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Re: A Magnificent Single Shot Falling Block by WR
      02/06/24 12:17 AM

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That is a beautiful rifle for a gun room but not a gun to take out hunting. I like hunting with nicely engraved, vintage rifle but this WR seems somewhat "over the top".




I'm a bit of a dissenter. A great work of gun art indeed. Wonderful to hang on the gun room wall to show to and impress one's mega millionaire friends. I doubt it will see many hunting fields. High seats maybe, a reason for that scope. Maybe a genteel Scots stag hunt.

A great work of gun maker art like Westley Richards is so capable of doing.

As I get older I prefer plainer functional but still nice walnut. Not over trained. That's for a piano or a coffee table. Colour case gardening. Simple engraving or traditional. I do like those elaborate real like scenes.

7x65R is a useful modern medium cartridge. I'd go for a .300 H&H Flanged.



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An original Westley Richards falling block rifle has been used as the basis for this new-build European big game rifle in 7x65R. Re-purposing good examples of vintage actions to create new custom rifles was commonplace in the British gun trade until quite recently.





Good. If they can "re-purpose" old good faithful examples, I can re-"purpose" my historical Dutch East Indies military 1893 Steyr in 6.5x53R.

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* A Magnificent Single Shot Falling Block by WR Waidmannsheil 31/05/24 04:07 PM
. * * Re: A Magnificent Single Shot Falling Block by WR Hoot   31/05/24 09:40 PM
. * * Re: A Magnificent Single Shot Falling Block by WR Kdgj   31/05/24 11:27 PM
. * * Re: A Magnificent Single Shot Falling Block by WR DarylS   01/06/24 12:23 AM
. * * Re: A Magnificent Single Shot Falling Block by WR lancaster   04/06/24 04:59 AM
. * * Re: A Magnificent Single Shot Falling Block by WR NitroXAdministrator   04/06/24 02:46 PM
. * * Re: A Magnificent Single Shot Falling Block by WR 85lc   05/06/24 06:20 AM
. * * Re: A Magnificent Single Shot Falling Block by WR Waidmannsheil   06/06/24 10:49 AM
. * * Re: A Magnificent Single Shot Falling Block by WR NitroXAdministrator   05/06/24 07:10 PM
. * * Re: A Magnificent Single Shot Falling Block by WR Waidmannsheil   06/06/24 10:39 AM
. * * Re: A Magnificent Single Shot Falling Block by WR 85lc   04/06/24 06:52 AM
. * * Re: A Magnificent Single Shot Falling Block by WR 3DogMike   01/06/24 12:40 AM
. * * Re: A Magnificent Single Shot Falling Block by WR 85lc   01/06/24 01:23 AM
. * * Re: A Magnificent Single Shot Falling Block by WR NitroXAdministrator   02/06/24 12:17 AM
. * * Re: A Magnificent Single Shot Falling Block by WR 93x64mm   02/06/24 09:30 PM
. * * Re: A Magnificent Single Shot Falling Block by WR Rule303   03/06/24 07:07 AM
. * * Re: A Magnificent Single Shot Falling Block by WR DarylS   04/06/24 07:16 AM
. * * Re: A Magnificent Single Shot Falling Block by WR HuviusModerator   01/06/24 05:08 AM
. * * Re: A Magnificent Single Shot Falling Block by WR 85lc   01/06/24 05:41 AM
. * * Re: A Magnificent Single Shot Falling Block by WR HuviusModerator   01/06/24 12:12 PM
. * * Re: A Magnificent Single Shot Falling Block by WR Marrakai   01/06/24 05:55 PM

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