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That thing is really cool. I would like something like that but a lot of the time It would be illegal to hunt small game with it in Colorado. Can't hunt small game with a bullet larger than .230 during deer and elk seasons -which run a long time.
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Does one barrel shoot more reliably to point of aim and group better than the other? Have you shot groups for each barrel independent of the other? How are the trigger pull weights? Hello Tom Findrick, Thanks for the reply. Trigger pulls are both consistent and predictable at about 3 pounds. I have not tested the barrels independently for groups. I'm satisfied that the composite groups are acceptable for hunting. I'm continuing to test further to improve the groups and will post updates here. . Thanks One more question; If the barrels are regulated to converge at 30 yards, I assume the bullets then start to diverge past that. What happens to the POI past the 30 yards, and how would you compensate for the longer distance ( kind of why I asked about testing each barrel individually)?
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RyanF, In Alabama centerfire rifles are not legal for small game (squirrels, rabbits, etc.) and rimfire rifles are not legal for large game. Therefore, this rifle can only legally be used to hunt large game. The skill to build such a rifle is evidence of the skill to use it effectively. Mike
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Does one barrel shoot more reliably to point of aim and group better than the other? Have you shot groups for each barrel independent of the other? How are the trigger pull weights? Hello Tom Findrick, Thanks for the reply. Trigger pulls are both consistent and predictable at about 3 pounds. I have not tested the barrels independently for groups. I'm satisfied that the composite groups are acceptable for hunting. I'm continuing to test further to improve the groups and will post updates here. . Thanks One more question; If the barrels are regulated to converge at 30 yards, I assume the bullets then start to diverge past that. What happens to the POI past the 30 yards, and how would you compensate for the longer distance ( kind of why I asked about testing each barrel individually)? It’s really a non-issue concerning double rifles and the distances at which they are effective. In the case of this rifle it(approx/averages) putting a shot out of each barrel about 1/2” on either side of the POA of their given side. This is effectively the distance of the spread at the breach, sometime called shooting “ Parallel”. If same gun was to converge at 50yds, that means each barrels POI came in 1/2” to meet at the POA. Beyond 50yds it would cross, theoretically at 100yds it would cross 1/2” to the other side of the POA, or in other words the left barrel would hit 1/2” right of the POA. There are many compounding variables that complicate that though. I’ve shot and regulated over 125 iron sighted double rifles…takes a hell of a shooter to be able to worry about such things. A parallel shooting double would theoretically never spread or converge, but once again look at the tool and it’s use. Not to mention the ability of a shooter to be able to meet that level of performance. Further, when regulating a double you don’t go by one shot out of each barrel. Best to shoot three shots per barrel, take the average of those three shots, and make your regulation adjustment based off the average.
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The skill to build such a rifle is evidence of the skill to use it effectively. Mike The builder isn't the user, Mike. If you meant to say "the desire to build such a rifle is evidence of the skill to use it effectively" guarantees nothing. JR
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For those of you who are swooning over this abortion of a double rife (no insult intended to the builder) consider this.
As per the somewhere above post from the owner re. his developed "hunting" load. for the .25 ACP double rifle:
MV 1160 / ME 150 ft/lbs . Bullet weight is not stated but if you back calculate it is a 50 gr bullet & he states it is a lead bullet. That is a bullet w/ a sectional density of .113
My .22 LR small game load of choice is the WW 40 grain Power Point. I like it because the lot #s of the stuff I have shoot small groups (You can find .22 LR loads with a MV & ME that exceed both this & the .25 ACP load significantly) & it kills small game well.
Published data for the WW.22LR 40 gr PP load is:
MV 1280 / ME 146 f/lbs. & the bullet has a sectional density of .115 (higher SD means the bullet penetrates better)
The .25 ACP is at best equal to a 40 gr .22 LR. Both will kill deer under ideal conditions but that is not the point.
Unless I'm starving & have nothing better available I won't be using either for my deer hunting.
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Thanks One more question; If the barrels are regulated to converge at 30 yards, I assume the bullets then start to diverge past that. What happens to the POI past the 30 yards, and how would you compensate for the longer distance ( kind of why I asked about testing each barrel individually)? Hello Tom Findrick, Thanks for the reply. gunmaker answered your question precisely. Saved me having to explain "parallel" groups - muzzle distance apart - forever. Only a a very few of my 29 Double Rifles actually shot parallel.
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Buckstix,
A deer with a cannon! I like cats more than you but, whatever. 25 ACP...please follow up
I mean good grief, the guy cannon shot a buck! Hall of fame!
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John Roberts, Point taken. This far in, I had forgotten that. Mike
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