buying a double rifle in Canada
- Thread starter quaticman
- Start date
Riflesmith
CGN Regular
- Location
- On The Line
Well the not standard .30-06. I want to hunt whitetails with it and I will be having it restocked. I have done the .500 double rifle thing and its more gun than I enjoy!!
The 500 should do the trick on a whitetail.
I have read quite a bit on the 9.3x74 , that sounds like such a sweet cartridge.
I took a nice little buck with my 458 Lott this past fall. The 500 grain A frame worked ok.
I just love the sound when cartridges are dropped into a double, that is just the sound of pure happiness.
I have read quite a bit on the 9.3x74 , that sounds like such a sweet cartridge.
I took a nice little buck with my 458 Lott this past fall. The 500 grain A frame worked ok.
I just love the sound when cartridges are dropped into a double, that is just the sound of pure happiness.
yes 458 lott is a little limited on whitetail with the 500 grains a frame ... there is nothing better to use what we love.
i enjoyed barbequed boars with a 460 wea while in france ...
I love mine to
Try finding one thats actually regulated. Having 2 rear sights isnt for everyone. Well finished guns but the half dozen ive shot were no where near regulated
- Location
- Southern Vancouver Island
That's where careful reloading for each barrel comes into play, as well as a wee bit of sight tinkerin' to get the buggers dialed in decent at 50 yds. Pedersoli .45-70 barrels are best using hardcast boolits at moderate pressures & velocities, seein' as how the Mark IV be based on the uber rare 1878 Colt double rifle which be a blackpowder burner.
They are sweet when tweeked a tad.
Crazy_Farmer
Regular
- Location
- Running Traffic, BC
If I didn’t find my .450no2 I would of bought one off Ralf Martini, or had Clay at Prophet River get me one.
Good luck and have fun with the search. Not overly a ton of them up here north of the border. But a few, I spent many years looking for the right one.
Hope to bring it back to Africa.
Good luck and have fun with the search. Not overly a ton of them up here north of the border. But a few, I spent many years looking for the right one.
Hope to bring it back to Africa.
Well I bought the Merkel 140 AE chambered in .500 Nitro Express today. It came with Hornady dies, Norma brass and Woodleigh Weldcore bullets. I need to pick up a shell holder before I can put together some reloads. I can't wait for my first range session.
- Location
- Saskatchewan
Merkel are good rifles. you'll like it.
