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Good day, gents. It is with a bit of hesitation I post this here but I am anxious to show you all my new double. Before I write the description and post a few photos I will admit I am lacking the proper documentation to post such a double rifle here on AR: the coveted SSA. The Shootaway Seal of Approval is the most coveted document one can obtain for a vintage double rifle--of far more value than a copy of the factory ledger or provenance of a famous owner--and I admit I don't have one. Some of you may wish not to read further knowing the SSA is not present and I understand that. Without the SSA my rifle is regulated to the dumpster level: that of a muzzle ground Sabatti coupled with the lines of a Blaser. For those of you who wish to see the rifle, do so at your own risk of being ridiculed by the double rifle guru--the famous Shootaway. The rifle below is a W&C Scott and Son .475 no2 side lock with automatic ejectors. I'm unsure of the date of origin but a former owner in the 1960s stated it was completed in 1936. The barrels are 26 inches, the rifle weighs 11 1/4 pounds, lever forend fastener, one fixed sight for 100 yards and a flip up leaf for 200. The internal parts are polished and gold plated (cocking levers, firing pins, hammers), and the safety is automatic. Pull is 14 1/2 inches. The former owner also stated in the 1960s he bought the rifle as unfired. This I can't confirm but it is nearly 100% condition inside and out. To sweeten the pot (if that is possible) is the ammunition the rifle came with. We all have seen the old Kynoch red and yellow boxes as well as the soldered tins of 10 and 20 rounds, known as tropical packs. Well, this rifle came with a tropical pack tin of 36 of the Kynoch boxes! The tin has been opened and 24 boxes remain set in two rows of 12 boxes each. The top row of 12 is missing. Unfortunately, the rifle's case and tools is unaccounted for but I do have a photo of it from the '60s. Here are a few pics for you all to enjoy. And Shootaway, please have mercy and be kind in your evaluation. I know I am not, nor will I ever be, at your level of double rifle wisdom but I am striving every day to be worthy just to be in your shadow. Good day, mates. Cal PS. Looking to buy some brass, .483" Woodleigh softs, bullet seater die (or die set) and shell holder.       _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | ||
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oh man, oh man, oh man! What else can any SANE man say??? lovely Cal! USN (ret) DRSS Verney-Carron 450NE Cogswell & Harrison 375 Fl NE Sabatti Big Five 375 FL Magnum NE DSC Life Member NRA Life Member | |||
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Nice pick-up. You have way too many purties! | |||
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Wow, she is a doll! Lolling about on a bath towel eh? Full-length uncensored gunporn layout view would be appreciated, and maybe a gunnecologic view of the open breech would also have some redeeming social value, pretty please! Is that a WR-style doll's head third bite? The "SSA" bit is too funny, I almost injured myself laughing about that!  | |||
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Cal, I really like it! Used to be bigdoggy700 with 929 posts . Originally registered as bigdoggy 700 in July 2006. | |||
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Uncle!!! Charm, Class and a big ass case, what's not to like? | |||
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Well at least the screws are timed  Really like that forend lever and the whole gun looks a lovely working shooter. | |||
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As mentioned in the other 475 #2 thread I saw brass and bullets at Huntingtons posted 09 April 2014 03:55 Hide Post Looks like Huntington's has some ... http://www.huntingtons.com/sto...oductid=17157&page=1 Great find congrats and enjoy... | |||
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Nice looking rifle, congrats. You have to love the .475 #2 just because the case is so darn cool. I look forward to the range report. Mike | |||
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Dumpster material for sure!!  | |||
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Lovely rifle Cal. Great pickup. Fabulous condition. Look forward to more photos of you shooting it. Cheers, Chris DRSS | |||
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SWEEET! Looking forward to hearing how she handles and shoots. DRSS Sabatti 450\400 NE Merkel 140-2 500 NE | |||
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Stunning! | |||
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 Pure trash Can I double it?  ______________________ DRSS ______________________ Hunt Reports 2015 His & Her Leopards with Derek Littleton of Luwire Safaris - http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/2971090112 2015 Trophy Bull Elephant with CMS http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/1651069012 DIY Brooks Range Sheep Hunt 2013 - http://forums.accuratereloadin...901038191#9901038191 Zambia June/July 2012 with Andrew Baldry - Royal Kafue http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7971064771 Zambia Sept 2010- Muchinga Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4211096141 Namibia Sept 2010 - ARUB Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6781076141 | |||
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Very classy rifle. I now realize that I made a big mistake in choosing public service as a career field. Too late now. | |||
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Classic gun for a classic chap; well done sir!  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition” ― Rudyard Kipling | |||
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Go see Cal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOsLdT4slsk Maybe we have to wait for the really good pictures in Cal's next book, a more general one about the care and feeding of all sorts of double rifles? Keep those doggies rollin'!  Cal and his new double rifle "Spot." Why am I reminded of Cal Worthington (car sales) TV commercials in Anchorage, AK and other markets, a couple of decades ago? Who was that guy? Was he really selling cars in Alaska and Arizona at the same time? California too?  A Legend has passed.  Cal Worthington, the Stetson-sporting California car dealer who became one of the best-known salesmen in America with his unceasing television commercials beckoning drivers to “go see Cal, go see Cal, go see Cal,” died Sept. 8 (2013) at his ranch in Orland, Calif. He was 92. His attorney, Larry Miles, confirmed the death and said the cause has not yet been determined. *********************************************** Calvin Coolidge "Cal" Worthington (November 27, 1920 – September 8, 2013) was an American car dealer, best known on the West Coast of the United States, and to a more limited extent elsewhere, from minor appearances and parodies in a number of movies. He was best known for his unique radio and television advertisements for the Worthington Dealership Group. In these advertisements, he was usually joined by "his dog Spot," except that "Spot" was never a dog. Often, Spot was a tiger, a seal, an elephant, a chimpanzee, or a bear. In one ad, "Spot" was a hippopotamus, which Worthington rode in the commercial. On some occasions, "Spot" was a vehicle, such as an airplane that Worthington would be seen standing atop the wings of while airborne. "Spot" was officially retired in the mid-1980s; however he was mentioned occasionally in his later commercials. According to a profile published in the Sacramento Bee in 1990, Worthington grossed $316.8 million in 1988, making him at the time the largest single owner of a car dealership chain. His advertising agency, named Spot Advertising, had Worthington as its only client and spent $15 million on commercials, the most of any auto dealer at the time. He sold automobiles from 1945 until his death and owned a 24,000-acre (9,700 ha; 38 sq mi) ranch located in Orland, California, north of Sacramento. | |||
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Real gorgeous rifle. oozes class! Well done Cal. "When the wind stops....start rowing. When the wind starts, get the sail up quick." | |||
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Now that's a double! Hope it shoots as good as it looks. | |||
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Classy old gal!! | |||
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A Most Excellent Double rifle. DOUBLE RIFLE SHOOTERS SOCIETY | |||
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Cal, Fantastic rifle no matter what shootaway my say. Max .395 Family Member DRSS, po' boy member Political correctness is nothing but liberal enforced censorship | |||
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You pore thing I can't believe you dared to buy that with out the SSA. To spare further ridicule you can ship it to me.  Member DSC,DRSS,NRA,TSRA A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -Mark Twain There ought to be one day - just one – when there is open season on Congressmen. ~Will Rogers~ | |||
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Looks sort of like George, I bet he has that fancy ammo belt on under that coat. Mike | |||
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Awesome rifle Cal, congrats! Paul Smith SCI Life Member NRA Life Member DSC Member Life Member of the "I Can't Wait to Get Back to Africa" Club DRSS I had the privilege to fire E. Hemingway's WR .577NE, E. Keith's WR .470NE, & F. Jamieson's WJJ .500 Jeffery I strongly recommend avoidance of "The Zambezi Safari & Travel Co., Ltd." and "Pisces Sportfishing-Cabo San Lucas" "A failed policy of national defense is its own punishment" Otto von Bismarck | |||
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Probably his 20 something wife I saw him with at dinner a couple years ago here in Anchorage. ______________________ DRSS ______________________ Hunt Reports 2015 His & Her Leopards with Derek Littleton of Luwire Safaris - http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/2971090112 2015 Trophy Bull Elephant with CMS http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/1651069012 DIY Brooks Range Sheep Hunt 2013 - http://forums.accuratereloadin...901038191#9901038191 Zambia June/July 2012 with Andrew Baldry - Royal Kafue http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7971064771 Zambia Sept 2010- Muchinga Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4211096141 Namibia Sept 2010 - ARUB Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6781076141 | |||
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WOW!! It must still be a VIRGIN??!! HAVE FUN..... Cheers, 470EDDY | |||
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Nice catch for sure. Congratulations Cal  DRSS: HQ Scandinavia. Chapters in Sweden & Norway | |||
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Now all that is missing are the targets with every shot in the center bulls eye. | |||
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Well, it will not get any better than that one, Cal. It is a beauty. Proper in every respect. Damn, first Subs VC now this one. Dutch | |||
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Classic double in an impressive caliber! And finding that stock of ammo, no less. You always find the good stuff Cal! On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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Cal it looks like more valley trash to me. Nice. When can I shoot it? I'll let you shoot Morris T. 300H&H. Regards Scott. | |||
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Gents: Thanks all for your comments. RIP: I'm out of state and will post more pics upon my return to Alaska mid week. Eagle: The forend lever is unique and a nice touch to a best rifle. Zephyr: I will look at Huntingtons upon my return home. Mike: I will certainly be shooting it soon! Jim: Double to a 950 no4? dlcd: Public service? For my career I was a high school teacher. That's all. PD: Thanks for the kind words. RIP: The double rifle intro book will go to the printers in 4-6 weeks. Bill: If I can't get the SSA, it's on the way. Shootaway: I'll do the best I can and post. Scott: Shoot it? You know where I live. You're welcome anytime. More later gents. I've a Kansas gobbler to clean and cook today. Cal _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | |||
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...great rifle. Maybe we can bring this double in an german magazine... :-) The "B." | |||
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Cal, I am available for adoption. Look forward to hearing from you dad! 465H&H | |||
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Nice catch Cal! Tie it to the bumper and drag it to the Spring Shoot. NRA Life ASSRA Life DRSS Today's Quote: Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Give a man a welfare check, a free cell phone with free monthly minutes, food stamps, section 8 housing, a forty ounce malt liquor, a crack pipe and some Air Jordan's and he votes Democrat for a lifetime. | |||
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A fantastic rifle and good luck with it. Mike | |||
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First this about the other Cal who died last year at age 92:
And then this about the nonagenarian's 20-something wife:
 Seriously, I hope the upcoming Cal Pappas book on double rifles gets some input from this latest pet double rifle, "Spot," before it goes to the printing. | |||
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A very proper double rifle. There is an article in the current issue of Double Gun Journal on reloading the 475 #2. NRA Life Member, Band of Bubbas Charter Member, PGCA, DRSS. Shoot & hunt with vintage classics. | |||
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