Thread: Tiger troubles anyone ? I have the solution

Originally Posted by Boxton

You just need to let someone twice your size to test fire it to really see how it performs
Cough cough
Hint hint

Nah I'm fine thanks
I'm actually pretty happy with the level of recoil

The thing is with a double you need to run it full noise to get the barrels regulated

I can feel your shoulder.
I put about 134gr of h1000 in my Gibbs, but behind a heavier pill, and that is very punishing .
Enjoy and take good care of it.

Can we go hunting for the famous Canterbury Black Panther....?

Originally Posted by Billbob

Can we go hunting for the famous Canterbury Black Panther....?

That would work

Extraordinary! Not out of place for chamois either I feel.

Well we did have a tiger problem here, but that 500 nitro for black powder express solved it admittedly with much less style. There are still a few cougar's around though.

Originally Posted by whanahuia

Extraordinary! Not out of place for chamois either I feel.

I expect it will primarily be used deer stalking by me and perhaps I will go chase a scrub bull with it.

The previous owner had it for just over 40 years and the owner before that is now long dead.
Going by the condition of its bores I would expect that it hasn't been fired for over 100 years and the exterior just has a few cabinet bumps and bruises
I will make some more cases today.
Powder coat some more bullets.
Test it with 130 grains BP to try and bring the shots a little closer together.
Clean and oil the walnut.
And the rifle is good to go for hunting.

The case I have to refit for it to go in will take a lot longer to get sorted.
But when it is done it will look stunning

Stunning rifle, probably to much gun for my skinny ass though

Looks the go for scrub bulls, that would be a fun hunt perfect for that big ol rifle

Originally Posted by Lucky

Stunning rifle, probably to much gun for my skinny ass though

I'm only 75 kg, a bit old and broken and it seems pretty manageable
But it would be easy for someone to loose control of the fore end and let it go when firing

We have some wild cats around here..

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

We have some wild cats around here..

I shot a wild cat with my 9.3x62 years ago
Pretty effective

It's a wet day so I will thrash on the Greener today

The case I got for it is from an unknown 30" barreled SxS shotgun

It is outwardly in good condition and has a lot of character


The inside is totally moth and rodent eaten



But is a nice fit for the Greener and a full internal refit will make it look like it has always been in there



As per usual there was no key. But I've done a few of these now and my Dickson double rifle case Key nearly swung the internals over.
So 30 minutes with a new blank and a careful smoke and file to fit and I have a key made without needing to remove the lock



Now I will move on to stabilizing the transit labels

That case and labels are so good, that sucker has done some ocean miles