Gents:
Out of curiosity, what are some of your hunting trophies taken with a double rifle. I won't bore you with many, just one: a Zimbabwe buff taken near Kariba with a Joseph Lang .450 no2. If interest warrants, I will add more after I see some of your memories.
What say you?
Cal

A sampler plate, Holland (.500/.465), Heym (.500) and Krieghoff (.500).

Mike:
Is that the Holland I "loaned you" some time ago? Probably need to get that one back for my upcoming hunt!

Dutch

1905 Gibbs 450 3 1/4 28" barrels

Here a few with various doubles, Cal.

Best of the Season, Tim


Oven-sized warthog with Bailey Bradshaw double in 22 K-Hornet


Gemsbok with H&H No.3 double in .303 British


Elephant with H&H 500/450 (Tom Ferry blade pinning the beast down)

Tim...those two Hollands are just classic and beautiful...

I'm just a Searcy trash shooter, but I've sure enjoyed hunting with my Doubles. Not meaning to bore you folks with my multiple pictures but I couldn't just pick one. I'll save you the multitudes of dead hogs and double rifle pictures in my collection. But here are some varied critters that have fallen to my doubles.


Elephant Zimbabwe



Hogs in Texas






White tailed Gnu South Africa


Cape Buffalo Zimbabwe

Goodness me, those are some awesome double rifle adventures represented here! Thanks, and please keep them coming!

. . . how about a couple more buff and a couple more eles.

Here's some of my "trophies" from the lower 48.

Tom Van Diepen took this elephant and buffalo with his .500 Searcy.
Cal

Zebra
Buff
Warties

Hunted giraffe but they were super jittery.
No joy with the double.

There is another thread of the same subject.
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Nitro

My son at age 14.

9.3 x 74R

Brilliant trophy photos keep them coming.

Jan,

I take it those two were taken on the move as they dont sit around once one get with in double range..

A big stinker giraffe bull and and an Ele bull taken last week with my .470

A few of mine:















Plus one charging leopard that I did not get a picture of.....

Hopefully many more to follow in the future.

I see Pierre von Tonder! I'm sure that was a great hunt.

Love this black and white photo, Awesome!!

Larry Sellers
SCI(International)Life Member
R8 Blaser
Sabatti "trash" Double Shooter

quote:

Originally posted by BenKK:

Not much into posting photos but took my Chapuis 9,3x74R on two Alaskan moose hunts and managed to shoot bull moose on both trips. Nothing out of the ordinary as both were approximately 50 inches wide.
First one was shot at about 75 yards and fell to the ground. Got up and ran to about 110 yards away and put him down for good. Have the entire shooting scene on video.
Second one was not planned as my son had already shot a bull on the trip so we had plenty of meat. But the gent I was with missed it three times with his scoped .338 and he said, shoot! One shot at a lazered 287 yards off hand with the stock iron sights. Hit him in the heart and he staggered for a few seconds and fell. Luckily for me I was practicing shooting the 300 yard gong at Birchwood prior to the hunt so had a good guess on where to hold. My son also witnessed the shot and brings it up every time we talk about Alaska. Lucky shot for sure. But its amazing how lucky we can be with lots of practice.

Cow buffalo taken in the Save Conservancy in August 2014 with a vintage WJ Jeffery .475 No. 2 Jeffery Nitro Express Double Rifle.

Sub...

That is a beautiful rifle!!

A few Double Rifle Happy Snaps

500NE







9.3x74R




577NE

Todd - that is one GREAT collection of trophies taken with double rifles!

Bloody excellent, fellows! Very inspiring!

Wartie with a Sabatti



The Bull



Young bull caught in a snare

Searcy 470 Left Hand action purchased from Stradling a few years ago.

Harms 450 NE