On Target
Dear Editor
In your latest edition, Volume 19,
Number 1 , there is a note from Tom
and a reply from Cal, regarding a .22
LR double rifle. Some years ago when
marketing safaris in the UK, I always
called on Paul Roberts who was CEO
of Rigby. We talked about small calibre
doubles and in particular a .22 LR.
Paul said he had made one, but due to
its calibre and the lead bullet and lack
of control of the powder charges it was
very difficult to regulate.
We discussed this further and I asked
about a double in .22 Hornet. Paul said
that this was a better option as it had
a decent case, copper jacketed bullets
and the loads were controllable and
it was easier to regulate. He said that
he had made a few for goose hunters
on the estuaries, which were used if a
goose was wounded and likely to get
away. The rifle would be used like a
shotgun, point and shoot on the swing
through. The .22 Hornet double rifle
would bring the goose down very
effectively.
If I were Tom, I would build a double
rifle in .22 Hornet for the above reasons.
I cannot think of a sexier double than a
.22 hornet - what a pleasure.
And I would go to Paul Roberts at W
J Jeffery in London / Roberts and Son.
Regards to Cal
Paul Phelan
Paul Phelan Safaris
Paul, that’s indeed a brilliant
suggestion. Oddly enough we had quite
a lengthy discussion recently at my gun
club about the merits of the .22 Hornet
- it is a sadly under-rated calibre (apart
from among the cognoscenti) with a lot
of potential, and is very easy to reload
for. And all that plus a double - what
more could you ask for? - Editor
Dear Editor
I have just received Volume 19 Number
2 of African Hunter. I read it very
slowly, just one or two pages per day
so it lasts much more while expecting
the next issue.
I am horrified at Maxwell Bow