Yes, I have to agree completely. I for the life of me can not work out what Purdey are trying to achieve by having this sort of rifle in their line-up and then making it the only type of bolt rifle that they are going to sell. The type of shooter interested in long to very long range shooting is not going to pay 20000 pounds to have an accurate rifle when he could have spent a fraction of the cost and get the same result with any one of the hundreds of gunmakers who specialise in these sort of rifles. Conversely the type of person who can afford a Purdey bolt rifle would want a classic rifle with all the trimmings, with superb fit and finish and a beautiful case that goes with it, not a piece of plastic shit. (This by the way was also one of the things that turned me of the Rigby Stalker, which was the very basic plastic case with egg crate foam and no compartments, something which you do get with a Sauer rifle for a third of the price). For a company which has always prided itself on producing guns of the highest quality and with such an interesting history it seems strange to me to be pandering to a market filled to the brim with other gunmakers already. People don't buy a Purdey bolt gun to shoot at 800 yards, they buy them to shoot for sure, and hunt with but also to just sit in a niece chair in their gun or trophy room with a fine single malt and just handle the gun, look at it, raise it to the shoulder, cycle the action, open the floor plate, line up the open sights and look at it some more all while dreaming of hunts they have had or would like to have. Pretty hard to do with that particular rifle I would think. At least the Rigby Stalker looks like a beautiful rifle and while their are a couple of things that turned me off buying one, it is still a beautiful rifle.

Here is a short video of how a real Purdey is made and why you would choose one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSKBPBTnmIM

Waidmannsheil.