Thread: 303 Double Rifle and what whiskey ?

Checkout https://www.whiskyandmore.co.nz, they have some great deals and prices
I'd recommend a Glengoyne at what ever your budget is

Cheers

I'm loving all these suggestions and cross checking availability and reviews

I had a couple of whisky's last night to celebrate a friend's recent hunting success in Africa and mourn a recent huge loss in my family

Some unknown whisky in my hunting hip flask
Really scraping the bottom of the barrel here

I too would recommend the Balvenie's Double Wood 12 year old, easy to sip away on, its my treat bottle

Scapa or Highland Park, anything 16 years or older is best.

Originally Posted by 300_BLK

anything 16 years or older is best.

I would have agreed with you a while ago, but these days there are some bloody good no-age-statement or quite young ones, especially if you like peat. My current fave is Ardbeg's Wee Beastie (5 years old). I've sampled a few of the Octomores, which range from 5 to 10 years, and they are something else.

Greetings,
Enough of this dewey eyed pap about whiskey says the non drinker. Lets hear a bit more about the rifle without letting the cat out of the bag. I have seen just one double barrelled .303 over 50 years ago and I can;t remember if I was permitted to place my grubby hands on it or not. From memory it was an Army and Navy rifle regulated for 215 grain projectiles.
Grandpamac.

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Greetings,
Enough of this dewey eyed pap about whiskey says the non drinker. Lets hear a bit more about the rifle without letting the cat out of the bag. I have seen just one double barrelled .303 over 50 years ago and I can;t remember if I was permitted to place my grubby hands on it or not. From memory it was an Army and Navy rifle regulated for 215 grain projectiles.
Grandpamac.

@grandpamac From memory

1898 Bonehill
26" barrels 9/10 bores
Typical very functional british express sights
Exterior 9 / 10
215 grain regulation and cordite proofs
Reputed to shoot well
Can't remember if there's an original case
Do remember that it was nice in the hand and felt good to swing and sight

Don't need one
Do want one
Just knowing where to find one is half the fun

Originally Posted by akaroa1

@grandpamac From memory

1898 Bonehill
26" barrels 9/10 bores
Typical very functional british express sights
Exterior 9 / 10
215 grain regulation and cordite proofs
Reputed to shoot well
Can't remember if there's an original case
Do remember that it was nice in the hand and felt good to swing and sight

Don't need one
Do want one
Just knowing where to find one is half the fun

Greetings @akaroa1,
Thanks for the info. The description alone gives me a warm fuzzy feeling.
Your last three lines sum things up well.
We of a certain age have mostly made our peace with the fact that since long ago we have had all the rifles we could possibly NEED. But we do delight in owning, loading for and shooting these neat old rifles, or just handling them or knowing that they exist. May this always be so.
Regards Grandpamac.

Gosh there are a lot of ideas for him to consider.
From the sound of it there are enough experts here to form a consultancy group. If @akaroa1 funds it, we will research the subject in depth, then form a focus group (or maybe unfocused by then) to review the inital findings and report back at some stage if anyone remembers what it was we were supposed to be doing.

Is it by chance a Holland and Holland currently owned by a Dunedin chap who used to work for them?

Oh my , 303 double ….. phew …. I know the big bores are what they were designed for but so much more user friendly in a medium bore , I saw a .318 double for sale somewhere overseas recently and thought that would be a wonderful rifle , 303 double , just awesome .
I agree take your time with the seller , they will be wanting a good caretaker for it , not just the money , I brought a Mauser a few months back that had been in the family for 92 years , I felt privileged to be the new caretaker .
Single Malt Scotch …. They are all good hahahaha , I like the peaty ones , a 10 yr old Laphroaig won’t break the bank either , you can buy a bloody good scotch for under $100

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.

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!

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