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Oldbrit
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Re: Webley and Scott
13/01/13 10:57 PM

The Webley was a retirement present to myself which I bought at an Holt’s auction. At the time I was looking for a double rifle and had visited a couple of auctions but hadn’t been satisfied with what I had seen. Fortunately I live within an hour’s drive of Holt’s main base and they had a rifle in their upcoming sale I was interested in, so I drove over with my wife to take a look.

Holt’s is a great place to visit, once you have established your bona fides, they lock you in the gun room and leave you to it. Provided you show due care they allow you to handle anything from junk to museum quality pieces. However, once I saw the double rifle in question I began to realise that what I wanted I couldn’t afford and what I could afford I didn’t want. Just at that point my wife pointed to a gun and said,

“Isn’t that a double rifle?”

I had to admit that, yes, indeed it was. She asked,

“Well, do you like that one?”

I picked the rifle up, examined it and I had to say that I liked it very much. Her response was,

“Buy that one then if you really like it.”

At that point you will all undoubtedly think I made a cardinal mistake because I said,

“I don’t think I’ll buy that one because it’s a Holland and Holland Royal Grade rifle and they’ve got an estimate of £30,000 on it.”

My wife went very pale. Fortunately, by this time I’d spotted the Webley and decided that the rifle and I could be very happy together.

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Webley and Scott	Even	12/01/13 03:59 PM
Re: Webley and Scott	sbs470	12/01/13 09:11 PM
Re: Webley and Scott	Oldbrit	13/01/13 04:00 AM
Re: Webley and Scott	Oldbrit	13/01/13 04:10 AM
Re: Webley and Scott	DarylS	13/01/13 04:14 AM
Re: Webley and Scott	Oldbrit	13/01/13 04:25 AM
Re: Webley and Scott	Huvius	13/01/13 05:16 AM
Re: Webley and Scott	Even	13/01/13 09:02 AM
Re: Webley and Scott	Even	13/01/13 09:25 AM
Re: Webley and Scott	TH44	13/01/13 10:26 AM
Re: Webley and Scott	Oldbrit	13/01/13 10:57 PM
Re: Webley and Scott	Oldbrit	13/01/13 11:41 PM
Re: Webley and Scott	greenshoots	14/01/13 12:05 AM
Re: Webley and Scott	Even	12/08/13 09:29 PM
Re: Webley and Scott	Even	12/08/13 09:43 PM
Re: Webley and Scott	500Nitro	12/08/13 09:57 PM
Re: Webley and Scott	kuduae	13/08/13 02:05 AM
Re: Webley and Scott	500Nitro	13/08/13 03:31 AM
Re: Webley and Scott	Even	14/08/13 11:16 AM
Re: Webley and Scott	500Nitro	14/08/13 11:24 AM
Re: Webley and Scott	Oldbrit	14/08/13 11:07 PM
Re: Webley and Scott	Even	15/08/13 02:25 AM
Re: Webley and Scott	Huvius	13/01/13 03:58 AM

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