Cabin fever solution....detail your next dream hunting rifle build.....

Other than cool factor, spending that much money on a rifle won't make it any more useful than a $1,500 rifle. I would have to have a lot of extra cash and no bills before I could justify that kind of investment. To each his own, I guess.
 
Just depends what you value, I value rifle perfection more than the numbers in an account. It is a lot nicer than a $1,500 rifle, while I agree it doesn't make one a better hunter. Stuart still makes the actions for Holland & Holland's custom Mausers last I checked, and the tolerances and smoothness are on a whole different level even compared to a typical custom. For me a weather impervious, ultra light rifle despite "heavy" options like a 6 round magazine and double square Pic bridges is interesting enough to warrant the $. I do an awful lot of hunting and enjoy finer tools over good ones, that said my old Ruger .375 H&H will no doubt still see by far the most use. :)
 
I'll agree with you. It's not like it's a gaudy "look at me" vainity piece. It's a piece of rifle perfection that only the one carrying it can really appreciate. Although it's not in nearly the same leauge I feel like that about my No. 1 in .300 H&H. It's not that it's a more practical rifle than something a little cheaper, it's just that some days a guy wants to carry something "nice."

Ardent said:
Just depends what you value, I value rifle perfection more than the numbers in an account. It is a lot nicer than a $1,500 rifle, while I agree it doesn't make one a better hunter. Stuart still makes the actions for Holland & Holland's custom Mausers last I checked, and the tolerances and smoothness are on a whole different level even compared to a typical custom. For me a weather impervious, ultra light rifle despite "heavy" options like a 6 round magazine and double square Pic bridges is interesting enough to warrant the $. I do an awful lot of hunting and enjoy finer tools over good ones, that said my old Ruger .375 H&H will no doubt still see by far the most use. :)
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Absolutely :)

I sat down and thought, "What's my perfect rifle?", I talked to Stuart and he started building it for me to a T. It's the rifle that if I owned a rifle company, I'd build.

Big No.1 fan, that's a rifle selling at half what it could and worth every penny twice over. Nice chambering too.
 
Ah yes Ardent, but you are probably like me, in that I like my tools to be clean and in their proper place and of lifetime quality. It is a personality flaw called perfectionist. The cost is irrelevant to the perfect finished product, if the finished product is precisely what we want and will last a lifetime with little or no maintenance. I too appreciate the art and craftsmanship that is present in finely made firearms, there are almost no other areas of our lives where this kind of quality is still present. I appreciate the lines and feel of a finely made sword, although not a knife and sword aficionado, it is very easy to feel the difference between a clunker and a finely balanced sword, even beyond appearance.
If only our vehicles were made to this level of craftsmanship...............but alas from my experience they run more like the Stevens 200 and worse. There are far worse places to put your money, you can't fondle and hunt with your bank statement or investment portfolio. The value isn't dependent on some string of numbers running across a screen on wall street, it is there in your hands.
 
I'm just of the humble opinion that I like to put my own custom lines on my primer poppers.
Sometimes they end up on there on their own.
You should see the custom lines me ole pa put on his Schultz.
Frick'in priceless.
 
c-fbmi said:
Ah yes Ardent, but you are probably like me, in that I like my tools to be clean and in their proper place and of lifetime quality. It is a personality flaw called perfectionist. The cost is irrelevant to the perfect finished product, if the finished product is precisely what we want and will last a lifetime with little or no maintenance. I too appreciate the art and craftsmanship that is present in finely made firearms, there are almost no other areas of our lives where this kind of quality is still present. I appreciate the lines and feel of a finely made sword, although not a knife and sword aficionado, it is very easy to feel the difference between a clunker and a finely balanced sword, even beyond appearance.
If only our vehicles were made to this level of craftsmanship...............but alas from my experience they run more like the Stevens 200 and worse. There are far worse places to put your money, you can't fondle and hunt with your bank statement or investment portfolio. The value isn't dependent on some string of numbers running across a screen on wall street, it is there in your hands.
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You don't own a Toyota then?
 
noneck180 said:
You don't own a Toyota then?
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Nope, nor would I!! I own a Ferrari, a Jaguar XJS, a Mercedes GL320C, a Z06 and several other Corvettes of varying vintage, a 68 Mustang GT and a 2 door 55 Belair, oh ya and I forgot 2 Opal GTs, as well as my everyday vehicles. These are supposedly some of the finest vehicles made and none of them hold a candle to a finely made custom rifle, IMHO.
 
c-fbmi said:
Nope, nor would I!! I own a Ferrari, a Jaguar XJS, a Mercedes GL320C, a Z06 and several other Corvettes of varying vintage, a 68 Mustang GT and a 2 door 55 Belair, oh ya and I forgot 2 Opal GTs, as well as my everyday vehicles. These are supposedly some of the finest vehicles made and none of them hold a candle to a finely made custom rifle, IMHO.
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Pics or I call bull schit... :D
 
Uhhhmmm.
Lets keep cars and bullschit outta a prerfectly fine thread.
I want blueprints and pics or dreams with details on wood, fibre and resin, and steel. Chop, chop.
 
rem338win said:
Uhhhmmm.
Lets keep cars and bullschit outta a prerfectly fine thread.
I want blueprints and pics or dreams with details on wood, fibre and resin, and steel. Chop, chop.
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Yep, I agree with rem338win, this is a gun thread and I won't post car photos..........this was said as a comparison of the quality we can still find in good custom rifles for about the same money as a cheap new pick-up. Justification is in the asking, which one will you still have in 20 years?
 
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