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Sorry Dugaboy, maybe I didn't explain myself properly, as I said, I don't know anything about current Rigby rifles or where they are made ?? I do know that
about 800 man hours of highly skilled labour go into a current Holland/Purdey double rifle,
which is approx £110 an hour on current prices, (mark up is approx 30% so in effect £77 an hour), a car concession in London charges approx £70 an hour for its' mechanics at the moment, hence my statement that they will never be cheap !! best, Mike

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I never said the H&H and Purdys were not worth their price. However you must admit the if the same level of work were done on any other rifle but didn't have those two names engraved on them, the price would be several thousand dollars less. The name recognition is worth a premium, is all I was saying. I'm with you! The skill of the people building even off the shelf double rifles is beyond most smiths of the world, and skilled labor is expensive!