DUGABOY1
(.400 member)
01/04/08 05:27 AM
Re: Westley Richards more popular in United States?

I really don't think the Westley Richards doubles are better represented in the USA market than other makes of Britt doubles. In fact most of the double rifles sold to people who hunt with them, seem to be European rifles, rather than Britt, even in the very costly ones. Amoung the Britt doubles I find A&N, I. Hollis, and others far more in evidence on the used market, than even the WR rifles. The DRSS has many members world wide, and This holds true for the folks from other countries as well, though it seems OZ is the exception. Of course the makes like Merkel, Heym, Krieghoff, Chapuis, and B. Searcy far out sell anything from the UK, over the WR rifles, and ten times over the H&H,UK Rigby, and Purdy,because of the rediculous prices for the last three! Because of those exorbitant priceing of the H&H, Rigby (UK), and Purdy, very few are sold here except to collectors, and most are never hunted.

Though I can't aford the last three high dollar rifles, it makes little difference to me anyway, because I prefere Westley Richards doubles to them anyway. I have never picked up a WR double that didn't fit me well, or one that turned out to be inaccurate!



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