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Interesting Searcy Double
10 July 2010, 20:14
ROSCOEInteresting Searcy Double
LinkNot interested in starting a pissing match but thought this rifle is interesting for a few reasons. Tons of engraving on it, but also has a muzzle break that I have never seen.
Although the engraving is very high quality IMO I see this as a case of Too much of a good thing. It kind of takes away from the lines of the double. Thoughts?
I would also like to know how effective the break is. Looks like an extension was added to the barrels but not sure. I dont see how a large hole in the end would do much more than make the thing loud!
Maybe Butch will chime in and give us some info on this. It dosent look like his work.
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10 July 2010, 20:43
SnowwolfeVery nice rifle! But I would be afraid all the large critters would fall down and die laughing when they seen that brake. It is absolutely hideous.
My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.
10 July 2010, 20:47
peterdkquote from the ad "NICEST DBL.IN USA"
thanfully oppinions vary.
really dont look like the work that butch does now, but we all have costumors that order something special.
peter
10 July 2010, 21:03
Butch SearcyThat rifle was made about 12 to 14 years ago. It is all stainless, and the muzzle brakes were integral with the barrels. That design of brake works very well, and believe me I've tried most out there. Not my taste but the money was.
Also I used the H&H wedge method on this rifle.
This rifle has been on several hunts to Africa.
By the way I've never made anything like it since.
Who can account for ones taste.
10 July 2010, 21:38
shakariquote:
Originally posted by Butch Searcy:
Who can account for ones taste.
Ain't that the truth...... the guy wasn't a pimp by any chance was he?
Very nice piece of wood though!
10 July 2010, 23:39
MacD37Hey Roscoe, why don't you buy that rifle, ans send it to me! I've got a good hacksaw to remove the brakes, and that thing would be a good one for Alaska's coastal brown bears to combat that salt sea air! I'll go along with you and film the hunt.
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11 July 2010, 00:30
CCMDocNot my style but beautiful nonetheless (except the brake). I like the elephant and would have that alone and without the gold. Wood is beautiful.
While the brake may be effective, I'd have it off and I would love to have a stainless steel action and barreled double.
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11 July 2010, 06:43
BrettAKSCIquote:
Originally posted by shakari:
quote:
Originally posted by Butch Searcy:
Who can account for ones taste.
Ain't that the truth...... the guy wasn't a pimp by any chance was he?
Taste or lack there of can certainly not be accounted for. I also can't bring to mind a better case made for classic Engish scroll engraving. On a possitive note the wood is imaculate!
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11 July 2010, 19:50
ROSCOEquote:
Originally posted by MacD37:
Hey Roscoe, why don't you buy that rifle, ans send it to me! I've got a good hacksaw to remove the brakes, and that thing would be a good one for Alaska's coastal brown bears to combat that salt sea air! I'll go along with you and film the hunt.
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Little too much Bling for the coastal bears...maybe the Russian boars will work better.
Better yet,
I handled a SS Synthetic Double at Butch's shop a few years ago. I'll see if he will sell me that one and we can go to Alaska. You can pack my gear and rub my feet at night.
R
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11 July 2010, 19:58
Mike BrooksWe've been hunting with blued and wood for many years. Why swap to SS? It just takes a bit of extra effort to keep them maintained is all.
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11 July 2010, 20:13
CCMDocquote:
Originally posted by Mike Brooks:
We've been hunting with blued and wood for many years. Why swap to SS? It just takes a bit of extra effort to keep them maintained is all.
True, but I like the look of stainless steel and titanium for that matter. The added corrosion resistance is a bonus.
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That rifle is not my cup of tea so to speak. I would like a ss box lock with a flat black bake on finish. Maybe a plastic working stock to change out with high grade wood stock when need.
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12 July 2010, 19:18
MacD37quote:
Originally posted by CCMDoc:
quote:
Originally posted by Mike Brooks:
We've been hunting with blued and wood for many years. Why swap to SS? It just takes a bit of extra effort to keep them maintained is all.
True, but I like the look of stainless steel and titanium for that matter. The added corrosion resistance is a bonus.
At the very short time Butch was making the all stainless double rifles, with synthetic stocks, I thought seriously about buying one of them. At that time I was hunting Alaska pretty hard every year, and loveing double rifle the way I do, that rifle was right down my alley.
It wasn't the look of it that intrigued me but the absolute utility of the package that drew me. One of those chambered for 375 flanged with a good quick detach scope would have been the nuts in Alaska IMO!
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12 July 2010, 20:23
GrenadierI wish more fine gun makers were using stainless steel, at least as an option.
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14 July 2010, 00:03
tendramseww
14 July 2010, 18:54
MacD37quote:
Originally posted by tendrams:
eww
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"If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982
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16 July 2010, 13:53
John FrederickThat lion looks like it was having a "bad hair day", truly awful. Nice bit of timber.
18 July 2010, 02:12
heavenknowsLooks like a muskox who lost the horns
18 July 2010, 02:43
Paolo9,5x73quote:
Originally posted by ROSCOE:
LinkNot interested in starting a pissing match but thought this rifle is interesting for a few reasons. Tons of engraving on it, but also has a muzzle break that I have never seen.
Although the engraving is very high quality IMO I see this as a case of Too much of a good thing. It kind of takes away from the lines of the double. Thoughts?
I would also like to know how effective the break is. Looks like an extension was added to the barrels but not sure. I dont see how a large hole in the end would do much more than make the thing loud!
Maybe Butch will chime in and give us some info on this. It dosent look like his work.
This is fine example what is commonly referred to as best grade "Huglu-ish" style engraving.
18 July 2010, 02:52
Cane Ratquote:
Originally posted by Butch Searcy:
That rifle was made about 12 to 14 years ago. It is all stainless, and the muzzle brakes were integral with the barrels. That design of brake works very well, and believe me I've tried most out there. Not my taste but the money was.
Also I used the H&H wedge method on this rifle.
This rifle has been on several hunts to Africa.
By the way I've never made anything like it since.
Who can account for ones taste.
Did the guy you built it for look anything like either of these independent businessmen?
