Comparing the old with the new.

So is there a comparable quality modern $8000 NZ rifle available?
And what will it look like 150 years from now ?

There are definitely rifles of this quality currently being built
But totall bespoke and likely in real terms vastly more expensive compared to yearly earnings

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Of course these are really rough numbers and I don't have a copy of the AH ledger to know exactly what this rifle cost the original owner.

But you get the idea

There are definitely $8000 package deal rifles out there new... But as to their longevity.....

I have a modern Ford Ranger, who the fuk build shit like that? I have two zkw 465s, bloody smooth to handle, love taking them for a walk or ride, most days they get to throw lead around.