| dnovo |
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| 16/04/08 11:02 PM |
Re: What is it worth?
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Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly is a .400 Express? COTW lists only one cartridge as a ".400", and that is not an Express. I have never heard of a .450/.400 referred to in any other way. If that is what is meant, then is it the 3" or the 3 1/4" version? (Or for that matter the 2 3/8" version?)
X,
Look at the barrel flats, its a 400 Jeffery NE = 450/400 3" Its a 400 grain bullet, 55 grains cordite. Fabulous cartridge.
This may be one of Keiths rifles now that I have had time to think about it. Yep I bet it is given where the gun came from.. Hmmm.. It would justify the pricing.
Agree with Sinner/Death by 600 (which do you prefer?) as to the cartridge. One of the all time best and now undergoing a well-deserved revival. However, given the condition of this gun, I respectfully disagree as to value based on provenance.
Keith was a great writer and apparently one of a kind. But would you really pay that much just to have a 'ridden hard and put away wet' and then redone rifle? And how does one establish provenance? I will defer to your knowledge on this, but when it is time to sell or pass this rifle on to the next generation, how does one give it an appropriate history.
It may well be that Keith left a list with serial #s of his rifles. I have seen at least one WR 476NE listed as ex-Keith, and I know he was a great fan of that cartridge and WR, but the seller had nothing other than his opinion to back the claim.
Dave