Jon asks How is this gun worth this much?

That gun is absolutely gorgeous. I'd love to handle it and to shoot it would be an amazing experience. Obviously, not even a consideration for about 99.9% of the population, but if I ever came into stupid money I'd be buying and enjoy guns like that before I ever considered a super car or $20k/night hotel suites.
 
Beautiful Boss & Co. over/under. Wow. Thanks for posting.

The term 'best' is applied widely in gunmaking, and definitions are hard to pin down. At one level, it is the best grade that a maker produces. On another, it is the best that is humanly possible, using the best materials and flawless build techniques by the most skilled hands. Even the 'human' dimension is up for discussion, with today's CNC machines, computerized engraving etc., reducing the actual amount of hand fitting and finishing. However one looks at it, gunmakers have long tried to make the most perfected guns for their time, as long as there is a market for them, even rarified markets. And at least since Victorian times, a 'best' gun could represent a working man's entire annual income, and even for a well-off person, a 'best' gun was a very major expense.

Boss & Co. started making breech-loading guns in 1859. They made 15 of them.

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Can't see the video but is that the Boss 20 bore that Jonny Carter and Simon discussed yesterday? If so, the thing is an absolute thing of beauty. Simon rightly points out that they are build for a small percentage of the 1%, and that is none of us here. But if you were, it absolutely is worth it. Especially considering that it is half the price of a new one and available immediately rather than a 5 year wait.
 
BigUglyMan said:
Can't see the video but is that the Boss 20 bore that Jonny Carter and Simon discussed yesterday? If so, the thing is an absolute thing of beauty. Simon rightly points out that they are build for a small percentage of the 1%, and that is none of us here. But if you were, it absolutely is worth it. Especially considering that it is half the price of a new one and available immediately rather than a 5 year wait.
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But there is the matter of a custom fit and the pampering at the maker's, which is why I'm not interested in a used one. :)
 
Big Bad said:
But there is the matter of a custom fit and the pampering at the maker's, which is why I'm not interested in a used one. :)
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There is a point in wealth accumulation when the actual cost of things literally no longer matters. For someone worth $1 billion, spending $200K, or even $500K on a single gun is meaningless, because in no way does that expenditure affect any other way he may choose to spend money. So asking the question "is it worth it" and trying to judge the worth by the normal parameters is pointless. The people buying these guns (new) don't make that judgement. They see it, they want it and they buy it. The only judgement that takes place is "do they want it?"

Now for the rest of us who might fiddle around on the higher end of the used gun market the "is it worth it?" question is quite germane. And my quick answer is no, it is not. It can only be made worth the expense if, in the back of one's mind, there is the thought that it will maintain that value or perhaps rise. If the gun depreciated to $1000 over the ten years following purchase, no one would buy it. And for actual use.....hunting with it.......there are plenty of guns in the $5K to $20K range that will check every box a used Boss does. One has to handle and use these things to get over the awe their value creates in our minds....they are just hunting guns made to be used.
 
Big Bad said:
But there is the matter of a custom fit and the pampering at the maker's, which is why I'm not interested in a used one. :)
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Always been my dream to participate in the bespoke process of a custom gun manufacturer. Seeing as that is far above my pay grade, it's a lottery win excursion with a buddy.

cheers and hope you get the opportunity one day!
 
I'm not rich, but if I was to spend a years pay on a gun, I think I'd rather take that year and learn how to make it myself. Such a gun would be functional if not that nice.
 
Such snooty cucked British gun ownership represented....

If you are exceedingly wealthy you can buy an outrageously priced bird hunting shotgun...

Lame.
 
IanON said:
Such snooty cucked British gun ownership represented....

If you are exceedingly wealthy you can buy an outrageously priced bird hunting shotgun...

Lame.
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Jealous much? How lame.

If you are exceedingly wealthy you can buy an outrageously priced ANYTHING.
 
IanON said:
Such snooty cucked British gun ownership represented....

If you are exceedingly wealthy you can buy an outrageously priced bird hunting shotgun...

Lame.
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I believe most such high end guns are sold are sold to foreigners. Before the Iron Curtain fell, it was Soviet Commissars, now it's probably the friends of Putin. And of course oil sheiks and such.
 
I have bought several items in my life that were over the top in regards to my pay grade but never the less have enjoyed them and passed them on to others.A Purdy or Boss no but have several collectibles now that are truly beyond the average hunter / shooter ,, no regrets I like fine firearms as some like art or wine I do feel bad on a few I have let slip buy...
 
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