Ruger #1 Tropical Rifle price check

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So I have an opportunity to pick up a #1 in .416 Remington Magnum. The gun is a couple years old , essentially new with no more than one box of shells through it. The guy who bought it new took it to africa where aparrently it didnt see any action, so hes selling it. I have the opportunity to buy it for $1050, and that includes 2 boxes of 400 gr hornady dgx (wholesale sports lists them in their catalog at $71 per box)

The gun literally looks brand new, and still has the original box and papers. I played with it for about ten minutes yesterday and couldn't find a ding or a scratch anywhere. So would this be a good price for the gun? After you take the price of the shells off i'm really only paying 900 for the rifle.
 
New ones listed at $1070-$1100. So your saving the taxes and 2 boxes of free shells. A few yrs ago I bought a LNIB No 1T in 375 H+H in stainless laminate for $875 +tax. If it's something you don't really, really want right now, I'd wait. Better deals to come along
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WSS had a sale on about 2 or 3 months ago where new Tropicals were on for $799. Even now, when not on sale, the price shown for a new Tropical in .416 Rigby is $1069.99. You can usually find .375 H&H or .458 WM versions in the +$800 range. My view is that the price is a bit too high, unless you really want the .416 RM version (they are no longer in production).
 
kyle700 said:
So say if he would do 900, that wouldn't be so bad, would it? He made it sound like the gun was closer to 1500 new, so I figured it was a great buy.
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Yes, if you want the .416 RM then $900 would be a better price. I have owned both the .375 H&H and the .416 RM. The .416 RM used to be quite reasonable to shoot. I reloaded, but bought a few boxes of Remington factory ammo with the 400gr A-Frame. I can't remember what it cost then, but it was a fraction of the cost of what they want today - $150/box. The Hornady stuff seems reasonable enough.
 
kyle700 said:
So say if he would do 900, that wouldn't be so bad, would it? He made it sound like the gun was closer to 1500 new, so I figured it was a great buy.
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Definately try him at $900, but if it's a no go, stop, think and ask yourself: How bad do I want this like new rifle? How often have I seen them pop up for sale? Will another one pop up, if so how soon will it be and will it be any cheaper? Will it be in as good a shape as this one? Only you can make the right call. Sometimes penny pinching can lead to putting your own size 10 and a half army boot deep into your own butt!!! Has happened to me!
You're there, it's there, your cash is there, sounds like 1-2-3 to me, but it's your call! Do it or cry a river later!
Big Time Easy for those arm chair QB's that are all over this web site and that aren't shopping for such a rifle to suggest that you wait and wait and wait and walk away from the deal for a bag of peanuts worth 50 bucks or less! Your call, man!
 
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One thing that hasn't been mentioned is to examine the stock of the rifle. Some ruger No. 1s have damn fine wood for production guns. I personally am willing to pay a small premium for nice wood.
 
diemaco said:
One thing that hasn't been mentioned is to examine the stock of the rifle. Some ruger No. 1s have damn fine wood for production guns. I personally am willing to pay a small premium for nice wood.
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The gun literally looks brand new, and still has the original box and papers. I played with it for about ten minutes yesterday and couldn't find a ding or a scratch anywhere.

say what?
 
well, the gun did goto safari without any action so the sellers value of the gun is around $15000 including trip that didnt do so well lol.
If i knew him, id give him what he wants just to make him feel 0,0001% better.
 
If you are buying it to keep it....i would say go for it at 1000. If you are thinking buy it and sell it in a few years then maybe not. On the other hand you can't put a price on happiness. If it puts a smile on your face buy it and enjoy.
 
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