Who here would own a $50,000 rifle?

Would you buy a $50,000 rifle?

  • Yes I would own a $50,000 rifle if I had the means, but I don't.

    Votes: 175 34.4%

  • Yes I would buy a $50,000 rifle, and I have the means to do so.

    Votes: 10 2.0%

  • No I wouldn't buy a $50,000 rifle and I have the means to do so.

    Votes: 57 11.2%

  • No I wouldn't buy a $50,000 rifle, but I don't have the means anyways.

    Votes: 266 52.4%
  • Total voters
    508
Once you get into the realm of the Holland and Holland's you are buying more than a gun, you are buying a rare and collectible piece of art.

It's never going to be something I will own, but if I was wealthy enough to buy $50,000 pieces of art I would be buying rifles instead of paintings or statues.
 
If I was given one I'd sell it and use the money for something else, e.g. a bunch of guns that cost much less than $50k each, or a bit of land somewhere out of the way where I could play with my cheaper guns without bothering anybody. It's just not my kind of thing, even if I had the money. But I'm not saying there's anything wrong with a gun being made that nice or with anybody who has the money and likes them that much buying $50k guns. The gun maker uses the money for materials and other business expenses, food, rent, shoes for his kids, etc. It all makes the world go 'round.
 
NAA said:
Nope. And I voted in category #3.... ;)

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NAA would only buy a $50,000 1911. :D
 
If I had money piled up all over the place I definately would buy a 50k rifle, probably a shotgun and a handgun to keep it company too.
 
Not sure if I would or not. If I was bathing in money and nothing better to do with it I would probably buy three or four worth that much and then some.

Probably not from the builder in question though...
 
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Got to handle a H&H double rifle in 475 Nitro Express.

That thing was a beautiful example of "top drawer" workmanship and gunsmithery & was worth well over $20K back in the late 1970's.

Would I buy it?.........NO!

I would spend extra bucks on functionality.........Surgeon action, Kreiger barrel......stuff like that.
 
If I had more money than Brains (which wouldn't be THAT hard), I could see myself having a nice 50K custom Shotty with some exotic wood. I have been able to handle a few beauties, and they make you wish you could have them.
 
A gun is only worth $50,000 if someone is willing to pay that for it, otherwise it's just another piece of wood and metal. In this country I would assume there aren't that many, haven't seen any in the EE lately.:):):)
 
If I had the disposable income to do it... I certainly would!

Once I got the action/barrel/stock I wanted, I'd most likely end up sending it to Christine (www lelievre-graveur.fr) for the finishing touch. (She's at the Montreal "Salon des metiers d'art" until the 22nd if anybody is interested)

The way I look at it, it would be like a piece of art, that I could play with :) Something I can't do with the paintings on wall.
 
If I'd have the money and lived south of the border, I'd seriously think about buying this mini-gun.

It's a steal at 215,000 USD, and you don't need to be a class 3 dealer.

Then again....

How well would a minigun do against the African big 5? *runs*

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GE 134 Mini Gun- Fully Transferable


We have a fully transferable GE M134 mini gun for sale that is in excellent condition. This gun comes with the original GE receiver, feeder delinker, 600 round ammo box and has been upgraded with Garwood motor, spade grip and fire control box, electrical cables, feed chute, motor, mount assembly (yoke, sight rail and vertical arm). Gun is ready to shoot and runs flawlessly. On form 4 in Arizona. You may have seen it in action mounted on top of a land rover at the previous MG Shooters events in Wikieup. Pictures are available. Price is $215,000.00 with buyer paying shipping and tax stamp.

In addition to the above mini gun we have available a complete parts kit consisting of a Garwood 80% receiver, complete housing assembly (with bolts, tracks and safeing sector), new FN barrels, barrel clamp assembly with flash hider, motor, feeder delinker, Degroat fire control box and cables (everything you need except a set of spade grips to make a post sample gun after receiving appropriate ATF approval and finishing the receiver, or use as spares for above gun). Also available are two 1200 round ammo boxes (one new), one new 3200 round ammo box, a round repositioner, misc. spare springs, bearing pins, feed chute and Garwood battery box with batteries. P.O.R.
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If I had the means such that I could afford to spend $50,000 as easily as I can spend $500 now, I would consider buying a gun for that price. It wouldn't be a bolt action, though. It would have to be something more exotic, like a large bore double rifle.

Once you get into this price range, you're not just buying a gun, you're buying a work of art. I think this would be a piece of art I would be better able to appreciate than a painting.

I think a $50,000 rifle is less absurd than the bottle of 50 year old Glenfiddich I recently saw for sale for $25,000.
 
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