Thread: 303 Double Rifle and what whiskey ?

Originally Posted by Grey Kiwi

Depends on the old guys 'parentage'.
Don't buy the god awful Jamesons muck if his roots are in Northern Ireland!
Now, if you were closer to me I'd flick you a bottle of mine (excuse the bottle in the pic...I used what I had).
I had a still (a 'real' still, not one of those flavoured sugar water things). Had to sell all my gear when we moved to a small retirement unit.
Single grain whiskey, bottled at 76%!!! Because I had no spare room for more bottles I bottled at 76% so that I only used about 1/2 the amount of bottles.
Geez, you can always water it down (bloody heathen). Bloody nice drop with a wee ice cube or drop of water to 'crack' the whiskey.
Anyway...Redbreast is not too bad. Japanese whiskies for sure (they make a nice Gin too).
Good luck with the rifle.

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Do we need to form an orderly queue or is it first up best dressed

Originally Posted by Pengy

Do we need to form an orderly queue or is it first up best dressed

Yeah, first up best dressed.
I did a stock-take yesterday. Only 2 bottles left!
But I only sip it straight, and only on the odd occasion. It is however bloody great for cleaning out a sore throat.
Them nasty cold bacteria can't fight 76% alcohol.
So yeah, I'm open to meeting up with fellow shooters now and then.
At the current sipping rate I should still have some of this left in 5 to 10 years (I'm not a hardened drinker...I just made what I liked to drink, and the still held 30 litres). @Pengy...I just noticed that you're a local.
Hmmm...we must make a plan one day!

I spoke to him this morning about his whisky likes and dislikes

And dug these out of the workshop hoard
So after the next trip to town to buy the whisky I'm all set

But info on line about Bonehill double rifles is pretty thin
What I do expect is that it's a standard Webley and Scott made for the trade boxlock action barreled and stocked to the clients wishes by C G Bonehill
Vast amounts of info on line about their SxS shotguns

The fun will be in having a decent look and trying to de code what it really is

Originally Posted by akaroa1

I spoke to him this morning about his whisky likes and dislikes

And dug these out of the workshop hoard
So after the next trip to town to buy the whisky I'm all set

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Like your table cloth.
GPM

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Like your table cloth.
GPM

@grandpamac I have brought an original Marlin Ballard no.4 Perfection 38-55 rifle and it arrives some time early next month

It's taken me a long time to find one of the forged steel models actually for sale in NZ
This one has a very poor barrel reputed to be practically smooth bore at both ends and some residual rifling lurking in the middle
It will be a major project
But I do already have a brand new Vulcan 38-55 barrel here that will be used to line the original barrel

Originally Posted by akaroa1

@grandpamac I have brought an original Marlin Ballard no.4 Perfection 38-55 rifle and it arrives some time early next month

It's taken me a long time to find one of the forged steel models actually for sale in NZ
This one has a very poor barrel reputed to be practically smooth bore at both ends and some residual rifling lurking in the middle
It will be a major project
But I do already have a brand new Vulcan 38-55 barrel here that will be used to line the original barrel

I still vividly rember firing a friends Remington Hepburn in 38-55 over 40 years ago and have been fascinated with the calibre ever since.
GPM.

Originally Posted by Grey Kiwi

Depends on the old guys 'parentage'.
Don't buy the god awful Jamesons muck if his roots are in Northern Ireland!
Now, if you were closer to me I'd flick you a bottle of mine (excuse the bottle in the pic...I used what I had).
I had a still (a 'real' still, not one of those flavoured sugar water things). Had to sell all my gear when we moved to a small retirement unit.
Single grain whiskey, bottled at 76%!!! Because I had no spare room for more bottles I bottled at 76% so that I only used about 1/2 the amount of bottles.
Geez, you can always water it down (bloody heathen). Bloody nice drop with a wee ice cube or drop of water to 'crack' the whiskey.
Anyway...Redbreast is not too bad. Japanese whiskies for sure (they make a nice Gin too).
Good luck with the rifle.

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That feels like a bit of a metaphor for my life at the moment - passenger in a slow motion trainsmash caused by a LOT of ineptitude and not much care...

On the subject of .303 doubles, Baikal made them in .303 and a few arrived in NZ in both side by side and over/under. I had the option of purchasing one of each a few months apart and sat back considering my options - as per missed both. So there are cheaper ones about but not with the interest or nicety - although built like a brick outhouse and quite functional both as a firearm and a club in typical russian fashion. Probably be a long time before we see any more of them given the current situation though.

@akaroa1
Any updates on the rifle?
I had the good fortune to do the owner of this bottle a couple of favours when it was full. So got to indulge.
Very nice. And would definitely create an impression with the owner of the rifle.

@7mmwsm it was a Pig in Lipstick

I had brass and 100 woodleigh 215 grain bullets in anticipation.

It came home last year as a part trade on something he wanted from me.

Once I had it home the laundry list of its problems became apparent.
It had been brutally knocked up and tightened
It didn't fall open when the top lever was across
The Greener third fastening had been poorly repaired and re broken
The bores were poor
The chambers were poor
It had been re blacked
The wood was re finished
The rear sight was not original

In short it was pretty but had clearly been shot to death and then tarted up.

I found it in the Auction Catalogs @Bent Barrel gave me.
So I know what the vendor paid for it.
I also found where he tried to re sell it at auction but it didn't reach its reserve

I did not test fire it
I gave it back asap
I learned a cheap lesson about when guys buy bad guns and that their ego makes them sell on the problem to someone else

I then went about finding a good double rifle.
And eventually brought my Greener 577-500 #2 which is in absolutely mint condition.

@7mmwsm it was a Pig in Lipstick

I had brass and 100 woodleigh 215 grain bullets in anticipation.

It came home last year as a part trade on something he wanted from me.

Once I had it home the laundry list of its problems became apparent.
It had been brutally knocked up and tightened
It didn't fall open when the top lever was across
The Greener third fastening had been poorly repaired and re broken
The bores were poor
The chambers were poor
It had been re blacked
The wood was re finished
The rear sight was not original

In short it was pretty but had clearly been shot to death and then tarted up.

I found it in the Auction Catalogs @Bent Barrel gave me.
So I know what the vendor paid for it.
I also found where he tried to re sell it at auction but it didn't reach its reserve

I did not test fire it
I gave it back asap
I learned a cheap lesson about when guys buy bad guns and that their ego makes them sell on the problem to someone else

I then went about finding a good double rifle.
And eventually brought my Greener 577-500 #2 which is in absolutely mint condition.

Originally Posted by Grey Kiwi

Depends on the old guys 'parentage'.
Don't buy the god awful Jamesons muck if his roots are in Northern Ireland!
Now, if you were closer to me I'd flick you a bottle of mine (excuse the bottle in the pic...I used what I had).
I had a still (a 'real' still, not one of those flavoured sugar water things). Had to sell all my gear when we moved to a small retirement unit.
Single grain whiskey, bottled at 76%!!! Because I had no spare room for more bottles I bottled at 76% so that I only used about 1/2 the amount of bottles.
Geez, you can always water it down (bloody heathen). Bloody nice drop with a wee ice cube or drop of water to 'crack' the whiskey.
Anyway...Redbreast is not too bad. Japanese whiskies for sure (they make a nice Gin too).
Good luck with the rifle.

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What is a flavoured sugar water still?

Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

@akaroa1
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I had the good fortune to do the owner of this bottle a couple of favours when it was full. So got to indulge.
Very nice. And would definitely create an impression with the owner of the rifle.

No wonder the bottle was empty !
One round in those coffee cups and that's the bottle cut
You really do need to learn a little restraint and drink from smaller glasses

Glenmorangie make a nice selection of single malts without being too peaty, or too spendy.