Hi guys - as you may know, I mostly lurk as I have nothing even close to your knowledge of double guns. My name is Stephen Meyers and Baron 23 was my call sign in the Fighter Weapons School at Nellis when I was young, thin, and in the USAF.
I don't own a double...alas, I shoot competition skeet with a Kolar and a K80 that I'm really taking a shine to lately.
What I want is a Linder Daley as I have looked and shot a number of these guns. My drop at comb is 1 3/8"....very high, and most doubles I can't even see over the receiver. What I really would like to find is a good pigeon gun, with a high comb for the times. My good friend Eightbore keeps telling me to start with a good Mod 21, but he has yet to find me one in his many travels and expeditions. Personally, I would like 28" barrels with IC/Mod as I think I can do most of what I want with this choking. I did shoot Eightbore's Pigeon Linder with .40/.40 on a skeet field and just chewed targets up.
As I read the various aspects of double guns that you gentlemen discuss, it does seem to be a rather esoteric body of knowledge and I find myself frozen with indecision as to what to get.
Another friend has recommended a Sterlingworth and do a project gun.....well, I'm about 16 months into an on-going project on a different type of gun and I'm not so sure I want to launch into another two year endeavor.
I guess given my stock dimensions, what I really need is a good double that someone ran the stock over with a car but didn't screw up the metal....then I can get it restocked to be usable for me. My dream for this gun is to go upland hunting over dogs in South Dakota, Montana, etc. My family has no back ground in this sort of thing and I wasn't raised with any knowledge of this kind of shooting....but what the heck, I can hire a guide, I know how to listen and learn, and I just want the experience of walking that beautiful country behind wonderful dogs before this short life is over.
This is probably not really in line with the topic, but I thought to give you an idea of how someone who is not steeped in double guns views the challenges of getting into one.
Any suggestions or mentoring would be greatly appreciated.
