Other than wishing I had one I know very little about double rifles but I have been reading a good bit about them [ again! ] and found that Colt made some double barreled rifles in the late 1880's period that had a RH twist in one barrel and LH twist in the other. What reason would they have for this? Try as I might I cannot fathom any good reason for doing this - anybody?
And do any of the other makers use or have used this process?

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Originally posted by TrapperP:
Other than wishing I had one I know very little about double rifles but I have been reading a good bit about them [ again! ] and found that Colt made some double barreled rifles in the late 1880's period that had a RH twist in one barrel and LH twist in the other. What reason would they have for this? Try as I might I cannot fathom any good reason for doing this - anybody?
And do any of the other makers use or have used this process?

Ignorance, is the only thing I can think of! I think it was someone's attempt to by-pass the regulation process that they didn't fully understand!

The 1878 Colt double rifles were made in 1878 forward into early 1880s. The origenal Pedersoli 45-70 double rifles were exact replicas of the Colt 1878 double rifle,except for the double twist barrels, commisioned by the late Col.Powasnic of the now defunct "TRAIL GUNS ARMORY" of League City, Texas back in the early 1980s. I have serial number 134 from TGA.