber and believe it was Kriefhoff that made a double barrel but that elusive lotto prize and those Nigerian princes never pay.

A .44 should be able to take down almost everything in North America... IF you let it get close enough. I would prefer a mag/tube with a few more waiting if things are getting that close. Ruger semi, lever actions....
 
I got to hold and aim the 45-70 version of this rifle at a gunshow years back. It was extremely heavy, i wouldnt want to carry it to the other end of the parking lot let alone hike all day with it.
 
Be a fun range toy with cast. WT from blind or bear over bait ( never done either) . As for cost there are many that cost more or same that I can’t get my mind around fugly.
 
I had the older Pedersoli Kodiak SxS in .45-70; it was indeed far too heavy but my real beef was the fact that mine was very poorly regulated (if at all). I also owned the percussion Kodiak in .72cal; that one could be made to shoot decent composite groups but only by tailoring two different loads and then making sure that you loaded the correct barrel with the correct load. That got old fast.

That's what costs money; having a guy who knows what he is doing regulate each and every individual gun to get the barrels shooting to the same point of impact. Unless Pedersoli has come up with some new high-tech method of doing this, I'd be willing to bet that this new gun isn't regulated. It's too inexpensive! Personally, I think the best move would be for Pedersoli to build this thing with adjustment screws at the muzzles that allow the owner to "regulate" it for himself. I owned a Merkel SxS in .30-06 that had that feature, and despite the wails of detractors and purists, the system worked perfectly; if that gun had been a 9.3x74R I never would have sold it. Hell, even the Baikal SxS...had several of those over the years, back before they all transmuted into solid gold and the price went crazy...had a very primitive version of this feature that worked reasonably well.

When this new gun comes out, if it's decently regulated...and that's a big "if"...it would provide smiles that would likely require plastic surgery to remove from my mug. :)
 
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If it isnt regulated ...and st that pricepoint it absolutely should be....its worthless

IF it is ....an entertaining lil musket
Kind of a double rifle plinker if you will ...
Something one can plink and or hunt with with affordable factory ammo ( dirt cheap reloading) and very reasonable if not enjoyable recoil/blast

Far from my cup of tea and really far from my budget....and modern internal hammers and styling also a turn off for me.

I agree with others here that exposed hammers and more traditional design/looks would make this an attractive rifle.


As for practicality ....hunting and or serious predator defence .....a quality made 92 variant in 16~18bbl is a far better choice ....lighter/capacity/shootability .....and they def shoot where they look
 
terez said:
If it isnt regulated ...and st that pricepoint it absolutely should be....its worthless
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I wish this were true, but honestly, in today's world, at today's prices, I think it would be a miracle if they can produce these guns and regulate them for anything like this price. We're talking about a laborious, time-intensive process that requires a great deal of specialized skill and experience. It won't be done by the 20-year-old kid behind the Cabela's counter who people think is a gunsmith because he can...maybe, most of the time...manage to get a scope mounted onto a rifle that's already equipped with a pic rail from the factory.

I think they chose about the dumbest name possible for this little gun. "Survivalist" implies an ultra-efficient, function-above-all gun, not a dressed-up double rifle. But in this case, I'd bet that they struggled to justify using the T-word...tactical...but just couldn't quite manage going that far. Survivalist was probably the second choice name. I think that something like Classic Express Plinker would be closest to the truth, but who'd get excited by that name? :)

And of course a levergun would be easier to use, more efficient, have greater capacity, be more affordable...but in today's world none of those things are what draws a shooter to a double rifle. Hell, the whole idea of a double was to have essentially two complete mechanisms, including two triggers, so that if one failed with an elephant bearing down on you the second was ready for instant use. When every shot could turn into a life-or-death affair for the hunter, that was the ultimate efficiency. Today, when a gun like this is likely to be used on pumpkins or water jugs or icicles or skunks...none of which present much danger to the shooter...we can throw practicality out the window.

We buy a double rifle because we want a double rifle, plain and simple. Trying to rationalize it by making it "practical" is simply being disingenuous. The purpose of a gun like this today is not to defend against giant murderous critters...it's to make us smile. Admitting that to ourselves makes life easier. :)
 
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Arietta said:
The Pedersoli double in .44 magnum has impulse purchase followed by buyer's remorse written all over it. At first it's a neat little item but six months later you wonder what the hell you were thinking.
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Possible...even likely!...but so what? I'd venture a guess that 8 or 9 out of every 10 firearms I buy falls into that category. Buy...shoot...become disenchanted...decide that the itch has been scratched...sell it and move on.

And every once in awhile, you find one that turns out to be a true keeper; it even happens sometimes with guns that were purchased with the specific intention of trying out and then selling.

If I lose some money on deals like that...I just consider it the cost of trying and learning something new. And when you buy intelligently and look for good sale prices...rather than reflexively doing the "Shut up and take my money! I need this NOW!!!" routine...you won't lose much if anything. As long as you don't fret unrealistically about "getting my money back"... you're golden! :)
 
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