Making a side by side 303 british who?
- Thread starter David L
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Made me think of a missed opportunity. Last year my local gunsmith in south Africa showed me one of his remaining rifles from an illustrious career in hunting and fine rifles.
The man hunted elephant and buffalo amongst others in the good old days of African safaris and owned 2 Holland and Holland rifles in his years. Anyway, he showed me drilling which he had owned for many years, the name of the maker escapes me, but it was German, as one would typically expect of a drilling. It had double 12ga barrels above and a single rifled 303 British barrel below. Claw type detachable scope mounts and a fine older Leopold scope.
The rifle handled and pointed like magic, an extension of your fingertips. We discussed a price around $2k, which I ended up talking myself out of advice was already in the process of selling up everything I own to immigrate to Canada. Man, I feel stupid now just thinking about about it.
The man hunted elephant and buffalo amongst others in the good old days of African safaris and owned 2 Holland and Holland rifles in his years. Anyway, he showed me drilling which he had owned for many years, the name of the maker escapes me, but it was German, as one would typically expect of a drilling. It had double 12ga barrels above and a single rifled 303 British barrel below. Claw type detachable scope mounts and a fine older Leopold scope.
The rifle handled and pointed like magic, an extension of your fingertips. We discussed a price around $2k, which I ended up talking myself out of advice was already in the process of selling up everything I own to immigrate to Canada. Man, I feel stupid now just thinking about about it.
If you don't already subscribe to, then you should get the "Double Gun and Single Shot" magazine. It only comes out 4 times a year, but there's a lot of double gun stuff in there to keep you interested.
I haven't seen the contributor in a while, but it was a guy from Great Britain who reported on the gun auctions in England. I recall that there was one or two really nice side by sides in .303 that were well under the $10 000 mark (2-3000 pounds)
Might cost you quite a bit to get them imported, but they were name brand rifles.
I don't know if this interests you or not, but it's an option
I haven't seen the contributor in a while, but it was a guy from Great Britain who reported on the gun auctions in England. I recall that there was one or two really nice side by sides in .303 that were well under the $10 000 mark (2-3000 pounds)
Might cost you quite a bit to get them imported, but they were name brand rifles.
I don't know if this interests you or not, but it's an option
BigUglyMan
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There's a fine Thomas Bland on vintageguns(dot)co(dot)uk. Hammer double rifle with a scope. Only £4,000.
