This gun would be perfect for the rain forests. I would apply a quality teflon coating and use it forever. It does require maintenance but less than a wood and carbon steel rifle.

Mike

Shawn,
you ever SEEN a pimp?

Stainless and plastic gusn ALWAYS remind me of a 270 winchester shooters... but just those that DON"T weat camo

LMAO
jeffe

I can see no reason for a "hunter" buying such a rifle, but there are P.H.'s who could care less what weapon they tote... they just want results. If the Searcy is properly weighted, fitted for the user and accurate to a minute of a buffalo brain, I could see the appeal of a rifle that was impervious to the elements and could be beat up by long hard use (including riding around in a gun rack over some of the bumpiest tracks in the world). In other words, such a double is one hell of a sturdy tool, and, if Butch Searcy built it, probably a pretty functional one at that.



Go to www.champlinarms.com and take a look at J.A. Hunter's .500 Boswell. That gun is beat up, to say the least. The Searcy stainless/plastic would probably be more durable??? I say that, then remember that Hunter probably killed 500 rhino with the Boswell... I guess durable is relative?

Maybe you need a plastic Searcy if you want to kill 1000 Rhino, instead of a measly 500.

What do you all think of this a stainless with composit stock double rifle! hits me the same way as a stainless and plastic inline muzzleloader in blackpowder season. To each his own but why?? modern double

good point I guess it would be one tough double. But to me its like a scope on a flintlock, carbon arrows out of a longbow or magwheels on my 1950 harley

Butch made a few of these, with the idea that they would be used in the coastal areas of Alaska, and in the rain forests of west Africa, where a regular chromoly and fine wood would last about 12 minutes! It was a good idea, that just didn't pan out, because most of the guides in Alaska, use 338 WM or 375 H&H bolt rifle that cost $700 new,and are a pile of rust after one hunting season. There aren't that many PHs in the countries where Elephant roam in west Africa. On top of that, most, as is shown in this string, double rifle owners, are treditionalists! These rifles are rare, and will become collector pieces in a few years. Two years ago a PH had one at the Dallas Safari show for sale, and the tag was $12,000, and it lasted one day. They sold for around $4000 new! Go figure

I could see me using a stainless and wood double, but I don't know about the synthetic. Maybe you could have a synthetic and a wood stock to trade off with, but then the wood would only be seen when the safe is opened, so what's the point of having it.

Sevens

if it were 6 grand, i'd be on it... built by butch and should wear like michilins on a ford excort... not WHAT you want, but will last forever....

can you imagine this as a hippo/boat gun, or on a swamp buggy? while most people forget the word is STAIN LESS not STAINFREE, i have found stainless to be less sensitive to to haphazard (read-in the field all day/wet THEN taken care of) than blue...

but, then again, I'd be over to charlie sisks' shop for black teflon...


aint traditional... aint walnut... but, like an enfield, hell for stout

jeffe

In Cameroon or the CAR that rifle would be perfect. Have you ever seen a new double after it spent 2 seasons in that environment? It is not pretty.

In general the double gun crowd tends to be traditional, showing an aversion for modern conveniences such as plastic stocks, stainless steel, scopes (on a double), and weird cocking/safety thingies (as in Krieghoff). But there are people who prefer those modern conveniences. As long as a guy can hit the target, I think whatever tool helps him do that is a good thing.

sorry guys I still cant see it. Guess its like dating a big ugly girl cuz she can split your firewood. Ill take my women good looking and split my own wood.
Dean

No way, but if it were $6000 I would consider buying it, having the bbl. blackened & a decent wood stock made.

If you had a gold tooth and a feather in your hat it would make the perfect pimp rifle. I kinda feel the same way about those stainless Red Labels.

Shawn