| 400NitroExpress |
| (.400 member) |
| 08/06/07 05:23 PM |
Re: Holland & Holland 500/465 Dominion Double Rifle
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I found a 375H&H Magnum dominion there asking $40,000.00 for it is that a good deal?
A Holland Dominion in .375 Flanged Magnum would need to be in extremely high original condition to be worth that much in today's market. If it has been converted from Flanged Magnum to .375 H & H Magnum (rimless), which many have been, that price would be completely out of order.
A friend bought an exceptionally nice Dominion .500/.465 not long ago for less than 3/4 of that.
Well then, Good hunting.
I havnet seen any under $40,000 in that kind of caliber.
Hmmm. "Asking" and "getting" are two different things. Just saw a nice Dominion .465 trade at $26,000. I just worked up loads in a Dominion .465 that a good friend bought last year. It's in fine original condition (not redone) and sold for $28,000. Saw a .375 recently asking $30,000. A Dominion .465 bringing $50,000 would likely be a record. I've never heard of one bringing anywhere near that, and such a sale would represent an anomaly, not true market.
The Holland Dominion is a nice rifle, but it isn't a Royal. These rifles originally sold for roughly half the price of a Royal, which was the whole idea of the Dominion, and that differential has held pretty well ever since. If you shop a little, you can get a pretty nice Royal DR in the $50,000 range. I saw a really fine .375 Flanged Magnum Royal trade for $45,000 a couple months before SCI. Sure, prices are rising, but they aren't going up THAT fast.