Thread: Most Expensive Rifle in NZ

I see your 200kNZD and raise you… some more

Difficult to see how that value can be arrived at from a piece of timber, a steel pipe, and a few bits of metalwork (scope aside)

Originally Posted by Bos

Difficult to see how that value can be arrived at from a piece of timber, a steel pipe, and a few bits of metalwork (scope aside)

@Bos apart from paying extra for the name some of them, like the English old school jobbies like Purdey, H+H, Westley Richards etc, you pay for hours worked as well as fitting.
There may be 2 months engraving, colour case hardening, gold inlay etc.
Some of the actions are made and finished by hand, not all of it on a mill.
Plus regulation if it's a double.
And the extra cost of a 5000 dollar or more blank of wood.
Hundreds if not thousands of man hours to make.

And the significant brand premium or goodwill call it what you want, with those makes, that guarantees they hold value or increase over time.

Originally Posted by Bos

Difficult to see how that value can be arrived at from a piece of timber, a steel pipe, and a few bits of metalwork (scope aside)

Yup, and probably shoot no better if not worse than a bargain basement 6.5CM...

@-BW- did you visit all the London Gun Makers? If so which was your favourite?

Originally Posted by EmpireSafaris

@-BW- did you visit all the London Gun Makers? If so which was your favourite?

So far only H&H, but I’m still planning to go to Rigby, and Purdey next time I’m in London in a week or so.