A new Searcy PH model in 450-400, 500-416 or 470 for $9500 and its a new gun and will take much higher pressure than a British gun..I sure like mine, and so has everyone thats looked at it...

For a strictly hunting rifle I prefer it to the British guns by far, and I can toss it in a guncase and take it anywhere and if it gets ruined or lost, I can replace it with another...

Not to say I don't love the old British guns, I do and have owned more than a few of them, I now own a few of them, but I don't consider the two in competition with each other....

I like the right tool for the job and I consider a new Searcy a better hunting rifle than any 100 year old gun, especially if you have not dealt in British guns a lot, most of them are junk, have been re-blacked a dozen or so times, all matter of 100 year old wear etc, as a matter of fact one really has to know his stuff when buying them, and even then one can get burned badly....