The Westley Richards 12g Super Magnum Explora.
Whilst in Dallas this past weekend for the Dallas Safari Club Chapter convention, Tony Makris the host of Outdoor Channels Under Wild Skies kindly gave me some photos showing his success using a Super Magnum Explora in Africa this past year. It is nice to see that the gun that I used to title this blog does so well what it was designed to do, despatching in this instance both birds and buffalo from the same gun.
Vance Daigle on January 22, 2015 at 4:26 pm
Morning Guys and Gals:
I would like to take a moment of your time and share my experience with all of you. Last weekend I was able to pick up my new Westley Double Rifle in .470 at the Dallas Safari Show….WOW!!!!! I also placed an order for a new 28 gauge shotgun…they are spectacular.
I am writing this because I want to express just how wonderful an experience it was. Not only did Westley Richards have the nicest guns at the show in my opinion…by far. The personal attention from Simon and Trigger was over the top!!! What a pleasure it was. For anyone out there thinking about purchasing a gun these Boys are tops in my book!!!
P.S. Simon your Humbleness and Willingness to share your knowledge at our dinner together was a breath of fresh air…Thank you Sir for everything!
In Christ
Vance,
Simon Clode on January 22, 2015 at 3:11 pm
James I think it ‘unlikely’. The gun itself is not too hard to achieve but the ammunition production would be very hard and costly. It would only be right to copy the LT capped version and with low volumes of production this would be hard to achieve at a commercial rate.
James de Penning on January 23, 2015 at 10:40 am
I’ll second that Vance. They’re all definitely Gentlemen of the old school. I visited WR in Birmingham last year to have them look at my 1906 Droplock 12 bore Gold Name. Sadly no double rifle ordered as I’m a man of modest means, but did order one of their classic take downs in .30-06. What a pleasure it was, and I can’t recommend highly enough a visit to their wonderful factory. Whether you’re buying something or not you’ll be looked after like their best customer, a truly rare experience in this day and age.
Many many thanks to all at WR. A pleasure ‘doing business’ with you if one can even call it that.
James.
p.s. keep up the great work on the blog, a real pleasure for us all, especially with the excellent photos. That S2 is paying for itself in spades I’d say!