Double rifles: buying guides and information
Sporting rifles need to have a degree of specialization for the type of shooting that the hunter will be engaging in. For example, for long range hunting where shots may need to be taken out beyond 300meters, a properly set up bolt-action rifle with telescopic sights tends to be the most sensible choice, and with ...
Although it is often thought that a double-rifle is such an expensive item that it's not possible for the vast majority of shooters to own one, there is a good selection of double-rifles available from a number of makers that are both affordable and excellent: and when we say excellent we mean that their functionality ...
Could an address sound any more American than 26293 Twenty Mule Team Road, Boron, California? B. Searcy & Company is located there, just opposite Edward's Air Force Base, in an old Quonset hut; and it is there in that hut on Twenty Mule Team Road that America's answer to the great British double rifle makers ...
Choosing the hunting rifle that's best for you will be a very individual decision. I'm one who tends towards ensuring that each of my hunting rifles is as similar as possible in operation and in feel. But what if you are someone who spends much of their time using a shotgun? Is it practicable to ...
I for one am a shooter and hunter who really likes nice quality walnut rifle stocks matched with polished and blued steel, preferably on a top grade bolt action rifle with a controlled feed action, or a double rifle. But there are times and situations where taking your drop dead gorgeous custom rifle might just ...
The Rigby Rising Bite double rifle has always been one of the most expensive pieces of ordnance one could ever open one's wallet for. A Rising Bite rifle takes about three years to make, which means you are not just paying for the steel and the wood, but making a substantial contribution to the salary ...
If you've had the experience of having one of nature's wild things coming at you with intent to do you bodily harm then you have a very real impression in your mind of just how intimidating that can be. To ensure against unhappy endings in such situations the British big game hunters of the golden ...
Régis Darne established his gun-making business in Saint Etienne in East Central France in 1881. Saint Etienne had become an arms making center as far back as the 16th Century and had even been briefly renamed Armeville (Arms Town) during the French Revolution. So it was a natural place for Régis Darne to establish a ...
There are some distinct similarities between the Japanese and the British. Both are steeped in tradition, both value high levels of workmanship, and both have had a tendency to latch onto a basic design for something that becomes an iconic symbol of their nation and culture. For the Japanese it was a decision to adopt ...
