Thread: Tiger troubles anyone ? I have the solution

So last picture and then it goes away until the light Express bullet mould arrives or it goes hunting



There are a lot of nice things about this rifle but it's bores are the greatest feature.
Both are 100% perfect

I first saw this rifle early 2024 on a trip to liberate some nice single shot rifles.
I wouldn't usually spend money on doubles that could go on singles.
But when you see mint bores you can't un see them.

Now I'm a Bore Snob. Good bores make everything else easy with vintage rifles.
Those bores sort of haunted me.

Then late 2024 I liberated some more nice single shot rifles from the same gent and looked in far more detail at this double.

Yes the bores were as good as I had remembered
Yes the colours were nearly perfect
Yes it was Mechanically 100%
Yes it was the biggest 500 ever ( although I still wasn't sure exactly which 577-500 it was ).
Yes if you only ever owned one Big BPE Double this was the one to own.
And yes it was definitely Not For Sale

I pushed pretty hard on the day because I had done pretty well on the day.
I was taking away 3 very nice single shot rifles and I had traded 4 very nice Rook Rifles.

Anyway only 3 days later I'm making a courtesy call to check that the guy was happy with his trades.
Turns out after being able to see how exceptional 3 of the Rook rifles were he was pretty darn happy.
We get talking and of course I mention it was hard to walk away from such an exceptional 500 Double Rifle and he casually mentions he probable would sell it after all.
Well we talked it back and forth and the rest is history

He had owned it for in excess of 40 years.
Never considered remotely ever shooting it.
I think it probably picked up most of its dings in 100 years of gun cabinets.
I wonder when it lost contact with its original travel case ?

When I'm finished with it it will be cased, have moulds, brass, dies, load data and a whole lot more memories ( and a few more dings ) to go with it