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Further logical fascinating "new Rigby" questions--

Exactly how many people would be required for such an endeavor to manufactoure a best quality "London" gun?

I am totally ignorant of the skills required. Where would one go to find the needed people possessing the required expert level of skill to make a "dream team" to build rifles? How would one develop such a business to maintain that level of talent?

The facilities and machinery are obtainable with reasonable $$--it still seems it would be the skill level of the gunmakers/artisans that would be the hardest to procure.

Deliver a quality product from quality known gunmakers and buyers will be beating down your door fluch with $$$.As usual it would be getting the "dream team" together that would be the primary obstacle.

Am I wrong or off base here?

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Aha, another sensible observation! Anyone with money can buy the machinery needed to build any level of DR, even, I suppose, a 'best.' You put your finger on the issue when you say, "it still seems it would be the skill level of the gunmakers/artisans that would be the hardest to procure.

Deliver a quality product from quality known gunmakers and buyers will be beating down your door fluch with $$$.As usual it would be getting the "dream team" together that would be the primary obstacle."

Right. Read "SHOTGUN TECHINCA" and follow the time and training Purdey needed to develop their craftsmen. Prying that 'team' away from their present employers would be hard to do. Those that have left and have their own businesses, and are good enough to do the job, are already backed up with orders for build and restoration. Could you lure them away with enough cash? Perhaps, but hard to say and hard to build a team and set up shop in any event.

Buy up an existing organization? Okay, who and how? H&H, Boss or Purdey? Sure!! There are several 'name' British companies that claim to have the time and skill. Paul Roberts? A good thought, but I am told he is happily building bolt actions and feels that is where the better profits can be found. He already has the Jeffery name if he want to develop a DR at this supposed 'realistic' price. Has he done so? Not yet.

The 'dream team' is an apt term. But 'dream market' is more accurate. There is already a 'second tier' out there behind H&H, Purdey, and WR. They offer names like Jeffery, E.J.Churchill, Greener, etc. You want to step into that market?

Good luck, and when you assemble that 'dream team' let me know if you find that 'dream market' as well. If it exists, you would see far more Jefferys, Greeners, etc out there.

The real answer can be seen from Sinner's own posts and others. He has a Greener on order. The wait time is in years. The same for a bespoke WR or a Watson (another revived British maker.) So if you are going to step into this dream market with your dream team, I'd wake up first.

If Sinner or anyone else wants to spend their money, my sincere best wishes and I hope it succeeds. But I suggest it either happens or we move on to something else a bit more real world.

Dave (aka Eoyre)

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