Ken from Kebco sent pictures of my new VC 500NE Round Body PH yesterday. I haven't taken delivery just yet, but it is finally stateside. Thanks Ken and Jerome for building a fine looking rifle for me.

Very nice,especially the wood.

congratulations on a Gret rifle! Would love to see more photos.

Want! Good looking weapon!

very nice...and I'm very jealous

Nice, nice, nice!

Todd, congrats on what I believe is a gorgeous double.

I had my identical .500 delivered before x-mas and due to other commitments have not been able to fire it until recently.

They are extremely well made, balance perfectly and shoot as well as you'd expect of a firearm of this standard.
The neat little roundbody sits well in the hands and "travels" lightly.

I'm just not game enough to remove the lead weights in the butt stock to reduce the weight even further as it just shoots too well.

Now the trick will be to get it to regulate with the 475gn non-cons !
That is my mission over the next few weeks.

Again congrats on your new purchase, hope you get half as much fun from yours as i am out of mine.

Paul.

I like the case colored metal, the darker wood, and the short, classy pad. Makes it sort of look old school.
Well done

That's a very good looking set up! Give a good wring out and let us know how it does!

Congratulations on a gorgeous rifle, I like the contrast of the case coloring. On the left side of the receiver where the metal meets the wood, the way the color of the metal extends into the wood is also a very nice touch. I like the wood very much.

Enjoy it with the best of health.

Best regards

Malek
Good shooting/hunting and God's best

Todd, nice piece, for sure! I like the round-body action. Hey, it has 2 barrels !!!!!

Nice looking toy. Very nice!

What a beautiful dark sultry lady,just gorgeous!

Very very sexy little friend you've got there!!

That's just GRAND Todd! VERY tastefully done and yes kudos to Jerome and Ken!

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Originally posted by Bill73:
What a beautiful dark sultry lady,just gorgeous!

My thoughts exactly!

It's an interesting process having a gun built to your specs. First time for me. You give them basic ideas and the craftsmen run with it, all the while hoping it will turn out the way you had envisioned it. 13 months after placing the order, I can say that Verny-Carron exceeded my expectations.

This is the list of modifications to the basic PH model I gave them:

Splinter fore-end
Enhanced engraving
Gold makers name and "SAFE"
Gold Oval with initials
Shadow line cheek piece
Leather recoil pad
Articulated front trigger
CCH

Other than those items, Jerome had complete control on how it should be. I like the dark and smokey look.

Buzz and I will break it in proper later this year with an ele bull.

Articulated front trigger, when you say this, what are you referring to? In the precision world, I understand, but what do you mean in the Double gun world?

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Originally posted by Todd Williams:

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Originally posted by Bill73:
What a beautiful dark sultry lady,just gorgeous!

My thoughts exactly!

It's an interesting process having a gun built to your specs. First time for me. You give them basic ideas and the craftsmen run with it, all the while hoping it will turn out the way you had envisioned it. 13 months after placing the order, I can say that Verny-Carron exceeded my expectations.

This is the list of modifications to the basic PH model I gave them:

Splinter fore-end
Enhanced engraving
Gold makers name and "SAFE"
Gold Oval with initials
Shadow line cheek piece
Leather recoil pad
Articulated front trigger
CCH

Other than those items, Jerome had complete control on how it should be. I like the dark and smoky look.

Buzz and I will break it in proper later this year with an ele bull.

Todd,
What swayed you to go with the articulated trigger?

AKman,

The articulated front trigger has some forward movement to it. On occasion, when firing the rear trigger, usually due to too short a LOP, but also sometimes if the weapon is held incorrectly or at an odd angle, when firing the rear trigger, recoil will cause the back of the front trigger to contact the trigger finger (sorry for the repetitive nature of that sentence). With an articulated front trigger, it will give a bit instead of cutting into the finger.

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Originally posted by Snowwolfe:
Todd,
What swayed you to go with the articulated trigger?

Well, it's an easy feature to add being built from scratch.

But what really caused me to ask for it was that my Merkel 500NE used to eat the middle knuckle on my trigger finger. It continued to do that even after I had the LOP extended to 15.5. Not as much as before but again, every once in awhile, I would hold the gun wrong or at an odd angle and it would bite pretty hard. The last time it did it was putting in an insurance shot on an ele cow. She was laying in a depression causing an extreme downhill angle. The rifle got up under my armpit when I shouldered it and fired. Man, I thought it had stopped my heart for a second or two!! From now on, with an angle like that, I'll just bend at the waist!! But it cut my finger again, and it had the AT feature. If that gun had a fixed front trigger, I'm sure it would have broken the finger a time or two. Lionhunter has it now. I haven't heard if he's had the same experience with it or not to date.

So it just seemed to be an easy option that I've appreciated having in the past. Could very well be that I'll never need it with the stock being built to my measurements, but I thought it more of an insurance policy of sorts.

Absolutely love it Todd!

Classy, sexy and deadly - the perfect hunting companion.

Pretty gun Todd.

Pretty rifle . . . pity the barrels are so short though.

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Originally posted by MJines:
Pretty rifle . . . pity the barrels are so short though.

There's one in every crowd!

Beautiful rifle, congratulations!

Very nice!!

Beautiful double Todd, can't wait to see the next round of trophy pics with it!

Nice rifle Todd... I know it will perform as well in the field as it looks in the rack!

Great looking rifle in a super DG caliber.

They don't get any better!
Cal

Beautiful rifle Todd. I especially like the engraving style, the V on the belly left un-engraved is a great touch. The gold banner is very tastefully done congratulations. Be sure to post some picks of the splinter, haven’t seen one on a VC round body yet.

Todd-

Congrats on a beautiful piece! Jerome did good by you. I love the case coloring and dark wood. This really makes it tough for me to continue to refuse to have VC build one for me. BTW, I'd very likely add the exact options you did and in the same caliber, and we are the same LOP. Maybe that is my rifle?

As to my trigger finger relative to your/my Merkel, no problem whatsoever. A relaxed grip after 16 rounds did earn me a badly bruised social finger when the rear trigger guard whacked me for getting sloppy.

Has the .577 sold?

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Originally posted by LionHunter:
Todd-

Congrats on a beautiful piece! Jerome did good by you. I love the case coloring and dark wood. This really makes it tough for me to continue to refuse to have VC build one for me. BTW, I'd very likely add the exact options you did and in the same caliber, and we are the same LOP. Maybe that is my rifle?

As to my trigger finger relative to your/my Merkel, no problem whatsoever. A relaxed grip after 16 rounds did earn me a badly bruised social finger when the rear trigger guard whacked me for getting sloppy.

Has the .577 sold?

Hasn't sold yet Mike. Do you need a 577NE to go with the Merkel? I think so!! Then you'll have a light and heavy double!! Actually, I have a couple of leads on it. I hate to sell it but this 500NE is going to be my go to gun from now on.

About the options, I have to give a nod to Admiral Dave - Subsailor74 as these are the same specs he has used several times now. His Searcy with those options just seemed to go together very well. In fact, the day I ordered this gun at SCI Vegas last year, I walked into the building not knowing if I was going with Searcy or VC. Went back and forth between the booths several times. What finally made the difference for me was the way the round body felt in the hand. They are both great DR builders but with quite different styles. Not to slight Butch in any way shape or form, but I am very happy with the way this rifle turned out from VC.

Great pics of a beautiful double! The pics of it will look even better next to a big ele bull in December this year Todd!!!!!

Todd,
A very classic and classy looking double from the Vc boys once again.I am sure it will do just fine on the big tuskers later in the year!
I ordered a 600 ne with them at the show, matching my 500 ne they did for me in 2011.
Cheers

Nick

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Originally posted by Buzz Charlton:
Great pics of a beautiful double! The pics of it will look even better next to a big ele bull in December this year Todd!!!!!

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Originally posted by nickh:
Todd,
A very classic and classy looking double from the Vc boys once again.I am sure it will do just fine on the big tuskers later in the year!
I ordered a 600 ne with them at the show, matching my 500 ne they did for me in 2011.
Cheers

Nick

600NE for ele's and the 500NE for Duikers and such, eh Nick? I think you've got em covered with those two!!

When do you expect the 600 to arrive?

Cheers mate.

Nice, enjoy!

VERY sharp gun Todd!!!

Brett

Hey Todd you picked a winner there! That rifle has four of the things that makes it a rifle I'd love to own. First it has two barrels, and then there is the case colors, then the chambering, and lastly the wood!

Very very nice! Congratulations