Verney-Carron Azur Safari PH

About the Verney-Carron Azur Safari PH

The Verney-Carron Azur Safari PH is a French-made side-by-side break-action double rifle built for African dangerous-game hunting and chambered here in the immense .600 Nitro Express. Built on Verney-Carron's boxlock ejector action with the maker's distinctive triple-underlug lockup, it pairs 24-inch barrels regulated to a single point of aim with double triggers, a quarter-rib carrying an express rear sight and fold-up night sight, and a bolstered frame to absorb the cartridge's recoil. At roughly 6.7 kg it is deliberately heavy to tame the .600 NE, the largest of the classic Nitro Express big-bore cartridges.

The .600 Nitro Express was long considered the ultimate stopping rifle of the African ivory-hunting era, and a modern double regulated for it remains a specialist tool carried mainly by professional hunters as a backup against elephant and buffalo.

Verney-Carron Azur Safari PH specifications

The Azur Safari is offered across the full range of dangerous-game chamberings (from .375 up through .600 Nitro Express); the PH designation denotes the professional-hunter grade of the model. Specifications reflect the .600 Nitro Express configuration; weight and dimensions vary with chambering and options.