Can anyone tell me how the Butch's doubles looked at the show in Reno. I heard they were great. Would really like to know if they are worth the effort.

Welcome to the forums shorty.

Use the search function for searcy doubles, and you;ll get a fairly good selection of comments. IIRC, most are favorable, some are, .. those that aren't are generally "it's not an english gun"

jeffe

Shortie,

By no stretch of the imagination am I an expert on double rifles, but I was very impressed with the Searcy guns at Reno.

In fact, going just by feel and look, I put them ahead of the German doubles I fondled at the show. The only English doubles I got to feel-up were antiques and felt that way.

Additionally, Butch Searcy is a very, very nice guy who loves what he does and loves his rifles. I felt like if there were something wrong with one he sold, he would go to the ends of the earth to repair it. He took the time to go over every detail of the construction, operation, and regulation of his various models.

Try getting the builder of a Krieghoff or Merkel to give you that kind of personal attention.

I liked them well enough that I bought one. It is not a collector gun, obviously (I have a couple of those), but I will shoot it a lot and these seemed to be the best made shooters of everything at the show. I did drool over the H&H .577 that R&D had but I would not drag it around the bush, or worse, third world airports. Butch also has a reputation of standing behind his product, although I have no expereince with that yet.

I've got a Searcy Field Grade .470NE. The gun is stunningly accurate At 50 yards it'll clover both barrels into a a sub 1" group. At 100 yards it's an honest 2-3" gun.

It is built like a brick shit house "solid" is great description of Butches work. My rifle has well over 1000 full power rounds fired and is showing no signs of loosing up at all.

And the one time I did have a problem with my rifle Butch did bend over backwards to fix it.

I highly recomend Searcy doubles.

If you click on his web sight you can read about my experience with a Searcy double and bad situation with a buffalo.

Greg Allyn

If you want a solid, durable quality rifle that shoots accurately, looks very nice, and is perfect for hunting, then a Searcy is the way to go (yes, I own one). And if your PH backs the Landcruiser over it, no problem because a Searcy can be replaced.

They are without a doubt the most accurat double rifles I have ever seen or shot..I really love mine and I was a dyed in the wool English gun lover, still am but when I go to the field to shoot buffalo I take the Searcy every time...Mine will touch 4 holes at 50 yards about everytime and its a good 1.5" gun at 100 for some with good eyes..

im another searcy owner i bought s 500 nitro and a 700 nitro and still have the 700 the 500 i sold to my ph but will be replacing it asap.

searcy guns are well worth it.

On many of my hunts to Africa I have seen many badly rusted stainless steel Searcy actions. I mean badly rusted. Has anyone else had the same experience? If you don't believe me, I can even send you a photo!

On many of my hunts in Africa I have seen badly rusted stainless steel Searcy's. And I mean rusted. Has anyone else ever had that experience? I even have the photos to prove it!

Have the action treated with an NP-3 coating by Robar before Butch delivers it to you. Have the firing pins plated with Titanium Nitride. Have the wood soaked with an epoxy urethane. The solutions to that problem are effective, close at hand and relatively inexpensive.

lawndart

A bit of maintenence is the cure to that...simply wipe it down every night..I have never had such a problem with my Searcy or any other rifle, and I stay up to 45 or 60 days most years...

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Originally posted by Shortie:
On many of my hunts in Africa I have seen badly rusted stainless steel Searcy's. And I mean rusted. Has anyone else ever had that experience? I even have the photos to prove it!

I've never seen a PH that takes very good care of their rifles... most have no finish, and are beat all to hell (by our gun collecting/enthusiasts' standards). Given enough neglect, SS will obviously rust.

A PH's rifle is kind of like a carpenter's hammer... doesn't really matter what it looks like - just as long as it drives nails (no pun intentded.)

Yes, many of them seem to take pride in how screwed up their gun is, some sort of a status symbol bull shit thang with'em....Past stupid IMO....

Not all btw, but many...especially those with little experience.

Shortie

Have shot many of his guns in calibers from 375 Fl to 577 NE , Accurate , strong as hell , and the best possible after sales service.

Brad

What has happened to the old tradition of the gun bearer cleaning the PH's rifle as the first order of business on returning to camp. I always cleaned my own, but I would see the chap swabbing the bores, whether it was shot or not and oiling the rifle or shotgun while I was doing mine. (Including hot water through the bores to get rid of the corrosive effects of the old Kynoch ammo.) Back in those by-gone days wear on the PH's rifle or shotgun was one thing, abuse would have been another dog and cat altogether. maybe abuse has became acceptable and the mark of success.