16 Bore L/H Maple Purdey Style Double Rifle

[CowboyCS]

I didn't do a complete documentation of this build because it is a match for the 10 Bore L/H Maple Double Rifle I built last year. I fully documented that build in detail so I didn't see a lot of reason to repeat all the same steps again.

Here are the final pictures.








I'm very happy with the way the regulation came out.


The pair together.



Colin

[hotfxr]

Very, very nice. I really like the checkering. Question, do both guns have the same barrel length? It might just be the angle of the camera but it looks like one is just a bit shorter than the other.

[pilgrim]

      very nice. 

[CowboyCS]

Thank you for the compliments guys.

The 10 Bore is 2" shorter than the 16 Bore, because of the weight difference they both balance the same.

Colin

[Red Badger]

Colin,

AS usual you do exquisite work,  One of these days I will hit the lottery and be ordering a custom gun from you for my collection.  Thank you so much for sharing your work here!

Jim

[hotfxr]

Please forgive my ignorance, (My ignorance is vast and unmeasured, but it is mine.) but are 10 bore and 16 bore the same as 10 gauge and 16 gauge? I am assuming (and I know I shouldn't) that the barrels are not choked and are smooth bore so you can shoot either PRBs or shot. If they are indeed smooth, dam.. er darn fine shooting there.

[Hanshi]

Talk about precision work.....  Those are beautiful. 

[CowboyCS]

Thanks for the compliments guys.

hotfxr,

Gauge and Bore are mostly interchangeable...bore is an old english term that refers to the number of roundballs of bore diameter in a pound of lead. For instance a 16 Bore would have 16 pure lead roundballs in a pound and each roundball would weigh 1 ounce(437 grains), a 10 Bore would be 10 pure lead roundballs to the pound.

Both of these rifles have slow twist rifled barrels for patched round ball. The 16 bore is a very common and historic caliber for African plains game and the 10 Bore was considered the smallest practical calber for African Dangerous game during the hey-day of ivory hunters. The 8 Bore was the most common of the big bores for dangerous game and the 12 bore was considerd under powered.

Colin

[hotfxr]

Thanks for the compliments guys.

hotfxr,

Gauge and Bore are mostly interchangeable...bore is an old english term that refers to the number of roundballs of bore diameter in a pound of lead. For instance a 16 Bore would have 16 pure lead roundballs in a pound and each roundball would weigh 1 ounce(437 grains), a 10 Bore would be 10 pure lead roundballs to the pound.

Both of these rifles have slow twist rifled barrels for patched round ball. The 16 bore is a very common and historic caliber for African plains game and the 10 Bore was considered the smallest practical calber for African Dangerous game during the hey-day of ivory hunters. The 8 Bore was the most common of the big bores for dangerous game and the 12 bore was considerd under powered.

Colin

Thanks for the info. Not only do these two look like museum pieces, I have learned something new today.

[lethemgo]

What wonderful pieces....its nice we can tap into some of the vast knowledge floating around out there. Plus we can see pieces of workmanship that most of us could ever efford and would probably never get to see. Thank you