Let's see how these turn out:









Front night sight flipped up:

Jorge,
Excellent pics of a real beauty! Looking forward to a field report followed by a successful safari report. I really like the way that the color case hardening came out.

It would look great in my safe!

I'm extremely happy with the way it came out. The other aspect I forgot to mention is the rifle feels like a 410. I mean it feels like half the bulk of the 470. Sweet!

CONGRATS...

Well done,a beautiful DR.

Very nice rifle Jorge. I hope it brings you many happy moments and memories.

First time to the range today and as the targets show, I was very satisfied, range 50yd:

Hdy Factory DGX (2152/2161fps)point of aim was at the 6'Oclock of the red bull


Hornady Handload (94.5 H4831 2132/21340) Point of aim was a red dot just above that fell off with impact:


480gr Wooleigh handload with same load data. 2113/2122 fps.



Smallest group .98 largest 1.1"

That'll do!

Looks like minute of woodchuck to me

Great lookin and great shooting - can't ask for more than that.

Congratulations Jorge

Jorge,
Great rifle! Maybe a Florida or Southern DR shoot may be a reality!

Jorge that is not only a beautiful rifle but a shooter as well!

..............................Congratulations sir!
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Jorge that is not only a beautiful rifle but a shooter as well!

Hey jorge, it shoots almost as good as your previous Sabatti

Seriously it is a beautiful and rifle, a great choice, enjoy it.

Malek
Good hunting/shooting and God's best

Yeah, almost! thinking about taking a dremel to it to tighten up!

In this case, I think a grain or two extra powder might do the trick. Though I am not ruling the dermal out, I will leave it as a last resort


Malek
Good hunting/shooting and God's best

When I ordered my VC from Ken and Jerome at DSC last year I asked my rifle look as close to a classic British double. I'd forgotten the "model" I used to try and replicate, but I finally remembered where I saw it; it was in Graham Wright's book, a W & C Scott. I think they did a pretty good job:

Very nice rifle, Jorge. And it shoots!

Jorge

Nice, nothing the dremel can't fix !

Nitro

Surestrike,
If you'll ship your .470 to me, I will make sure and get it blooded.
Jorge,
Nice looking double. Congratulations. Shoot it till you need another one.

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Originally posted by nitro450exp:
Jorge

Nice, nothing the dremel can't fix !

Nitro

Well done Jorge - I have only just seen this. I have basically the same gun and caliber but I didnt get one custom fitted.... wish I had now... still a very nice gun to shoot!!

Congrats
Matt

Thanks, Matt, Hey I'll see you at DSC!

Man,

All this talk of DSC ...

Guess I am going to have to go ...

Your damn right Doc it isa must.

Mike

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Originally posted by Matt Graham:
Well done Jorge - I have only just seen this. I have basically the same gun and caliber but I didnt get one custom fitted.... wish I had now... still a very nice gun to shoot!!

Congrats
Matt

BTW, if anyone is looking for a good time to try out their double you should talk to Matt about a buffalo hunt. Took my son a few years ago and it was a lot of fun with real good animals. On my list of things to do again.

We're going to talk at SCI

Jorge,
Have you chronographed the 450NE Hornady loads?
Interested to know as I did the other day (via a V-C 450NE and found them quite low in Velocity.
470 Hornadys on the other hand where up in the 2100fps range.

I sure did, go and read what I posted in the 450NE thread. Basically, the Hornady loads are choronographed @2150 out of a 28" barrel, my barrel is 25"so a 75 fps velocity loss sounds about right and I'll also add the loads for H-4831 in the book are wayyyy conservative. They list a max load of 96 gr with DGXs and the best I can get out of that is 2060

you got a keeper, happy hunting.

JD