Hi everyone! My name's Brandon. I'm an ER nurse and an avid outdoorsman. Been into firearms my whole life and just recently got into hunting, big bores, and double rifles! Heading to South Africa for plains game this fall and then Zimbabwe next summer for tuskless cow elephant and cape buffalo.

Purchased my first double a week or so ago, a Merkel 140 in .470NE, Cabela's edition with ejectors. Shot it for the first time today and love it!

I've got a million questions for everyone, but I'll reserve those for specific posts. For now, a few pictures. (Not the best, just a few I snapped at the range today.)

Let me be the first to say "Welcome Aboard".

Congratulations on the purchase.

Welcome.

Interesting photo, Black gun versus traditional !!! LOL

Good to see you leaning into it when firing the gun.

FF, welcome aboard and I hope you are wearing plug under the roof shooting the boomer. Your never the same after shooting a double rifle.

Mike

Thanks for the welcome, guys! Very interesting point on the traditional vs black rifle, I didn't notice that! And yes, I'm wearing custom molded hearing protection. I reserve shooting without plugs for the last few rounds for out from under the overhang so long as I'm the only one on the range.

Welcome. You will most likely discover this is the most informative double rifle on the net.
PS: Also the most opinionated shooters as well

Congratulations on the double and welcome to the forum!

Brett

As said above Welcome.

Welcome
I can see your the same kind of eclectic dude as me ( show up at the range with an AR and double rifle) Not to mention the allways CCW gear underneath.

My mother was a head nurse who constantly struggled to find nurses to hire. She told me that a male nurse can write there own ticket and suggested I consider it. Maybe I should have taken her advise because I did'nt buy doules or go to Africa till I was older than you appear from the photo's.

I would have done it had she mentioned all the girl nurses that I would have been working with but that did'nt don on me till much later.

FFemt5287, Welcome to AR, and to the double rifle forum. Now all you need do is to apply yjr DRSS ( Double Rifle Shooters, Society) to your sig line.

http://www.doublerifleshooterssociety.com

Welcome to the wacky world of double rifles!

I have a Merkel 140-2 Safari 470NE as well, and a Merkel 140E-1 9.3X74R both very accurate, and well built! Enjoy your new rifle because you are now hooked, and there is no turning back!

Well, the Dan Wesson PM7-10mm travels everywhere I do, and must've gotten jealous I was taking a picture of another gun without it.

The profession was a great one to choose. I wouldn't quite say I wrote my own ticket, but I certainly have no trouble finding work. Found a full time and a per diem job without much trouble. I'm doing decently well for 23.

Welcome to AR and the World of Double Rifles.

Guys,

is it too early to tell him about April in Houston?

Rich
DRSS, Searcy .470 NE and Chapuis 9,3x74R
and four Big Bore CZ's

You forgot your eyes and ears!!! You don't want to go deaf and blind at 23.

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Originally posted by GeoffM24:
You forgot your eyes and ears!!! You don't want to go deaf and blind at 23.

That was just a pose with the gun, nothing but snap caps in the chamber.

I'm wearing custom molded plugs in my ears and you can see my eyes and other set of ears sitting on the bench ontop of the targets in the lower right hand corner. I'm young, but I'm not THAT stupid

Looks like Brandon will fit right in AR.

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Originally posted by Mike70560:
Looks like Brandon will fit right in AR.

Yep, I agree !!!

Welcome to our world. Looks like you'll fit right in: CCW, black gun and double rifle!

Great to see a young enthusiast here and happy to join in the banter. Welcome & happy hunting.