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Abbiatico & Salvinelli Excalibur Express BL Round, .243 Win. $19,950

Special Order Double Rifle

24 1/4" O/U barrels with smooth flat rib rising to front sight base at muzzle

and to quarter rib with 1 standing and 1 folding gold-lined express sights

and with claw mount bases at rear. Highly figured European walnut stocks

with schnabel-tipped, Deeley-release field forend, fine borderless point-

pattern basket-weave checkering, steel-capped pistol grip, long-tang

triggerguard, beaded pancake cheekpiece, classic comb, and maker's thin red

rubber recoil pad. Casehardened, detachable trigger-group action with

single trigger, manual top tang safety, hold-open toplever, and extensive

smooth gold inlaid borderline work. Kahles 2 - 7x36mm matte-finish scope

with fine duplex reticle on quick-detachable claw mounts. Pull: 14 1/8".

Weights: 7lbs, 6oz with iron sights; 8lbs, 6oz with scope. Built 2006. Tight

and with excellent bores. In maker's leather-trimmed hard case and with

factory target.

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Beretta Model 455-EELL Pinless, .470 Nitro Express $58,995

Hand-Detachable, Sidelock Ejector Double Rifle

25 1/4" SxS chopper-lump barrels of Bohler Antinit steel with ramped

beaded-blade front sight, smooth concave rib, matted quarter rib with 1

standing and 1 folding gold-inlaid express sights engraved for 50 & 100

yards. Highly figured European walnut stocks with lever-release splinter

forend, trapdoor steel pistol grip cap, classic point-pattern checkering,

classic comb, beaded pancake cheekpiece, engraved steel trap under toe for

two spare cartridges, and solid brown Old English recoil pad. Coin-finished,

bolstered, extended-bar, back-action, hand-detachable, internal-pin, sidelock

action with intercepting sears, automatic ejectors, bushed firing pins,

double Purdey underbites, concealed third fastener, articulated front trigger,

beaded-edge triggerguard, bolted manual top tang safety, long top tang

extending over comb, and long bottom tang extending to grip cap. Fully

engraved by Claudio Tomasoni with bulino scenes of hostile rhino on left,

cape buffalo bull on right, angry bull elephant underneath, and lion on

toplever, the remaining bright metalwork covered with deeper-cut foliate

scroll. Pull: 14 7/8". Castoff: a trace. Weight: 11lbs, 12oz. Built 1996. Very

little used. Retaining 99%+ barrel blue. Tight on the face, and with excellent

bores. In maker's leather-trimmed hard case.

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Charles Boswell Boxlock Double Rifle .450  3 1/4" Nitro Express $19,995

26" SxS shoe-lump barrels with beaded-blade ramp front sight, smooth

swamped rib, sling eye, and matted quarter rib with 1 standing and 2 folding

platinum-lined express sights engraved for 100, 200 & 300 yards. Straight-

grained European walnut stocks with Anson pushbutton-release splinter

forend, classic point-pattern checkering, long-tang triggerguard extending

to engraved steel pistol grip cap, classic comb, rear sling stud, vacant silver

initial oval, and solid red Silver's recoil pad. Anson & Deeley boxlock action

with Greener crossbolt, side clips, bushed firing pins, and automatic top tang safety

with SAFE inlaid in platinum. Pull: 14 7/8". Weight: 10lbs, 11oz. Built ca 1905.

London nitro proved for 70 grains cordite and 480 grain bullet. In period,

leather-trimmed, canvas-covered, trunk case with accessories and maker's

label. Including Hornady ammunition.

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Fausti Hammer Sidelock Double Rifle .243 Win. $11,975

23 1/2 (60cm) SxS barrels with continuous top rib rising at the muzzle for a

bright orange fibreoptic sight, lowering to smooth concave, then rising

again to a matted quarter rib and one bright-enamel inlaid steel express

sight. 13 7/8"pull from font trigger to thin unbranded black rubber recoil pad.

Fully figured European walnut stocks with Anson-release schnabel-tipped

beavertail forend, fine classic point-pattern checkering, steel-capped pistol

grip, classic comb, and beaded pancake cheekpiece. Pinless, casehardened,

bar-action sidelock scroll engraved by Muffolini, with sculptured fences,

exposed rebounding hammers, pierced toplever and long-tang triggerguard.

Maker's name and logo in gold on underside. Weight: 6lbs, 14 3/4oz with

iron sights. Rib incorporates two barely discernable removable blanking

plates that can be switched out for an inconspicuous rail-base for the

makers' quick-detachable scope mount, with 30mm rings. Built 2019,

retaining virtual all its original metal finishes, but with some light handling

marks on the wood. In maker's leather-covered hard case with soft

component-sleeves, manual and test target.

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Johan Fanzoj, Ferlach Dual-Calibre, Hand-Detachable 5.6x50R & 7x75R $16,450

Sidelock Double Rifle

25" O/U barrels, the bottom, round; the top, flat-sided; with full integral

matted rib, raised at the muzzle for beaded blade front sight and at the rear

as a quarter rib with one standing sight and claw mount bases; J. Fanzoj -

Ferlach inlaid in gold. 14 3/8" pull from front single-set trigger to Pachmayr

recoil pad. Fully figured European walnut stocks with Deeley-release

splinter forend, horn-capped pistol grip, Bavarian cheekpiece, oakleaf and

fishscale "checkering", teardrops, sling swivels, and long-tang horn

triggerguard. Fully acanthus-scroll-engraved, gray-etched action with

concealed-release hand-detachable back-action sidelocks, intercepting

sears, gold-washed lock parts, double Purdey underbolts and double

Kersten locks, the top firing pin bushed, cocking indicators, manual top

tang safety, and twin checkered single-set triggers. Zeiss Diavari 1.5-6x scope

with 4A duplex reticle on quick-detachable claw mounts. Weights: 7lbs, 7oz open

sighted; 8lbs, 11oz scoped. Built 1971. 99% blue. In leather case.

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FERLIB Hammer Toplever, Island- 9.3x74R $14,750

Libero Ferraglio Sidelock Double Rifle and 20ga, 2 3/4"

Gardone val Trompia Shotgun Two Barrel Set

23 1/2" SxS chopper-lump double rifle barrels with sculptured ramp front

sight, smooth swamped rib, raised and matted quarter rib with 1 standing

and 2 folding express sights lined and gold-inlaid for 50 & 75 yards. 27" SxS

chopper-lump shotgun barrels with fine bead front sight, and smooth

concave rib, choked improved cylinder & modified. Both ribs with maker's

name inlaid in gold. Prominently black-striated, oil-finished European walnut

stocks with Anson-release beavertail forend fitting double rifle barrels and

Anson-release splinter forend fitting shotgun barrels, horn-capped Prince-

of-Wales grip, beaded pancake cheekpiece, and engraved steel heel-and-toe

plates finishing checkered wood butt. Coin-finished, hammer toplever

action with island sidelocks, rebounding hammers, double Purdey

underbites and concealed third fastener, finely scroll engraved by D. Boe.

Pull: 15". Weight: 7lbs, 5oz as a double rifle; 5lbs, 15 1/4oz as a shotgun.

Built 2001. Very little used. In leather trunk case.

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Georg Hoenig Rotary Round Action .30-40 Krag $38,950

Double Rifle

24" O&U barrels with beaded-blade front sight, quarter rib with Hoenig

elevation-adjustable express sight and sling swivel base. Fully figured

walnut stocks with two-piece fixed forend, classic point-pattern checkering--

-wrapping fully over the wrist---engraved steel trapdoor pistol grip cap

containing spare front sight, classic comb, beaded pancake cheekpiece,

swivel stud and solid brown Decelerator recoil pad. Leupold Vari-X III 1.5-5x

scope with fine duplex reticle on Hoenig's own machined steel quick-

detachable topmount fitting directly to quarter-rib and action dovetails

without separate bases. Pull: 14 1/4" from front trigger. Weighs: 7lbs, 5 1/4oz

with open sights; 8lbs, 6 1/2oz scoped. Ingenious, light-scroll-engraved

action, exquisitely machined, seemingly simple but incredibly strong and

smooth in action, built like the breech of a piece of naval artillery---holding

the buttstock, rotate the barrels 90 degrees clockwise, pull them forward and

they drop down for loading. Bushed firing pins. Manual top lever safety

rotates 90 degrees. 99%+ blue, Tight, and with excellent bores. From the original owner.

In maker-branded Americase, with instruction sheet and test target.

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Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe Sidelock Ejector .458 Win. Mag. $69,750

Double Rifle

24" Side-by-side chopper-lump barrels with reinforced muzzle, ramp

mounted bead front sight and large folding moon sight, matted quarter rib

with one standing and one folding silver-lined express sight engraved for

100 and 200 yards, lugged sling swivel and Holland quick detachable scope

bases. 14"pull to solid red Silvers-type recoil pad. 1/4" Cast-off. Figured

walnut stock with checkered pistol grip, checkered Anson-release splinter

forend, engraved trapdoor grip cap containing spare front sight bead, solid

red Silvers recoil pad, stud with 7/8" swivel, gold oval engraved L.P.H., and

teardrops. Bolstered action with hand-detachable sidelocks, gold-line

cocking indicators, concealed third fastener, bushed firing pins with

retaining setscrews, top tang extended over comb, beaded-edge trigger

guard with bottom tang extended to grip cap and serial number inlaid in

gold, checkered articulated front trigger. Casehardened action engraved

with glaring Cape Buffalo on left, bull elephant on right and growling male

lion on underside surrounded by bold, acanthus leaf scroll and with

chiseled relief acanthus fences, and signed by Ken E. Preater. Zeiss Diavari-

ZA 1.5-6x42 T* scope with #4 duplex reticle on Holland & Holland quick-

detachable mount, numbered to the gun. Weight: 10lbs with iron sights;

11lbs, 9oz with scope and mount. In maker's oak and leather case with green

baize interior, period trade label, nickel-plated accessories, cleaning rod, and

3 turnscrews marked HOLLAND & HOLLAND. London proofed in 1978.

Extremely fine condition and appears unfired. Barrels retain virtually all of

their original blue. Receiver retains virtually all of its original strong dark

case colors. Stock and forend are sound with crisp checkering, a couple tiny

handling marks, and retain its fine hand-rubbed oil finish. Scope is clear and

bright. Mechanics are crisp with automatic safety, tight action, strong

ejectors and bright shiny bores. From the Robert Peterson collection; with

his inventory tag.

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Holland & Holland Royal Sidelock Ejector .500-465 $64,950

Double Rifle Nitro Express

24" SxS chopper-lump barrels with ramp front sight and fold-over twilight

bead, smooth swamped rib, sling swivel, raised flat matted quarter rib with 1

standing and two folding express sights regulated for 100, 200 & 300 yards.

Fully figured European walnut stocks with Anson-pushbutton-release

splinter forend, classic point-pattern checkering, teardrops, engraved steel

trapdoor pistol grip cap containing spare front sight, beaded pancake

cheekpiece, gold oval bearing the script initials DVB, rear swivel and Silvers

solid red recoil pad. Bolstered, hand-detachable, back-action sidelock with

intercepting sears, gold-line cocking indicators, automatic ejectors,

concealed third fastener, bushed firing pins with retaining setscrews,

manual top tang safety, articulated and checkered front trigger, beaded-edge

triggerguard bow, and extended tangs---the bottom to the grip cap and the

top over the comb. Classic Holland & Holland scroll engraving covering the

coin-finished receiver. SAFE inlaid in gold. Pull: 14". Weight: 9lbs, 9oz.

Tight, with excellent bores and strong ejectors in perfect time. In maker's

brass-cornered oak & leather trunk case with heavy canvas overcase with

snap caps, oil bottle, cleaning rod & tips, two turnscrews, striker bottle with

spare strikers, firing-pin bushing wrench, and sling.


Holland & Holland Royal Sidelock Ejector .375 H&H Mag. $54,950

Double Rifle  

26" SxS chopper-lump barrels with ramp front sight and twilight bead,

smooth concave rib, sling swivel, raised matted quarter rib, 1 standing and 1

folding express sight engraved for 50/200 and 300 yards. 13 7/8" pull from

matted and articulated front trigger to leather-covered recoil pad. Fully

figured European walnut stocks with Anson-release splinter forend, classic

point-pattern checkering, teardrops, steel trapdoor pistol grip cap, classic

comb, beaded pancake cheekpiece, vacant gold initial oval and rear swivel.

Bolstered frame with hand-detachable back-action sidelocks, gold-line

cocking indicators, intercepting sears, automatic ejectors, concealed third

fastener, bushed firing pins, automatic top tang safety with SAFE inlaid in

gold, long tang beaded-edge triggerguard and long top tang extending over

comb. Weight: 9lbs 11oz. Built 1923. Retaining 100% proper London reblack

and 40% original casehardening colors. Tight, and with very fine bores.

Later-build English oak & leather trunk case with maker's label and cleaning

accessories.

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Perugini & Visini Boxlock Double Rifle & 9.3x74R & 20ga, $18,975

Shotgun Set 3" Magnum

23 3/4" SxS dovetail-lump rifle barrels with ramp front sight, matted quarter

rib, I standing gold-lined express sight engraved for 50 meters, hand-

removable extractor and Kahles 1.1-4.5x20mm scope with fine pointed-post

and crossbars reticle on quick-detachable claw mounts. 28" SxS monoblock

shotgun barrels with flat matted rib, 3" chambers, choked modified & full.

Fully figured walnut stock with lever-release splinter forend, steel capped

pistol grip, beaded pancake cheekpiece, flat sidepanels, extended upper and

lower tangs, beaded-edge triggerguard, classic point pattern checkering, no

swivels and with smooth solid red recoil pad. Scalloped-edge, reinforced,

casecolorhardened receiver with manual top tang safety, articulated front

trigger, borderline engraving and with fine growling lion on underside by

Claudio Tomasoni. Pull: 14 3/8". Drop: 1 3/8" - 2 1/4". No cast. Weight: 7lbs

as a shotgun; 8lbs, 5oz as a plain rifle; 9lbs, 5oz as a scoped rifle. In makers

leather-cornered canvas-covered hard case with canvas overcase. Built 1997

and with shotgun barrels added by the maker in 2001. 99%+blue. 90%

casecolors. Tight, and with excellent bores.

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B. Searcy & Co. PH Boxlock Ejector Double Rifle   .470 Nitro Express $12,750

24" SxS monoblock barrels with smooth concave rib, raised ramp beaded-

blade front sight, QD swivel stud, and quarter rib with 1 standing express

sight. 14 7/8" pull from front trigger to leather-covered recoil pad. Highly

figured Circassian walnut stocks by Glen Morovitz with Deeley-release

splinter forend, steel pistol grip cap, flat sidepanels with teardrops, classic

borderless point-pattern checkering, beaded pancake cheekpiece for left-

hander, and inletted rear swivel stud. Also with original black composite

stock to the same dimensions and with cheekpiece for right-hander. Light

scroll engraved, bolstered action with bushed firing pins and manual top

tang safety. Weight: 11lbs 1 1/2oz. Very little used. With 20 new Norma

cases, ~50 Woodleigh bullets, an unopened box of 20 Rigby .470 cartridges,

and a set of RCBS dies.

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B. Searcy & Co. Deluxe Grade Boxlock Ejector .470 Nitro Express $14,750

Double Rifle

24" SxS monoblock barrels with matted raised ramp front sight, smooth

swamped rib, sling eye, and raised flat quarter rib with 1 solid standing

express sight. Highly figured European walnut stocks with Deeley-release

splinter forend, classic point-pattern checkering, reinforced head of stock,

steel-capped pistol grip, sling eye, beaded pancake cheekpiece and pigskin-

covered recoil pad. Bolstered, coin-finished, Anson & Deeley boxlock

action with double Purdey underbites, intercepting sears, bushed firing

pins, automatic ejectors, articulated front trigger and manual top tang safety,

lightly scroll engraved and with a cape buffalo on the underside. Pull: 14 5/8".

Weight: 10lbs, 1oz. In a quality oak and leather trunk case with maker's

label, snap caps, extra firing pins in brass striker bottle, leather-trimmed canvas web sling,

factory target and letter from Searcy stating this to be one of only two double rifles

actually signed by him. Built 2007. Little used. Tight, and with excellent bores. 

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Johann Springer Sidelock Ejector Double Rifle 9.3x74R $14,975

25 3/4" O/U solid-matted-rib barrels of Poldi Anticorro steel with fine

beaded-blade front sight, solid standing rear sight and sling swivel. Stocks

of highly figured European walnut with three-piece Deeley-release field

forend, horn capped pistol grip, classic point-pattern checkering with

mullered borders, beaded pancake cheekpiece, rear sling swivel and vintage

red rubber recoil pad. Casehardened, bolstered sidelock action, fully scroll

engraved and with foliate accents by Springer's master engraver Matzinger,

with double underbites and double Kersten locks, single-set front trigger,

intercepting sears, bushed firing pins with double setscrews, automatic

ejectors, gold-plated internals, extended bottom tang, and automatic top

tang safety with SICHER inlaid in gold. Carl Zeiss Zielvier scope with bold

duplex reticle, engraved "Joh Springer's Erben Wein" on quick-detachable

tunnel claw mounts with windage adjustment. Pull: 14 1/8". Weight: 9lbs,

14oz scoped; 8lbs, 12oz without. Built 1941. Eagle/N nitro proofs. No.2 of a

one-time pair and with components so marked in gold. Tight, with excellent

bores, and retaining 99%+ original casehardening colors. In leather

takedown double case with brass fittings, Springer interior label, and heavy

canvas case cover.

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Regulation of Double Rifles - If the two barrels of a double-barrel shotgun shot 3" apart at 25 yards, not many people would notice because the pattern from each barrel, spreading two feet across at that range, would largely overlap. If, on the other hand, the two barrels of a double rifle shot 3" apart at 25 yards, it would probably shoot 6" apart at 50 yards and 12" apart at 100 yards, limiting its utility.

    One cannot build a double rifle, using sophisticated mass-production machinery with barrels perfectly parallel and expect both barrels to shoot to a common point of impact. While the bullet is traveling down the right barrel (of a side-by-side double rifle) the rifle will be pushed up and to the right, throwing the bullet up and to the right when it exits the muzzle. While the bullet is traveling down the left barrel, the rifle will be pushed up and to the left, throwing the bullet up and to the left when it exits the muzzle. To compensate for the movement of a double rifle while bullets are traveling down the barrels, it must be built with the barrels converging towards the muzzle (by a mysterious amount). Because different powder charges, bullet weights, rifle weights, shooter body weights, ambient temperatures, etc., all effect the way a rifle moves under recoil, the only way to balance these factors is by trial and error. This process is called regulation.

    The goal of regulation is to make the rifle shoot both barrels to a common point of impact at a range appropriate for the calibre.

    One can proceed generally in either of two ways: adjusting the relative position of the barrels or adjusting the load. If one has a fixed load in mind, the former method must be used. It involves repetitive unsoldering and resoldering the barrels until the required convergence is achieved, then relaying the ribs and finally refinishing the barrels.

    A simpler method is to vary the load. The longer the time a bullet spends traveling down the barrel, the greater the force is exerted on the rifle to cause it to move while under recoil. If bullets from the left and right barrels strike the target too far apart at the desired range, and have crossed before they reach the target, the velocity is too great. The bullet weight must therefore be increased or the powder charge decreased. If bullets from the left and right barrels strike the target at the desired range too far apart, but have not crossed before they reach the target, the velocity is too slow. The bullet weight must therefore be decreased or the powder charge increased.

    The construction of an effective double rifle is the apogee of the gunmaker's art. If, however, one comes into possession of a double rifle for which the original load is unknown, one can often make it shoot well by adjusting the load to the rifle. 


                                  

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