Hello from Australia.What is there not to love about a double rifle.Your Fraser is a classic piece of art. I love my Chapuis double 9.3x74r.My gun is very well regulated out of the factory and a pleasure to hunt with.Cheers,Rob.
The bolted safety was made for use with gun bearers. The automatic safety is easily removed by disconnecting it. Those look like Suhler Contra Claw bases because the release in on the forward base. I have several of those on some of my rifles. Fraser was a superb builder.
The recoil didn’t seem too harsh from those rounds. I’ve seen a few guys at my range who bring their 458 Lott or 460Wby rifles to impress everyone but they’re so caught up in the anticipation of the recoil trauma that they don’t concentrate on making their first shot count, and then it’s 5 seconds before they’re able to regain their composure and get their follow up shot off. They never seem to get the third shot off either, LOL! Meanwhile, I’ve emptied my 375 H&H with all shots hitting a paper plate at the same 25yds; I’ll take 4 hits with my 375 over one, maybe/maybe not, hit from one of the super heavy recoiling rifles any day! That double is a pure work of art, beautiful rifle! Thanks for sharing!
You are quite right the recoil on this rifle and caliber is less than a 375H&H, the one issue I struggled with, is that the rifle was originally intended to be a stalker rifle so has an automatic safety and has a stalker safety catch as well- so often when pressing the trigger, the gun is found on safe.
Great rifle. These big guns work on your head after a while. You might want to shoot a lesser recoil rifle until you fix the flinch. Have a buddy load for you and put in a snap cap while your not looking. It's something we all fight. Thanks for making the video. Enjoy this kind of content. "Aim small - miss small."
Very well spoken, the more you shoot them, the better you will get , I hope to have the hunting videos done in 6 weeks or so, then they should run for a while .
I looked at several double rifles at the big gun show in Louisville Kentucky few years ago , I was surprised by how small the actions were, i was expecting them to be more like a 10 gauge shotgun but the 9.3 x74r seemed more like a 20 gauge , even the larger caliber ones like the .470 were not any different than a 12 gauge, or that’s what it seemed like to me. But they were older guns probably pre ww-2 .
Just looking at the joules i had never considered the 9.3x74R as a particulary potent cardridge but you made it look like an absolute thumper. Its not even quite on the level as a .300 winmag and while hot i never considered .300 winmag a BIG gun. That 9mm in your hands looks like a proper africa gun.
Yes, the 9.3 in both x 62mm or x74 R has accounted for a fair share of game and even dangerous game in Africa and in some countries are still legal for Buffalo hunting today !!
It happens sometimes. In fact that is a useful exercise to check for a flinch. Sometimes useful to get someone else to hand you a gun and not say if it is loaded or not just to see if one flinches. Great channel. Subscribed@@oldcolonialtreasures114
The .600 nitro was developed in WW1 for taking out German snipers stationed behind steel plates. .303 British could not penetrate and a heavier caliber that could was requested. Holland & Holland sent double rifles in Several different calibers to the western front. Including 450-400, & .600 nitro, more than a few men broke their collar bones firing these rifles for the first time subsequently the weight of the rifles was increased & a prone position was adapted for the most part. These rifles worked like a charm though penetrating the armor steel plates the scharfschützen were using for cover. It’s documented & fascinating, look it up, I ain’t lying. Again great post thanks
Im not really into dangerous game rifles ao dont get mad at me because i dont really have a dog in this fight. Isn't 286 grains at 2,200 ish FPS seem kind of anemic for thia sort of thing? It just seems like alot of case for similar performance to a 45-70. Definitely no slouch though.
No need to ever apologize for asking a question. The 9.3x74R was developed in 1900 and produced for German Colonies to deal with Lion and Buffalo and did the job just fine, to the point where the caliber is still allowed legally to hunt dangerous game in several African countries today. It was simply what they had, and it worked, so some folks still use it today. Is it the best for a charging dangerous animal, no, but in 1900 it had to do!
An competent experienced, real hunter doesn’t need a safety at all. Seems like a total hinderance to me & I definitely wouldn’t want that. You shouldn’t need an “xtra safe safety” your experience and firearms discipline should be all the safety you need and frankly if you’re not that confident I don’t want to hunt with you & maybe you shouldn’t be hunting or carrying a firearm. My opinion anyway, it’s a beautiful rifle though. Great video thanks!
