H&H, how much does the UGEX go for?
I know doubles are made for close in work. How far do you typically shoot your deer, hogs H&H?
A new UGEX is about 5K I see used ones in the 4K range from time to time. Most hogs that I kill are jump shot at close range like to 5 to 50 yards. However I've smoked many hogs with a double at 150 to 200 yards.
Doubles are great close in weapons but whoever said they are solely a close range weapon was sorely mistaken. An accurate well regulated double is just like any other rifle if you do you part and know where to hold it puts bullets on target at any range.
I know plenty of guys who shoot scoped light doubles and kill stuff at up to 300 yards and further all the time. I know where my loads go through experience and lots of shooting, my barrels have not crossed yet at 100 yards, Searcy rifles are famous for their excellent regulation and accuracy and the barrels stay parallel for a long time. At two hundred yards I am starting to get some minor crossing.
Many doubles will have a "long range" barrel either left or right that shoots more perfectly to the sights than the other one and will use that barrel for long range work. My old rifle shot the left barrel on the sights to infinity. So I'd use that barrel for long range work.
My new one shoots both barrel into a 4" group at 100 yards and about an 8" group at 200 yards with iron sights of course with a scope it'd do better. So I just use either barrel that is plenty of accuracy to kill any animal out to 200 yards.
I play with my doubles at the range and one of my very favorite things to do when a guy comes over and "informs: that doubles are close range only weapons is to take a seated position and start banging the 12" gong down at 500 yards. I can hit it about 80% of the time, that is usually the end of that conversation .
It's simply a matter of knowing where to hold just like any other rifle. Most accuracy problems with doubles I've found are more to do with the operator than the weapon. Like anything else practice makes better, perfect practice makes perfect.
One of the best ways top get longer range practice with your double to go rocks swatting. Take a walk find rocks or other reactive targets of opportunity at various ranges and shoot them from field positions. It's fun and it's the best way to learn your rifle that I know of. Hogs make for the perfect DG simulator I hunt hogs to stay tuned up for real DG hunting it's close it's fast and it's exciting just like the real thing but without the risk.
