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I have had it a few years now, but finally got the time to post this. I learned to shoot pretty much with grandfathers 375 H&H Flanged magnum double rifle but wandered off and left doubles alone for a long time using bolt rifles for all my hunting. A few years ago I got the urge and after much to and fro settled on a Verney Carron in 470 caliber. As with most projects it grew from a basic rifle to go on and add every feature that can adorn a fine double rifle. What the hell you only live once! I had it made a bit light so it would be easy to carry. The recoil is not at all excessive and with the red dot its easy to shoot 100 yards+ also. My longest shot to-date has been on an ostrich at 140 yards in Masailand! I visited the factory to select the wood and see the rifle when it was being built. Jerome who headed the custom gun department at the time, did a great job and I could not have been happier with the outcome. It shoots very accurately 2" at 50 yards. I had it regulated with Hornady factory ammo but it shoots very well if not better with Federal woodleigh, swift ammo etc. Its one of those guns that shoots anything well. With regard to the engraving, I wanted something that would relate to India and also in memory of my father and grandfather who shot several dozen tigers between them. So chose the Tiger and hence the name The Tiger Rifle. I will let the pictures tell the story from production to finish.           The very first time I got to shoot the rifle was on a driven boar hunt in France. It turned out to be a cold day with driving sleet and snow and everyone and everything including my new rifle was drenched completely! what a way to blood a new double rifle!! The first shot accounted for a wild boar and so far the Tiger has killed everything its gone after!  I guess this is as close as a Tiger is going to get to eat an Ostrich! Arjun Reddy Hunters Networks LLC 30 Ivy Hill Road Brewster, NY 10509 Tel: +1 845 259 3628 | ||
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Beautiful rifle. Can you tell us how much it cost? USMC Retired DSC Life Member SCI Life Member NRA Life Member | |||
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Beautiful rifle! Double Rifle Shooters Society | |||
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Tastefully done Arjun ______________________ DRSS ______________________ Hunt Reports 2015 His & Her Leopards with Derek Littleton of Luwire Safaris - http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/2971090112 2015 Trophy Bull Elephant with CMS http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/1651069012 DIY Brooks Range Sheep Hunt 2013 - http://forums.accuratereloadin...901038191#9901038191 Zambia June/July 2012 with Andrew Baldry - Royal Kafue http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7971064771 Zambia Sept 2010- Muchinga Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4211096141 Namibia Sept 2010 - ARUB Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6781076141 | |||
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What a beautiful rifle, Arjun. | |||
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Super nice build, the Tiger engraving is awesome and a great story to go with it. Thanks for sharing. JP Formerly JPaul | |||
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Very nice indeed. Great way to honor your father and grandfather. Roger ___________________________ I'm a trophy hunter - until something better comes along. *we band of 45-70ers* | |||
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Well done, Arjun. Congratulations! Brian IHMSA BC Provincial Champion and Perfect 40 Score, Unlimited Category, AAA Class. | |||
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Beautiful rifle Arjun | |||
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What a magnificent rifle!!! Congrats to you!!! However you have caused me to commit the sins of envy, lust and covetousness. DRSS | |||
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Very impressive indeed,beautiful rifle,how much did it end up weighing?what red dot are you using? DRSS | |||
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Outstanding! Thank you for sharing, love the rolled/beaded edge on the trigger guard on VCs and the engraving...awesome. | |||
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Well done, Arjun!  | |||
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Nice rifle | |||
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Nice rifle I got a 1922 Wilkinson .470 that came from India. If it could only talk White Mountains Arizona | |||
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Nice rifle and great story. Nostalgia of dad & grand dad are in the Tiger. I love that. I wish there was a heart emoji here!  "When the wind stops....start rowing. When the wind starts, get the sail up quick." | |||
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You did well Good Shooting | |||
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Arjun, obviously a beautiful rifle. Did you ever talk to them about how they hunted? Let me explain. Unless you are a Maharajah you are not hunting from the back of an elephant with your trusty double! My dad hunted tiger in India. Their method was to wait for a village to complain about their livestock being eaten by a tiger. Go into the jungle, have the servants build a machan, then in the evening go out there with a couple of goats, tie them to a tree, climb up onto the machan and wait for the goats to complain that they were being eaten. At that point the servants would turn on the torches (flashlights to you), and the tiger would be shot using the trusty .303 Lee Enfield! All at night! Peter Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright, that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong; | |||
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Thanks all for your kind compliments. I just thought I would write this post as I know there are several double rifle afficinados on this site. Not everyone quite understands the madness .Regarding Tiger hunting. Many people have this image that all Tigers were shot from elephant back. Thats not true at all and infact was probably a very small percentage of all Tigers shot in those days. Most states in India had Tiger hunting but not all states had tame elephants to hunt from and it was also not the tradition. The hunts from elephant back were mainly done up North in places like Cooch Behar which had high elephant grass from which the tigers were driven out using other elephants and the only way to see these tigers were from an elevated platform hence from howdahs on elephant back. In places like Hyderabad where my father and grandfather mostly hunted, Tigers were shot in beats (driven hunts using local villagers) and also from Machans at night over natural kills or village buffaloes used as bait. Not so much goats as it would not be big enough meal for a tiger, used more for panthers (leopards). In those days they would tie up several young buffaloes at suitable sites and once a kill was made they would build a machan in a tree and also sometimes from the ground and sit over the kill. My father also shot several tigers on foot while hunting in the jungles in places where tigers would lie up during the day, like big rock formations that had big caves, along water holes surrounded by thick bamboo thickets and rivers in the summer months etc. On one occassion during the very hot summer months, while out hunting they were quietly approaching a waterhole when he saw a big tiger and shot it, it jumped behind a bank and dissapeared from view, when he quietly peeped over the bank, he saw it lying dead and in the small waterhole he saw a second tiger so shot that too. Two days later he shot a 3rd tiger so 3 tigers in 3 days! Sadly my father passed away when I was 16 so I didn't get to hear many of his stories. He lived about 9 months of the year in the jungles and remote districts teeming with big-game so got to hunt a lot! I feel blessed to have seen a sliver of what those days must have been like. Thinking back, it was like looking through a tiny window which slowly closed forever. Arjun | |||
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Wonderful stories. Thanks for sharing. DRSS | |||
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Says it all! Peter Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright, that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong; | |||
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Nice rifle indeed... Been in that factory myself.. Enjoyable to walk around and see the guys work with Jerome as a guide at that time.. By the way, reading the story, we nowadays hunters live in the wrong century... Morten The more I know, the less I wonder ! | |||
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Great stories. I grew up with my dad hunting tigers in 1950s and early 60s. Yes most were from a machan and the occasional beat hunt.
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Beautiful rifle + great post! Never mistake motion for action. | |||
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Should make a perfect Alaskan bear rifle Anyone who claims the 30-06 is ineffective has either not tried one, or is unwittingly commenting on their own marksmanship Phil Shoemaker Alaska Master guide FAA Master pilot NRA Benefactor www.grizzlyskinsofalaska.com | |||
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noose bison or muskox as well. great double rifle Arjun. | |||
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Thanks for sharing, Arjun! Beautiful creation, hands on!! A great gun cabinet mate to your H&H 375FlMag!! Wishing you great hunts with it!! CheerZ, 470EDDY | |||
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That's an absolute beauty! | |||
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Love it! | |||
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Beautiful gun, get rid of that black wart on the rib its sinful on a fine double!!  Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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Well done!!!! Great rifle. Don't listen to Ray, his taste in rifles is like his taste in horses..... He prefers them old and slow... | |||
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Beautiful rifle. The name got me to thinking of the Jim Corbett books about hunting man eating tigers and leopards in India. I've read and reread those books. May you have good fortune on your hunts. | |||
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Gorgeous rifle. And fun hunting! DRSS | |||
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