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JohnTRourke
12-01-2010, 18:36
Who's got one?
I got to handle a .470NE Merkel yesterday and I want one.
it's only $11,000
[Coffee]
I still want one. I just need to raise my prices.
MW Reynolds in Englewood, on Broadway. Bring LOTS o' cash. http://www.mwreynolds.com/ Only place I've ever even SEEN a .700 Nitro Express round.
JohnTRourke
12-01-2010, 19:10
yeah, that's where I handled the Merkel.
I'm thinking those .600NE rounds would be perfect for groundhogs!!!!!!!!
[Tooth]
yeah, that's where I handled the Merkel.
I'm thinking those .600NE rounds would be perfect for groundhogs!!!!!!!!
[Tooth]
If someone ever discovers a breed of burrowing elephants that wreck havoc on ranch lands, we'll know who to call. ;)
When I was young, stupid and living in Nairobi, I got to handle a bunch of double rifles. Holland & Hollands, Purdys, Berettas, ect. Being 1993 the prices were not that bad. If the importation laws were not so difficult, I would have brought back a 416 or a 470 Capstick.
And I was staying at the Hotel New Stanley. I had no friggin idea how much history that place had.
When I went back in 2006 I made sure to not make the same mistakes.
JohnTRourke
12-01-2010, 19:54
AND?
you got to handle them all (you suck BTW, but we'll let that go), and your feelings about them were?
what was good?
what was bad?
etc
Colorado Osprey
12-01-2010, 20:15
Who's got one?
I still want one. I just need to raise my prices.
Have you seen the reasonable price Remington/Baikal?
$1200
Built like a soviet tank or Ak-47
Chrome Lined barrel and Chamber
Popular calibers.... but in OUR country only available in 30-06 and 45-70
Remington SPR22 (relabeled Baikal)
Baikal MR221
It will take about 100 rounds to break in so you won't need to put it across you knee to open. Then it will be great. Not a pretty gun.. a utility gun that won't fail.
JohnTRourke
12-06-2010, 14:37
Problem solved
Chapius UGEX, 9.3x74mm
http://home.pcisys.net/%7Ebdhopkins/guns/Chapius1.jpg
http://home.pcisys.net/%7Ebdhopkins/guns/stock1.jpg
that's a quarter BTW for some idea of size.
argonstrom
12-06-2010, 15:07
That is so cool!!!
Beautiful wood! Be sure to post photos of your bruised shoulder too! [ROFL1]
CrufflerSteve
12-06-2010, 15:34
EAA, a place with a mixed reputation was supposed to importing these:
http://www.eaacorp.com/pdfs/USSG_2011Catalog_p11.pdf
Steve
jerrymrc
12-06-2010, 16:04
MW Reynolds in Englewood, on Broadway. Bring LOTS o' cash. http://www.mwreynolds.com/ Only place I've ever even SEEN a .700 Nitro Express round.
Back about 9-10 years ago my boss at the time had Hickman Rifles re barrel a gun in .700 NE. I remember ammo was something like $15 per round and not many wanted to test fire it. :)
ghettodub
12-06-2010, 16:19
MW Reynolds in Englewood, on Broadway. Bring LOTS o' cash. http://www.mwreynolds.com/ Only place I've ever even SEEN a .700 Nitro Express round.
They have some gorgeous stuff in there, I was blown away. The wood work on those shottys is stunning
theGinsue
12-06-2010, 16:33
That's a gorgeous rifle Brian. The furniture is absolutely high end on that thing.
So, what do you plan to shoot with that? Incoming meteors? [LOL]
They have some gorgeous stuff in there, I was blown away. The wood work on those shottys is stunning
I took my grandson in there once to show him what really nice guns look like. They had a $60,000 shotgun that I didn't even want to get close to. Places like that with those kinds of prices make me very nervous, I'm scared to death I'll knock something over and break it.
I grew up in Enid, OK, and when I was 14 or so I used to hang around at Champlin Firearms. They hand-made high-end guns like that, double rifles and all kinds of exotic shotguns and safari type guns. At 14 I didn't really understand all that, but I remember they made some beautiful guns.
They were friendly and nice to me, just a snot-nosed hangaround kid. I remember they had a rack full of stock blanks of very exotic imported woods, blew my mind when the guys told me how much just the wood blanks alone were worth, and this was around 1970-71.
A kid I went to school with and was friends with, his dad worked there. He went on to becoming a custom gunmaker, named Clayton Nelson. A couple years ago I saw one of his rifles in a display case at the Bass Pro Shops custom gun room here in Denver. Big bucks. I have tremendous respect for high-end firearms like that, but I'm much too redneck for them.
I just did a quick Google search, and apparently this is one of Clayton Nelson's rifles. I'd be scared to even look at something like this, let alone touch it.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/rinselman/guns/misc%20rifles%20and%20longguns/Engraved_14.jpg
JohnTRourke
12-06-2010, 18:29
EAA, a place with a mixed reputation was supposed to importing these:
http://www.eaacorp.com/pdfs/USSG_2011Catalog_p11.pdf
Steve
so, apparently from what I read, they actually aren't bad rifles. There are some bad ones, but that's true in any make.
the fancier engraved ones run about 5 grand
BUT
they are ONLY carried at Cabela's. You want one, you gotta go to cabela's
There's a real nice 450-400 for sale on accuratereloading forums.
MW Reynolds is awesome. Very nice folks, all that inventory and you can just browse, prices are fair. not great, not ridiculous, but fair. They have some really nice stuff.
Also an AYA dealer.
JohnR: You don't fuck around. Please excuse my language. So is that thing one of those .22/.410 bore things? ;)
Rondog: Your comments remind me of the time I was casually working for some friends I have that move pianos. When you move a piano, you turn it on it's side, take the legs off, and push it around on a cart. They kept making fun of me all day long because I would leave my hand on the piano because I was afraid to let it sit on its own while it was on its side. We were in the process of moving a USED 9' baby grand into the Walnut down in Denver when they told me that the piano was probably currently valued at around $100,000. I about crapped myself and said, "And you're having me push this thing around on this cart?!" I had no idea how much nice pianos cost.
cabelas and bass pro both have some awesome rooms with some amazing shotguns and rifles...some in the very high price range! check them out some time
JohnTRourke
12-06-2010, 20:33
cabelas and bass pro both have some awesome rooms with some amazing shotguns and rifles...some in the very high price range! check them out some time
Cabelas isn't badly priced, but bass pro is ridiculously high priced. We're not talking 50 bucks, we're talking 10 to 20 grand.
go to MW Reynolds
You can actually get into nice English/European shotguns for ONLY about 5 grand.
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