Got to ogle a $54,999 gun yesterday

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Drove down to San Antonio yesterday to visit with Senior and on the way back I just lost absolute control of the wife's minivan and miraculously drove out of the skid and landed in Cabela's parking lot:evil:

Anyways, we walked around for a while taking it all in and one way or another we got separated and I ended up in the gun library. I looked around for a bit and finally caught back up to the wife and kids and took them back to the library.

In the case they have a George Gibbs double barrel rifle in .577bhp. It had a couple of letters with it, but the papers were scanned copies that we couldn't make out the signatures on. But it was where the rifle was sent back in for a repair of some type.

Another letter was from Charlton Heston stating that it was indeed the double rifle that he had used in the film "Alaska".

May not seem like a big deal to a lot of folks, but I'm going back to college in Spring specifically so I can afford to buy pieces of history similar to that one.

I found a link to it

http://www.gunsinternational.com/detail.cfm?id=100045853&string=order=Price DESC&cid=579

EDIT: If you happen to find yourself at Cabelas, you have to go to the candy store on the second floor and try the glazed cashews. That stuff is great!
 
Was that Cabelas in Buda or are you referring to Bass Pro in San Antonio? The fine gun room at Bass Pro has some 50k plus guns.

At any rate... yummy guns and candy!
 
possom813 don't forget you are close to the Beretta Gallery in Highland Village by SMU.

A $54,999 gun is downright ordinary in their new showroom.

Have you checked them out? Awesome collection, and they had this last time I was there a 92FS priced at over $500,000. I forgot how many diamonds it had, but it was covered.
 
...a 92FS priced at over $500,000. I forgot how many diamonds it had...
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Wow... a 1/2-million dollar paperweight that looks like a gun. :rolleyes:

I suppose it would be attractive to someone!
 
I saw some double rifle (.460 Nitro) at Bass Pro in Mesa, AZ that was priced at $75k. Alot of others in the $35k to $50k range.

I don't like Bass Pro nearly as much as I like Cabela's.

Acera said:
...a 92FS priced at over $500,000. I forgot how many diamonds it had, but it was covered.
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At some point it just gets ridiculous, doesn't it? :barf:


-T.
 
"Wow... a 1/2-million dollar paperweight that looks like a gun. "
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Heh, that's about how I feel about guns so expensive I'd certainly be reluctant to shoot them.

Then again, Jaques Cousteau *drank* wine that came from a 2000-year-old shipwreck, and I'm sure that a few people have fired their gyrojet cartridges, just because ;)

timothy
 
Diamonds on a gun?

How stupid is that...What a waste of two great things...a gun and the diamonds.

I do not see myself ever spending that kind of cash for a gun. But if I hit the lotto, impossible since I do not play, and had the money then I might consider spending a bunch of money on guns. But for me to spend that kind of cash the guns would need to have historical significance.
 
Hmmm....we were at the NAMM Show (music industry trade show) a couple of years ago, and Martin Guitars had their 1 millionth guitar there, diamonds, rubies, and inlays Oh My! As I walked by the rep asked if I wanted to hold it :eek:, as I take it he says "as the 1 millionth visitor, you have just won the guitar!" I almost dropped the darn thing :uhoh: Of course he was just joking :mad:

In a way, that guitar would make as much sense to me as a 50K + gun. Neither would really be used as their function would dictate (shot or strummed) I own custom built guitars and amps, and my Ed Brown Kobra Carry is about the top end for me (currently;) ) The guitars and amps are played and gigged, and the Ed Brown definitely sees it's time on the range. Just MHO.
 
Though I've never done it, I can see spending maybe $2,000-3,000 on a high end target gun or hunting gun, including accessories, optics, etc. But there has got to be a point where the increase in quality doesn't justify the increase in price. How much better is a gun that costs $30k than a similar (same caliber/ga, same purpose) that only costs $1,500? or $1,000?
 
I was at Chaddicks in Terrell , Tx a couple of years ago and handled two Parkers, one $135,000, the other $125,000 There were also six L C Smiths in the 35-40,000 price range. Nice thing was the wife and I were free to pick up and handle anything with no one looking over our shoulders, we were left in the showroom to browse at our leisure and pleasure.
 
One of the guys that hunts with our big bore group flies out from California to pig hunt with us (private plane of course). His "truck gun" is a 1930's vintage Westly Richards double in .450/400 Nitro I believe. Anyway, it's worth way more than my truck, but it's nice to fondle them.
 
WOW! that's a bit too much for my tastes.

My friend had a $12,000.00 dollar Krieghoff Shotgun that I had a chance to handle once - very well balanced, but way too expensive!
 
How much better is a gun that costs $30k than a similar (same caliber/ga, same purpose) that only costs $1,500? or $1,000?
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"Old world craftsmanship", high quality product, pride of ownership.
Why buy a Tag-Heur (sp) when a Timex Ironman keeps time just as well?
 
collectible sure, but who here would send a round through that gun? i'm of the opinion that you should play with your toys, not just display them.

i shot a 91/100 in trap with my $319 Verona shotgun. i doubt that a $54k gun would help me that much more. i just don't get it i guess.

Bobby
 
Why do people pay so much money for Babe Ruth rookie card when all it is, is a piece of cardboard/paper with a picture and some writing? You're looking at this the wrong way, it's a collectible so the pricing reflects its value in those terms, not physical value, unless its covered in diamonds or what have you, then its a physical price.

Damian
 
The finer guns are works of art, on a functional medium. You buy them for the craft involved and the artisans skill that created the product. It is no different in the big scheme of things than a painting. Of course I could drop less than $10 on a canvas and some paint, but unless it has a Monet signature line, or someone else's of significance, on the bottom, it's not going to be worth much.

What about a Ferrari, or how about those folks that drive the big F350s, 4x4, huge lift kits, expensive tires, etc. just to look cool for their buddies. How many people really need that stuff? Of course you use it, but could you do the same thing with something cheaper? Probably, but these items is how the envelope is pushed to higher levels.

I am thankful that there are things that I can't afford, it makes me strive harder, and appreciate those finer things I have.
 
A few weeks back I drove down to the new Cabela's in Lacey, WA. First reaction was that I could see the building, but wasn't too sure how to get there from where I was. Finally stumbled on the correct turn, and WOW!! The gun library on the second floor is magnificent, nothing in my price range, but magnificent none the less. Did a turn around the second floor, and then down to the bargain den, the fish tank, and finally out through the general store (did walk out with the candied almonds and candied cashews). Next problem was to find my way out of the parking lot...
 
It was probably a Remmington 1100 marked up like all of Cabela's used guns :neener:


HB
 
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