$100,000 worth of rifles.
- Thread starter chuck nelson
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Yep. Had a guy explain it this way.
When you find you are working harder than you want to, and the work is piling up, raise your rates until the workload slows down and the income is still what you want it to be.
Sometimes really rich people want things. I'm not that!
I can think of a lot of places I'd spend that kind of coin on guns, there isn't one of them.
Nice lumps of wood, if a little busy for something that should get shot. Really don't care for the cutaway on the barrels with the flats.
Count my opinion as "Meh". Nice enough to look at, for a few seconds, then move on. Nothing that would anchor me in front of their table at a gun show, really.
Cheers
Trev
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Meh, I don't want an ornament, I want something I can hunt with.
That means lugging it through rain, snow, extreme heat and freezing temperatures, and still being able to count on it. While not worrying about dropping it and ruining the finish.
those look like museum pieces to me.
Educate us...
A new bolt action from Holland & Holland or Westley Richards I can understand. Or something built on one of the new Magnum Mauser actions (which cost upwards of $4g on their own). But this? With that gaudy insignia on the top of the barrel?
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Leupold has a custom shop too.
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Maybe if you can genuinely afford it, you don't have to worry about the finish. (must be nice)
You have to wonder, rifles like this exist and there is obviously a market. Yet we feel the need to say they're not worth much, anybody who buys them is stupid, all idiots, no better than blah blah blah...
If someone else has the cash and wants to by one, does it make one feel better about themselves to say they don't know what they're doing? What's the motivation to condemn the maker and the buyers of a rifle like this? If someone can afford it and chooses to hunt with a rifle like these and maybe get a scratch on it, who cares?
If someone else has the cash and wants to by one, does it make one feel better about themselves to say they don't know what they're doing? What's the motivation to condemn the maker and the buyers of a rifle like this? If someone can afford it and chooses to hunt with a rifle like these and maybe get a scratch on it, who cares?
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I worked for a Mercedes-Benz dealership when I finished technical school. I had the oppourtunity to meet quite a few high end clients.
I remember one particular client bought a new AMG every year. It didn't make any sense, seeing as this guy had like 3 garages, in 3 different locations, with at least 6 cars in each. Plus a warehouse.
I asked a similar question, my boss responded 'for some people money is not an option nor does it concern them'.
I remember one particular client bought a new AMG every year. It didn't make any sense, seeing as this guy had like 3 garages, in 3 different locations, with at least 6 cars in each. Plus a warehouse.
I asked a similar question, my boss responded 'for some people money is not an option nor does it concern them'.
The prices are silly. I never understand the nice wood thing with hunting rifles. They are gonna get scratched up through the years anyway?
They are basically model 70's right? save more than a few bucks and get the all weather extreme. IMHO it looks better too.
They are basically model 70's right? save more than a few bucks and get the all weather extreme. IMHO it looks better too.
Yes they will. Last time I heard Miller speak he said he shoots every rifle he builds before it leaves his shop.
Anyway, I am a bigger fan of Echols, Fisher and for that matter Leeper when it comes to CRF actions and wood. I could get a lot of their rifles for $100 000.
Surveys of custom rifle makers consistently show that the Leupold is the most popular choice. It turns out that many buyers look at the total package, and decide that taking everything on balance the Leupold is hard to beat at any price.
That doesn't mean that different scopes can't beat the Leupold on different points, but those voting with their thick wallets have already shown their preference. I suspect that the "American made" thing plays a part too.
