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I took delivery of my Bailey Bradshaw double rifle this afternoon, and if it shoots as good as it looks, it was worth the wait. I will post range results this weekend. I hope the photos show off the CCH, which in my opinion, is as good as any I have seen. Also, the fit of the skeleton grip and skeleton butt were top notch, and the cocking indicators and bolted safe were very pleasant "surprises". Had I known Bailey was installing a bolted safety, I might have asked him to inlay "bolted" in small gold letters next to the lever. That would have given it a real "Best Gun" look. As is, it is pretty darned nice. Your comments are welcome.       | ||
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Let me be the first to congratulate you. Magnificent. Cal PS. Not too late to have 'bolted' added. _______________________________ 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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Looks really well built but it appears very wide/thick around the chamber area. How easy is it to carry with one hand wrapped around the action? My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost. | |||
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Not hard at all - this rifle is built more like an epee than a saber | |||
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Admiral, your swashbuckling past is showing through! Very nice piece! | |||
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Beautiful! Did I miss caliber? I also believe BB has Doug Turnbull do CCH, right? I meant to be DSC Member...bad typing skills. Marcus Cady DRSS | |||
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9.3x74R, and yes on Turnbull. | |||
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Dave, Life is too short with an ugly gun. You should just send it to me. I hunt it for you. Seriously, Nice looking play purty. | |||
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Actually, Bailey did the CCH in house. I am sure he would take it as a compliment that they were done by Doug Turnbull. I asked the same question myself. | |||
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A beauty, sir! Congratulations! 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.” | |||
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Really, Wow! That's quite a job! | |||
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Love the striped straight grain, butt plate on top of being a BB double falling block. 577 BME 3"500 KILL ALL 358 GREMLIN 404-375 *we band of 45-70ers* (Founder) Single Shot Shooters Society S.S.S.S. (Founder) | |||
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Very nice! Someday Ill kick the magazine rifle habit and purchase a nice DR. Congrats! "A long life, and the good sense to live it." ...Quintis Arrius 375H&H,404J,416DAK,458AFR,416RIG,450RIG,505GIB Avatar: Gregory Peck & Susan Hayward in Africa NRA member | |||
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Looks good Admiral. I'm very happy for you. Let us know how she shoots! | |||
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Great looking rifle!!  | |||
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If it has peen posted I have missed it, so here is my question. Are these doubles extractors or ejectors? ie. If you shoot the right barrel, and drop the lever to reload, what happens??? DOUBLE RIFLE SHOOTERS SOCIETY | |||
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That is really REALLY nice! Congratulations! | |||
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That is fantastic!! Wood to metal fit looks exceptionally well done. Only thing Id have added is a cheek piece. The bolted safety is a really nice touch!! NE 450 No2, maybe Bailey or Sub can confirm but I think the action is strictly speaking an extractor mechanism although due to the strong camming action of the lever and link inside the action, with a swift flick fo the lever shells are kicked out pretty smartly much like an ejector. Being a purely mechanical system with no springs to break, it would seem to be an great system. Can't wait to see some range results!! | |||
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Matabele - your characterization of the extraction system is spot on. As an example, if only one barrel is fired and the lever thrown to the down position, the fired case extracts about half the way out and the unfired case extracts about an inch. So, it is kind of inbetween extraction and ejection. | |||
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Good looking piece Admiral, congratulations. On the extractors, if they are anywhere close to the one on my Shiloh-Sharps, they work just like ejectors, even with minimal force of the lever. Great system. 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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Well, I could not wait until tomorrow to get out to the range, so I took an hour off at lunch and shot my new Bradshaw rifle. After shooting the target below, I went to the 100 yard line to shoot at the 12"x12" steel. 2 shots - 2 loud clangs! The rifle shoots better than I can for sure. This shooting today was with iron sights. I can't wait to see what it will do with the scope mounted.  | |||
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I love it and want one! I meant to be DSC Member...bad typing skills. Marcus Cady DRSS | |||
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Very beautilful rifle. May it give you many good hunting memories on all continents  DRSS: HQ Scandinavia. Chapters in Sweden & Norway | |||
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I truly LOVE B.B. Farquharson D/R's. D/R Hunter Correct bullet placement, combined with the required depth of bullet penetration, results in an anchored animal... | |||
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What a lovely rifle and great workmanship. What does it weigh? Best wishes, Chris DRSS | |||
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Chris - the rifle weighs 8 1/2 pounds, and it is very well balanced. | |||
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Nice shooting Admiral! Deo Vindice, Don Sons of Confederate Veterans Black Horse Camp #780 | |||
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Bailey, As you are aware, I understand a little of the mechanics of building a double rifle, although my meager skills are light years from yours. I just want to say that what you have built for subsailor is not just a nice double rifle, it is a work of art. Any man, anywhere, in any age, would be proud to call this craftsmanship his! Best, Ron. | |||
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as usual nice work on Baileys part but we who know him expect nothing less. my will be done in june i think can't wait even though i have been able to shot a few of baileys rifle it will totally different when it's mine i get to shot and take home. I always enjoy going to baileys shop for an afternoon of swapping stories and shooting. see ya soon BB | |||
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Bailey wishes he could say the same :-) | |||
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Play nice beibs I still have the picture proving you un natural love/affection for bears. I can only hope that kind of thing did not carry over to your mother     | |||
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Very nice rifle! I like BB's CCH finish for this kind of rifle - looks more traditional British than Turnbull's work. That rifle is saying "Take me huinting". I can hear it all the way here in NZ! "When the wind stops....start rowing. When the wind starts, get the sail up quick." | |||
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Fantastic looking and shooting also. Looking forward to more info about the rifle. Mike | |||
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Hey Sub! Just wondering if you have managed to get any more range time in with your Bradshaw double and the scope attached? Any pros/cons to name yet? | |||
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Not much more to report on right now. I leave for Harare this coming Wednesday. I have a 14 day leopard/plains game hunt booked at Shangani with Mike Payne. I will shoot my new double more when I return to the States in April. | |||
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You mean and leave the new baby home!!!!! I don't know a bout you but with that kind of shooting it will be right there on the plane with me. Not only a very beautiful gun but a good shotter too, congrats. Best regards Malek Good shooting/hunting and God's best. Best regards Malek Good Hunting/Shooting and God's best. | |||
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Malek - While everything you say is true, the Bailey Bradshaw double has to wait in line behind my V-C 450/400 and my Montana Arms .416 Rigby, neither one of which has taken an African animal as yet. | |||
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Admiral, have a great hunt | |||
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Best wishes to you on your hunt Admiral! I hope you score on a huge spotted tree cat!! | |||
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Thanks Biebs and Todd - I will write all about it when I return. | |||
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