New Lipsey’s Ruger M77 Alaskan in 9.3x62 and 35 Whelen

350tracker said:
I guess I'm really out of touch with prices of fire arms now a days and happy I don't have that itch like I did before. It's a nice rifle but at $2250 and to say not bad :oops: Ouch. All the power to the ones who can afford it.
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Well $2300 is the bottom of the price range in quality rifles now a day when you think rifles like the rigby and holland & Holland of this world sels for $25k and less expensive but uglier GunWork sels for $8-10k, I think $2300 is actually not bad considering all you get in that package. But yeah prices has gone up since 10 years ago!!
 
350tracker said:
I guess I'm really out of touch with prices of fire arms now a days and happy I don't have that itch like I did before. It's a nice rifle but at $2250 and to say not bad :oops: Ouch. All the power to the ones who can afford it.
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100% agree with you. It feels like prices are being pushed higher and higher on firearms, ammo, reloading components etc in an effort to see just how much the market can stand. And it's far outpacing inflation.

In Ruger's case, look no further than when Prophet River organized a special run of Ruger No. 1 Sporter in .303 British. Those rifles were $1200 in 2010. When adjusted for inflation, that is $1690. How much is a new No.1 Sporter in .275 Rigby? US$2450.99, which in our money is $3445. That is more than double what we were paying in 2010 (when adjusted for inflation). Why? I guess because people will pay that kind of money.
 
I think Ruger is a bit of a special case. They seriously cut production of the Hawkeye and No.1 rifles in favor of their American series, mostly offering limited edition/production models, artificially increasing demand/scarcity.

I've actually noticed ammunition coming DOWN in price, albeit very slowly, and mostly in common calibers.

$2250 to your door for a special production run Ruger 77 is easier to swallow than some of the prices I saw on them only a couple years ago.

This model is what the guide gun SHOULD have been IMO. That silly adjustable stock was ugly.
 
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