Hi Kim,

No doubt the gun is priced to high, and that is the main issue here imo. The calibre is wonderful, and has great history on the plains of Africa. To say this is not a romantic calibre as some other members have put forth, is inaccurate. I feel its a $35,000.00 gun the way it sits retail. However, notice in particular if you will, that it is not stocked to the fences, and the engraving pattern on the lock plates is not executed very well. This detracts from resale value imo. The stock insert is a non issue from what I can see, a nice leather pad would fix that for about $350.00

I would pass on this one, but everyone has different ways of looking at things. No matter what you decide to do, I wish you the best.

Mike Bailey,

A WR 318 droplock at $16k? I'll buy that gun! Where is it? Caswell has a "B" grade fixed lock for $16k but not a droplock..