$40k+ for a rifle...?

[CraigC]

Money is the root of all evil friends.

No it isn't. The love of money, so they say, is the root of all evil. Evil exists in men, not inanimate objects.

Where people get mixed up, is in the belief that money and material wealth will make them happy. That if they had X amount of money, or drove a certain car, or had a certain kind of house, or lived in a certain area they could finally be happy. Nothing could be further from the truth. Happiness is a choice. It can only come within. A man can be just as happy without a penny to his name as with $100million dollar portfolio. A wise man once said, you find whatever you take with you. What he has is irrelevant. Who he is is all that matters. If he knows who he is, is comfortable in his own skin and believes in himself and doing the right thing, financial success will only magnify that. If he is small-minded, petty, arrogant, egotistical and uses people, money will magnify that. Money will definitely change your perspective but should never change who you are. If you can't be happy and grateful for what you have right now, money won't change anything but the view.

Ask and you shall receive. While not "cheap" relativity speaking this is a drop in the bucket compared to the Hummingbird. For only 8.5 K you too can have a small bore "walking" double to keep the vermin population under control in the nether regions of West Texas!

Now I could see getting one of those! I've always wanted a traditional rook rifle and I've always wanted a double in a chambering I could stand to do a lot of shooting with. That is both!

 

[aka108]

I was at the Nevada State trap shoot held in Elko several times. Many shotguns in the 50 to 60K dollar price range and many pretty much every day ones also. I asked a friend of mine who was shooting about a 20K gun why anyone would put all of that money in one firearm. His answer was mostly that a lot of the guys travel the same competition circuits, have a lot of money and like to one up each other and for bragging rights. Said he saw a guy up in Montana sweep the singles with a Stephens shotgun that sold for about 130 bucks at that time.

 

[coloradokevin]

Like someone else already said, at this price point you are paying for art. That H&H .270 Win is probably a fine rifle, but I'll bet that a $400-500 off the shelf Tikka, Savage, or Remington will shoot just as accurately (if not more so). If you want art, and have $40K that you don't know what to do with, I guess an H&H could find its way into your gun safe. For most of us, these are simply guns we look at and say "oh, neat", as we pass through the fine gun room at a Bass Pro Shops store, etc.

I also agree that this sort of spending is quite common among "serious" shotgunners. I had a guy at Sportsman's Warehouse try to sell me on the virtues of an $80K shotgun that he uses for competition. I'm no competitive trap shooter, but have broken some clays for fun since childhood. There's no way anyone will convince me that you need to spend $80K to be competitive in that sport!

 

[CraigC]

I'll bet that a $400-500 off the shelf Tikka, Savage, or Remington will shoot just as accurately (if not more so).

If only accuracy was the only important factor.

 

[Art Eatman]

H&H, it looks interesting, but it's still heavier than my persnicketyness wants.

 

[dirtyjim]

i've seen the bradshaw hornet double firsthand and they are very nice. bailey brought one of them to one of our big bore shoots a couple years ago.
the ah fox 21 is also available in 22.
if you watch the auctions very closely you might also stumble across a garden gun double in 22lr, i missed the last one on gunbroker.
it was simliar the this 9mm/22 double that sold on auction arms for $550
http://www.gunauction.com/buy/8076222/guns-for-sale-fine-european-firearms/double-barrel-9mm-.22cal-garden-gun-very-rar