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I was perusing Cabelas website and found this interesting double rifle. Ive seen the single shot rifles like this but not a double before. Cabelas.com
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Wow! There are proof marks and makers marks on the left side of the action... Black powder proof no earlier than 1893. The makers were F. Ernotte and Aciers Simon-Martin. Very unusual to see a sxs parlour gun. Not sure what you would call that type action. I wonder what they would make of it on the ASSRA site. Pete
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Serious WOW!!!I have never understood why so few double 22s were made. Just the thing for following up wounded squirrels in heavy cover. I've seen one example from Churchill, a couple from Tony Galazan and from Peter Hofer. All wonderful toys and fine examples of the gunmaker's art. I also believe Famars is about to complete one. Now, if Tony were to offer spare 22 barrely for his RBLs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Just the thing for following up wounded squirrels in heavy cover. I dunno, a wounded squirrel in close quarters is nothing to take lightly. Once you have been among them you realize that there truly is no such thing as too much gun. Glenn
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Interesting little gun. The action looks most like the Flobert style but I've only seen them in single shots.
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Mr. Fewless is hereby awarded the "Order of the Wounded Squirrel"
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Glen,
Couldn't agree more. It may have been Ruark who said, "Once you look him (a gray squirrel) in the eye, there's one thing clear, one of you is going to die...although it may take a long while."
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Yep it's a Flobert and probably twice as dangerous to shoot as it's single barrel compatriots.
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Can't take that "Grey Death" to seriously,those little buggers just look you in the eye like "you own them money".I like my hunting buddy to back me with some big bore like a 22mag,up when I go in the brush after those nasty wounded greys 
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Acier Simon-Martin is not actually a maker. That is French for Simon-Martin steel. If I remember correctly that was an early electric reduction process for refining steel.
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