Double Rifle Shooters Society

31 January 2006, 04:43

577NitroExpress

Well, as I have personally seen at DSC and on the forums over the past couple of months, the ranks of the DRSS has been swelling.

With that being said, I hope all of the new members know where they can get the official DRSS apparel from:

Onyx Embroidery, Inc.
1354 Combermere Dr. Suite E
Troy, Michigan 48083
Phone: 1-248-588-9393 Fax: 1-248-588-4032

www.onyxemb.com

Also, I'd like to do a sound off to see all who is now a rifle carrying member of our Band of Brothers.

(Even if you have a DR on order, you are still a member!)

So, sound off, ya'll!!!! Who do we have in our ranks these days???

31 January 2006, 05:20

lee440

Count me in. Just got my 450/400 at DSC saturday! Can't wait to get components to get her up and running and join in on the fun! Lee.

31 January 2006, 05:38

JBoutfishn

31 January 2006, 07:33

dougaboy

I am a member-in-waiting for my order to be filled.

Doug

31 January 2006, 15:32

degoins

placed my order for a PH in 450/400 in October

31 January 2006, 16:57

LJS

Got two and shopping for number three. One Searcy and one Krieghoff. Next will be a 9.3.

to all DRSS members!

31 January 2006, 17:05

bulldog563

Waiting on a searcy classic.

31 January 2006, 17:31

Rusty

Thanks to Grizzly(Jim)/Mac/Tony! They enrolled me in the Rusty's Butch Searcy Classic 450/400 3 inch Christmas Club! It will make my second double in a year or so!

Rusty
We Band of Brothers!
DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member
"I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends."
----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836
"I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841
"for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson
Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.”

31 January 2006, 18:34

Doc52

I'm in!...Just waiting for the 577 to be finished by Butch!

31 January 2006, 18:39

Frank Martinez

Welcome on Board Doc52. I love your comedy.
I'm a maniana- man myself.
Frank

31 January 2006, 18:52

Doc52

Frank,
Thanks, glad to be aboard!

31 January 2006, 19:04

bobc

Picked up the Hollis at DSC. Count me in. Bob

31 January 2006, 19:23

577NitroExpress

Rusty, you bought one of Butch's Classic rifles??????

31 January 2006, 19:41

Charles_Helm

I don't have a shirt or a hat yet -- this is the best I can do:

Just a poor man's Pedersoli 9.3x74R.

31 January 2006, 19:59

Doc52

bobc,
Saw your "new" Hollis in another thread..great looking DR! Good luck with with it!
Great talking with you at the dinner Friday night in Dallas!

31 January 2006, 20:27

50 Calshtr

Do BPE and Light Cordite rifles count? I've got four, an Alex Henry 450 BPE, I. Hollis 500 regulated for LC, a Manton 577/500 #2 BPE and another Hollis 577 BPE. Don't shoot the Alex Henry because of some pits in the bores but the rest get regular exercise.

31 January 2006, 20:58

577NitroExpress

quote:
Do BPE and Light Cordite rifles count? I've got four, an Alex Henry 450 BPE, I. Hollis 500 regulated for LC, a Manton 577/500 #2 BPE and another Hollis 577 BPE. Don't shoot the Alex Henry because of some pits in the bores but the rest get regular exercise.

yep!

31 January 2006, 22:18

Rusty

Very nice charles! Love that 9.3X74R beautiful rifles!
Let's say that Butch was kind enough to allow me to start sending a little bit each month. I told him I'd be happy at the end of the list until I got it paid for.

I blame Grizzly, Mac, Tony and you for this! LOL!

31 January 2006, 23:17

577NitroExpress

quote:
Let's say that Butch was kind enough to allow me to start sending a little bit each month. I told him I'd be happy at the end of the list until I got it paid for.

WAY TO GO RUSTY!!!!!!

01 February 2006, 03:30

MacD37

I'm a charter member, and want to welcome all the new members on board!

REAL RIFLES HAVE MORE THAN ONE BARREL!

01 February 2006, 04:08

I've an Edwinson Green and Sons 450/400 3", Greener in 3 1/4" and a Chapuuis 9.3 x74R on order.

WY

01 February 2006, 05:32

470CapstickA2

Well most of you saw me with my new baby, but Christer took a really neat photo, so I had to share it...

We need to start assigning member numbers.. I'm thinking Texas license plates with DRSS ##

I'll be getting my hat and shirt to properly attend functions from now on..

01 February 2006, 05:45

Charles_Helm

quote:
Originally posted by 470CapstickA2:
Well most of you saw me with my new baby, but Christer took a really neat photo, so I had to share it...

We need to start assigning member numbers.. I'm thinking Texas license plates with DRSS ##

I'll be getting my hat and shirt to properly attend functions from now on..

It's a shame you don't look more excited!

Congratulations -- you look thrilled and well you should.

01 February 2006, 07:07

MJines

Deal me in. I have a Heym 88 in .470 NE and love it. Great workmanship, accurate and fun to shoot -- for a little while anyway.

02 February 2006, 02:46

Marty

Count me in. I have an older Searcy 470 NE built on a BSS action. Chopper lump barrels, which is cool. I live in South Dakota, but will travel to shoot. Any "official" membership, yet?

02 February 2006, 03:34

Palmer

Rusty ordained me about 18 mo.s ago.

I presently have a Searcy 470 PH model and a Jeffrey 450/400 3" - about 1924 vintage.

Looking forward to shooting with some of you.

ALLEN W. JOHNSON - DRSS

Into my heart on air that kills
From yon far country blows:
What are those blue remembered hills,
What spires, what farms are those?
That is the land of lost content,
I see it shining plain,
The happy highways where I went
And cannot come again.

A. E. Housman

02 February 2006, 04:43

577NitroExpress

quote:
Well most of you saw me with my new baby, but Christer took a really neat photo, so I had to share it...

We need to start assigning member numbers.. I'm thinking Texas license plates with DRSS ##

I'll be getting my hat and shirt to properly attend functions from now on..

$10 bucks says you still have that smile on your face and you're like Ralphie Parker in "A Christmas Story" with his office Red Ryder carbine action 200 short range model air rifle...

Love the Cogi you got there...

02 February 2006, 04:46

577NitroExpress

"Official Membership"

I'll have to let Rusty answer this one, as this whole thing was his (I believe) idea.

I don't know of any official membership, other than owning and shooting a DR.

We have hats and shirts, which the equivelant of a card carrying membership I think.

Rusty, any thought of making this little group "official?"

The reason I bring this up because on a few occasions, I approached some gun clubs in the area (which I'm not a member of) about putting together a DR shoot. Bottom line, if the DRSS wasn't an "official group," there wasn't anything that could be done.

What are other's opinions?

02 February 2006, 05:19

Frank Beller

Me ..... currently have Chapuis' in .470 & 9.3X74R, Valmet O/U 9.3X74R, Cogswell & Harrison .375 2 1/2" and a Searcy Classic 450/400 on order. Count me in if anything becomes official .... I'm joining.

02 February 2006, 05:24

Rusty

The Double Rifle Shooters Society is an official organization. The Charter members and board of directors are, My own self, MACD37-Mac, PWN375-Perry, NE450#2-Tony, 400NitroExpress-Mark.

Although our get togethers are informal, we are a close knit organization.

The Society exists for the preservation and encouraging the shooting of all kinds of double rifles. Our goal is to provide, through our members, information to help in their acquisition, shooting and maintenance of their double rifles. Several members of the Society are actively engaged in historical research on double rifles. Our historical research is chaired by 400NitroExpress.

Membership in the Society is open to all who enjoy their passion for the double rifle and it's history. It is not necessary to own a double rifle to be a member. A nonmember can be admitted to the society by simply asking join.
There are no annual dues.

Any activities planned by the Society are paid for by each member attending. Everyone pays the same. No member shall receive financial or other considerations for organizing an event, i.e., a hunt.

We are a diverse group of individuals united in our interest of double rifles. We regard our fellow members as equals in this matter! The only thing better than owning a double rifle is to be among friends who share in the goals of the Society.

We truly are a Band of Brothers!

02 February 2006, 05:44

CFA

Rusty

I cannot believe that you have jumped ship on the English double rifle, although Butch's classic looks like he is finally getting the message.

577

Since I saw you at the last DRSS hunt I have two doubles one to replace the Holland that blew a barrel, another much younger H&H Dominion .500/.465, and a Joseph Lang .400/.360. The Holland only shoots big tuskers and the Lang will be ready for the next DRSS hog hunt.

CFA

02 February 2006, 09:10

nopride2

In order of aquisition:
Chapuis 45-70 regulated to shoot 400 gr. @ 1800 fps.
Army Navy 577 2 3/4" bpe
Purdey 450 3 1/4" bpe
Chapuis 470

Dave

02 February 2006, 12:39

duggaboybuff

chapius .375 H & H double side x side

02 February 2006, 12:48

duggaboybuff

02 February 2006, 13:36

Rusty

Fred,
I really haven't jumped ship. I still covet English double rifles.

I have three reasons for buying one of Butch's rifles.
1. NIB 450/400 3 inch
The only place I know to find a NIB working double chambered in a round I like, that I can afford! The new classic is a beauty!

2. Case colored action with 26" barrels

3. Butch's kindness to let me "fund" this over a period of time. When I get it paid for, he'll make it!

Looking forward to seeing your new rifles when we get together!

02 February 2006, 18:08

Peter

Kreighoff 500/416 and an Owens 450 3 1/4. Count me in!
Peter.
Always looking for a smaller caliber eg. 9.3 X 74R!

02 February 2006, 19:04

PWN375

Rusty,

Who would have thought a tongue-in-cheek name that came out of a cold, wet pig hunt by 5 guys with double rifles a few short years ago would have grown into what it is today. Man, I can't wait for the next DRSS event. My shoulder will be sore for a week if 577 brings his pop gun.

Maybe we should contact Wendell about eliminating some of his hogs this Spring.

Perry

02 February 2006, 20:09

Rusty

I am actually working on a Water Buffalo/Bison hunt in Texas. That's all I know about it now. Will post more when I know something!

02 February 2006, 20:26

MacD37

quote:
Originally posted by Rusty:
I am actually working on a Water Buffalo/Bison hunt in Texas. That's all I know about it now. Will post more when I know something!

Rusty, that one interests me greatly! Let me know what you find out! I'll try some of Mike's FPS, and CPS solids on a couple of those horny guys !

02 February 2006, 21:30

skl1

I'd like to be a member of this august group. Rusty, Tony, Mac, and Perry have all helped me with a lot of questions on this board, particularly when I got the Pedersoli. I've since traded it (and 5 other guns) on a new Merkel .470. I love it, and can't wait to find (and find funding for) a 9.3x74 double.

Don't know how many of the meetings I could make, though.

Steve