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Double rifles and double shotguns??
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 1138338" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>JE is correct, but to take it deeper each side of the gun is a perfect mirror image of the otherside. Very hard to do, I might add. Just to make both barrels impact in the same spot at 100 yards in a real problem. Very labor intensive. You can't just order in two barrels and start assembling a rifle. The bores have to be a perfect match as well as the O.D. How one "regulates" a double is often a closely guarded piece of work. I had a friend who specialized in big bore doubles (African), and new his way around in all the good ones. He got over a hundred dollars an hour to just inspect one twenty years ago, and with his reputation he had a back log of work. </p><p></p><p>By the way $15K won't get you much of a double rifle these days. I've seen over a million dollars worth of rifles being worked on in his shop (about ten guns). I remember looking at a well used Evans .450#2 Nitro Express rifle that was being completely rebuilt. He said the guy had a tic under $50K in it! He was having a very well known guy cut a new stock for it, and Eric was simply tightening up all the pins and rebuilding the trigger / safety and some external metal. Double rifles are known as dangerous game rifles, and everything must be perfect.</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 1138338, member: 25383"] JE is correct, but to take it deeper each side of the gun is a perfect mirror image of the otherside. Very hard to do, I might add. Just to make both barrels impact in the same spot at 100 yards in a real problem. Very labor intensive. You can't just order in two barrels and start assembling a rifle. The bores have to be a perfect match as well as the O.D. How one "regulates" a double is often a closely guarded piece of work. I had a friend who specialized in big bore doubles (African), and new his way around in all the good ones. He got over a hundred dollars an hour to just inspect one twenty years ago, and with his reputation he had a back log of work. By the way $15K won't get you much of a double rifle these days. I've seen over a million dollars worth of rifles being worked on in his shop (about ten guns). I remember looking at a well used Evans .450#2 Nitro Express rifle that was being completely rebuilt. He said the guy had a tic under $50K in it! He was having a very well known guy cut a new stock for it, and Eric was simply tightening up all the pins and rebuilding the trigger / safety and some external metal. Double rifles are known as dangerous game rifles, and everything must be perfect. gary [/QUOTE]
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