New Friends,
I'm seeking a surplus repeating rifle that was made before 1890, is over .40 caliber & was "originally designed" to be loaded with black powder.
The reason that I'm asking is that I've been invited on a hunt for Red Deer and Wild Boar in an Eastern European country next Fall, where only such antique firearms may be possessed & hunted with by NON-citizens.
(That country also allows flintlock or percussion firearms for hunting, provided that they are .50 caliber or larger bore BUT for hunting Russian Boar, I would prefer a quicker second shot, should I need one.)
Btw, as a retired soldier, I cannot easily afford a large-bore double rifle.
Your suggestions for such an antique bolt-action rifle are solicited & preferably from a member who shoots one for hunting big game.
(It would be good if the cases for the rifle could be formed from something simple to locate like .45-70 Government cases.)
THANKS.
yours, satx
I'm seeking a surplus repeating rifle that was made before 1890, is over .40 caliber & was "originally designed" to be loaded with black powder.
The reason that I'm asking is that I've been invited on a hunt for Red Deer and Wild Boar in an Eastern European country next Fall, where only such antique firearms may be possessed & hunted with by NON-citizens.
(That country also allows flintlock or percussion firearms for hunting, provided that they are .50 caliber or larger bore BUT for hunting Russian Boar, I would prefer a quicker second shot, should I need one.)
Btw, as a retired soldier, I cannot easily afford a large-bore double rifle.
Your suggestions for such an antique bolt-action rifle are solicited & preferably from a member who shoots one for hunting big game.
(It would be good if the cases for the rifle could be formed from something simple to locate like .45-70 Government cases.)
THANKS.
yours, satx
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