| 400NitroExpress |
| (.400 member) |
| 11/10/09 04:01 PM |
Re: Let's have some fun.
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Originally posted by zimhunter:
And I can truthfully say that I have never in over 60 years bought a gun as an investment.
That's the point. You don't understand these guns, have no desire to, as you have expressed comtempt for them, nor have you ever even owned one. These pre-war British double rifles have two components to value - shooter and collector. Assuming good original quality, if they've been properly cared for, and any work, including "restoration", done to at least original quality standard, they all have BOTH, and have had for many years.
The indignity that this piece has suffered utterly destroyed any collector value it might have had. It's value now is strictly as a shooter. As Bob correctly observed, $10,000 will get you that. Frankly, that's too much for this rifle. In HIGH original condition, this rifle would be worth at least $10,000 less than the asking price. You didn't even notice the price, did you? Wasn't relative to your agenda.
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Since none of us saw the gun before it was refinished none of us can say and we are only drawing personal conclusions as to what it's appearance was based on remaining Lang's of the same basic model.
The half dozen or so guys that have posted on this string that qualify as expert on these rifles don't seem to agree with you. Henry Webley would have tossed that piece into the furnace before he'd have let such a cluster fuck out the door with the name of his company on it.