I had a Belgian double rifle (G. Schraff, if I recall correctly) some years ago. It was very lightweight - approximately 7-1/2 pounds. Even with a soft pad, I got the living daylights kicked out of me each time I fired it. It was more rifle than I was man. In addition, using factory .405 Winchester loads (don't ask what they cost then, this was before Hornady began making them), it shot about 18 inches apart at 50 yards. Heavier handloads with Hawk bullets got that down to about 8 inches, but the gun was either not regulated or regulated for something else and I eventually moved it on, via one of Pete Harvey's auctions. Last I heard, it was accompanying fishermen along the Alaska streams, where a big thump at very close range was necessary when the really hairy fisherman sharing the stream decided not to share anymore. I made a little money on it, but was glad to see it gone.
