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Picked up my first double rifle earlier this year, and I'm wondering what accessories would be correct for the various compartments of the case? It's a Gye & Moncrieff, with hard leather monogrammed case:



Did a search here, but didn't find a picture or answer. I assume oil bottle, cleaning rod, etc.?

Gye & Moncrieff? I am totally ignorant of the name, can you tell more about it?

Oil bottle, turn screws, as old as it appears a period bullet mold would be nice if one could be found, spare strikers...

You might browse through here and see what Jeff has that might or could be of interest/use.

http://www.jeffsoutfitters.com/store.aspx?categoryid=99&panel=1

Consider

http://www.stephencokerandco.com/thecompany/

http://www.fineshootingaccessories.com

http://www.hueycases.com/?page_id=12

I had no info on Gye & Moncrieff either, but I'm digging up a fair amount of info over the last few months I've owned this one. Gye and Moncrieff were only in business at St. James Place in London for about 5 years, 1879-1884.
Gye and Moncrieff were both British officers. Gye a Lieutenant in the Artillery, and Moncrieff a Commander in the Navy. Both left the military, and decided to partner in making guns. They did as many small gun makers, and purchased barrels, locks, etc, and had the tradesmen in their employ assemble double rifles and double shotguns.
Gye died in 1884, and Moncrieff closed the company shortly after, and returned to military service. He volunteered to fight in the Zulu Wars, and after a year was released from military duty, and appointed Consulate General of several different North African areas. His last appointment was to the Sudan, and while traveling to Khartoum with an escort of 250 Egyptian soldiers, they were attacked by Madi forces and the Egyptian soldiers ran. Moncrieff's body was found two weeks later in the desert. The sad end to a long service to England.

Thanks for the links!

That was interesting Vall. Thank you for taking the time to tell the story.

I have a very good brass English mould if your rifle happens to be a 500 bore.

Thanks! Not even close to that big!

If there's no shaped compartment for the forearm try fitting it onto the barrels and see if you can put it in the barrels partician, many shotguns and Double Rifles were stored in their case that way. The large rectangular shape where the picture shows the forearm may have been used for boxes of ammunition and the small square space will have been for an oil container usually made of metal and fitted with a screw off cap which may or may not have a needle fitted to the underside of the cap to place oil accurately in the lock or elsewhere. There are so many choices, you may have to find someone with a similar case by the same maker that has all the accessories to be sure what went where.

Harry

Thanks Harry. The forearm was just laid there for the picture. It does indeed fit into the barrel compartment when snapped on the barrel.