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The answers above are quite correct, and the advice given is good as well, with two exceptions. Guild guns from Feralch are of verious qualities, depending who made them! The word "GUILD" brings on an automatic drop in price on the market! The reason is the guild guns that were labeled as such, they were the result of tests given to apprentices. every apprentice must built a gun from butt plate to muzzle by himself, before he is given the gorniman status. If he learned well, the rifle will be vey good quality, if not, the result will be less desirable. The "GUILD rifles were sold by the apprentices, to recoup some of the cost of education, and are not stamped Ferlach. Since this rifle is listed as Ferlach, without the GUILD notation, then it is a a consortium rifle, not a school, or studant, test rifle! These things must be judged on an individual basis!

The advice of not thinking this will be an investment buy, is very good advice, the best you can hope for is the return of your money, when you sell. However, the advice not to buy this rifle because it is a 458 Win Mag, is not sound. The rifle can be quite easily converted to 450NE 3.25", or 450#2 NE, by JJ at Champlin's makeing it into a very nice hunting double rifle. The $6500 price is high when one considers it has to be converted before it will be a desireable rifle for dangerous game. One thing you did not say, whether it was an O/U, or S/S. If it is an O/U, it is not worth the price,when one must convert, and not worth the price if left 458 Win Mag. If a S/S, it just IS worth the price with the cost of conversion tagged on!

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