Thread: How the 700NE came about

I have a memory Robert Dollimore out at Tarawera built a .700 double some years back. I never saw the thing but a few of the locals did, and they commented it was a wondrous thing.
I can't find any referance to it on the internet, so am wondering if he finished it.

Robert had done his time at Pordey's, which some consider to be the equal, if not the superior to Holland & Holland - and he had a good 'eye' for what was right and what was wrong - the homebuilt rifle I had taken along for him to look at being ........... 'a piece of shit'.
I then enjoyed ten minutes of education in which I learned that no one without proper training can envisage, nor build a gun possessing any beauty or worthwhileness - zero exceptions.

I went on to shoot 7 or 8 deer with that piece of 'shit' - that gun never knew it was worthless.


He's dead now - and I'm annoyed I never saw that .700 ................ or even the 'bones of it'.

I'm very sad Robert is gone I had a lot of time for him & he helped me a lot on some work, I suppose a bit of a Gun snob but excellent craftsmen.

He built a .700 Single shot bud & used the pattern off my 12 Bore Double rifle (built on 8 or 4 bore action) Butt stock to stock the rifle, I saw it in a few stages but unfortunately not fully fished !