DP 12 Bore Double Rifle

[Austrian]

So I finally had time to take my rifle out to make a few good pictures. :grin:

 

[Kansas Jake]

Nice! That thing is a monster.

 

[DOUBLEDEUCE 1]

Very nice! Good pictures too. :thumbsup:

 

[Don]

Man, I wouldn't want to be on the angry end of that thing! Nice pics thanks for sharing.

Don

 

[Snakebite]

very cool :thumbsup:

 

[Austrian]

Thanks guys!

Nice! That thing is a monster.

Yes, it weighs around 13 lbs! Double the gun, double the fun! Also double the weight. :grin:

 

[satx78247]

12x12 bore KODIAK per chance??

I had an Army buddy who had a 12x12 Kodiak rifle/shotgun combination or cape-gun that he took a BIG brown bear in AK with some years ago. = He said that it was, "A KILLER" out to 150M & vicious with a load of 000 buck at closer range on bear.

yours, satx

 

[Austrian]

12x12 bore KODIAK per chance??

I had an Army buddy who had a 12x12 Kodiak rifle/shotgun combination or cape-gun that he took a BIG brown bear in AK with some years ago. = He said that it was, "A KILLER" out to 150M & vicious with a load of 000 buck at closer range on bear.

This is the Safari Express in .72, both barrels rifled. As far as I know, until a few years ago they built the Kodiak in .72, but they changed some things and from then on they called it the Safari Express.
The Kodiak's are now produced in .50, 54 and 58, the .72 model is exclusively called the Safari Express.

And I bet that 550 grain round ball leaves a mark,
I shot some soaking wet catalogs and it made an impressive hole and exit. I've tested many rifles that way and the .72 ball did considerably more damage than even 7.62x51 with a hollow point bullet.

 

[satx78247]

YEP, I would guess that a PRB of that size would be good medicine on most US big game.
(Tommy P____________ used a home-cast HB Minie to take the Brownie. = He said that, "It worked quite well.")

I had no chance/way to weigh the Minie ball but I would guess that it weighed 700+ grains.

Fyi, I'm "addicted to" Cape-Guns of all sorts/vintages & am currently looking for an > .60 caliber rifle beside a 16 to 12 bore shot barrel.
(Several weeks ago, I thought that I would be buying a 14 bore SxS percussion cape but we never could "make a deal" that was acceptable to both of us.)

GOOD HUNTING to you.

yours, satx

 

[robinsroost]

Wow! Talk about a hand cannon. I'll bet that thing causes pain on both ends of the barrel when you pull the trigger. Nice photos of a beautiful firearm. Keep yer powder dry......robin :bow:

 

[Obi-Wan Cannoli]

That is a very impressive rifle you own...I wonder what you could hunt with that... :hmm: ...


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[Cowboy]

That sure is a beauty! Very nice indeed.

Thanyou for sharing!

Respectfully, Cowboy :hatsoff:

 

[Austrian]

Thanks, your compliments make my rifle blush! :wink:

 

[Obi-Wan Cannoli]

your compliments make my rifle blush!

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[Austrian]

What is it with those classic Arnold one-liners? :grin:

And in the case any of you is wondering about my English accent - yes, I do sound a lot like Arnold.
I also have a lot of muscle. :hmm:

 

[Obi-Wan Cannoli]

What is it with those classic Arnold one-liners? :grin:

Sorry. I just saw an Austrian body builder talking about a large bore rifle and could not hold myself back. :idunno:

 

[kingsax26]

from the looks of that your going to need the muscle! lol, i can only imagine the recoil...whime im sure is not as bad as modern guns...is probably nothing fun

 

[Obi-Wan Cannoli]

the recoil...whime im sure is not as bad as modern guns...

I am not so sure about that...I don't think we can discuss it further on this side of the forum, but judge for yourself (most of the other videos had swearing in them). Jump to 1:45 :

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[Austrian]

Recoil isn't so bad, with round ball and 140 grains of swiss 2FG it kicks like my .69 1847 Springfield rifled musket .69 shooting 720 grain miniès with 70 grain 3FG.
A slow, long and hard punch.

I used to have a 6lbs single shot shotgun and with shotgun slugs it was just vicious. It was not the recoil, it was the speed of the gun coming back which made it so bad. A super hard kicking gun that comes back relatively slow isn't nearly as bad as a gun that has a only 75% of that recoil but comes back 25% faster.

Sorry. I just saw an Austrian body builder talking about a large bore rifle and could not hold myself back.

LOL I understand. Though I'm a power lifter / strongman, I count the numbers on the weight plates not the numbers on tape measures used to measure the biceps circumference . :wink:

 

[Obi-Wan Cannoli]

Though I'm a power lifter / strongman, I count the numbers on the weight plates not the numbers on tape measures used to measure the biceps circumference . :wink:

That is very cool, at least you don't.......................can't help it...I...can....not...resist...sorry:






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