Good Gun Deals This Week

[CoElkHunter]

Following up on this rifle: As expected, things escalated. There's one hour left in the auction and it's up to $3,500+. It stayed at $1,800 for about a week before a flurry of bids in the last two days. Where will it end up at? $4K? $5K? With how the last 15 mins on Gunbroker, nothing ever surprises me.

Still time for someone to step in and scoop it up.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/925213595

Krish!

 

[krish]

 

[CoElkHunter]

I swear we’ve all watched him buy at least 5 on AH in the past 90 days. I want to pay admission to play with his Gun collection.

Ha! The classifieds here are "childs play" to Krish! You should see how many he's bought off Gun Joker. LOL

 

[krish]

Come on CEH.
KRISH

 

[AZDAVE]

I did not say pledge. Only saying sincerely going to TRY.

Been there and tried too, best of luck with that

 

[CJW]

That is it for the rest of th he year.

It's only March. You ain't gonna make it. ; )

 

[krish]

It's only March. You ain't gonna make it. ; )

I know.
Krish

 

[krish]

Been there and tried too, best of luck with that

Well since I have enough donor guns now I should concentrate on projects. Couple of 450 Rigby's, 404J's.
Krish

 

[steve white]

@VertigoBE

Thanks for posting.

I see good and bad in this rifle. The good is that a dumoulin will be a functional Mauser and it’s in a good caliber. Also, the price of €1000 seems affordable.

The cons as I see them are as follows. The scope is too high for the stock and as such, it will kick like a donkey and will take awhile to find your target “searching” for the scope. It also has the classic, cheesy timney lever upgrade to a two position Mauser flag safety. ($25)

To get such a gun ready for a safari, a 3-position side safety is needed for good function and to get a more trustworthy design and lower scope options. But then it has claw mounts, a straight tube scope placed into the original claw bases is surely a €2000 job plus optic. If you orphan the claw mounts it will look horrible and it’s a lot of work to remove the claw from the saddle to get a standard scope base put in its place.

If the gun had merely iron sights, bone stock, with a flag safety, I’d be a bigger fan. In that hypothetical, you’d need €1000 for the gun, €300 for improved safety, €300 for Talley QD rings and bases, and maybe €700 for a 1-4x straight tube Kahles scope. All-in, €2300 for a Belgian Mauser ready for a safari would sound just fine. But again, it’s sort of hypothetical because it has upgrades on it that are hard and expensive to unravel.

Just my opinion as an American, a Euro might be delighted with it as-is for low light running boar hunting if it comes to their eye reliably as set up.

ever think about a comb raising pad to solve most of the above?

 

[AES]

I stumbled on this “good gun deal” this week. It’s been for sale for awhile as I remember seeing it once before but didn’t appreciate the deal at that time. I think you might get them to come down on the price.

It’s a top of the line Dakota African in 458 Lott. The African model has several desirable features. Mercury recoil reducer in forend. Dual crossbolts. Ebony forend tip. Quarter rib.

You might ask, what the heck is such a great deal about a like-new Dakota African for $8250? Well, lets say you get it for $7500. It has easily a $1500 Swaro DG scope on it, and it has $1000 EAW Pivot mounts installed. So the gun is really as-new for $5000 when you think about the fact you’re getting optics and mounts with it and they are the very best of their kind.

Wait, it gets better. Most Dakotas are 13-5/8” Length of Pull which is abysmally short in this day and age. This custom rifle is a full 15” LOP!!!!

Yep, I think its a great deal. Probably the best deal going on a large bore dakota right now.

Retailed by Griffin & Howe

DAKOTA 76 AFRICAN .458 LOTT

DAKOTA 76 AFRICAN .458 LOTT for sale online.

www.gunsinternational.com

Yeah, that one is no longer for sale

 

[VertigoBE]

Yeah, that one is no longer for sale

Well done @AES ! When can we expect pictures, range report, etc. ?

 

[VertigoBE]

I humbly provide another rifle to be inspected by our resident experts, this is all the info I have on it, but I can ask more. We do not see a lot of great examples of American rifles in Belgium, so I do not know much about them:

"Ruger Magnum in .375H&H" with pivot mounts and a Zeiss 1-?x?? Classic scope, for 2400€

Armurerie Alexandre Hanssen - Occasion arme de chasse

Occasion arme de chasse - Armurerie Alexandre Hanssen à Bonnerue - Houffalize (Ardennes - Belgique)

www.armureriehanssen.be

Anyone who can identify the rifle to exact make, from these pictures? Give more info on it?

thanks!

Vertigo

 

[C.W. Richter]

That's very nice. Would love to see close-up pics of the receiver and bolt (out of the gun.) The 1st M77s were neither true Mauser actions nor Magnum length. Perhaps they did some prior work using M98 or similar actions, or work in a custom shop? The bolt handle looks like Ruger work. Stock shape looks CZish. Price is good. Here's one with the factory std stock... https://www.icollector.com/item.aspx?i=12499270

 

[Joker12]

It appears to be a Ruger Magnum rifle that has been very nicely restocked. Those are true magnum length actions that easily handle cartridges like the 416 Rigby or the 458 Lott.

 

[Aaron N]

I would assume adding the front scope base to the quarter rib wasn’t a cheap touch either

 

[VertigoBE]

That's very nice. Would love to see close-up pics of the receiver and bolt (out of the gun.) The 1st M77s were neither true Mauser actions nor Magnum length. Perhaps they did some prior work using M98 or similar actions, or work in a custom shop? The bolt handle looks like Ruger work. Stock shape looks CZish. Price is good. Here's one with the factory std stock... https://www.icollector.com/item.aspx?i=12499270

The owner of this gun store also produces his own custom rifles and guns from actions he purchases in England. He used to work for Purdey (and a few other British houses if I'm not mistaken). He is currently refinishing (removing scratches and dents where possible and then putting a London hand rubbed oil finish on it) of my Dumoulin. (in the end I didn't dare take a piece of sandpaper to it, no matter how fine, or some chemical to take the oil out. )

So this could be a Ruger M77 that he personally restocked/repaired/etc. (side question, aren't M70's more wanted than M77's for African rifles?)

You mention the stock shape looking CZish, but CZ is more with a hogsback stock I thought (which I do not really like) while this looks more like a straight stock with a cheek comb.

I'm not sure I'll be able to get close-ups on the receiver and bolt, but I can ask about the lineage of this rifle.

Thanks for the info already @C.W. Richter ! Might have some more questions for you later on!

 

[Aaron N]

I humbly provide another rifle to be inspected by our resident experts, this is all the info I have on it, but I can ask more. We do not see a lot of great examples of American rifles in Belgium, so I do not know much about them:

"Ruger Magnum in .375H&H" with pivot mounts and a Zeiss 1-?x?? Classic scope, for 2400€

Armurerie Alexandre Hanssen - Occasion arme de chasse

Occasion arme de chasse - Armurerie Alexandre Hanssen à Bonnerue - Houffalize (Ardennes - Belgique)

www.armureriehanssen.be

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Anyone who can identify the rifle to exact make, from these pictures? Give more info on it?

thanks!

Vertigo

The more I think about it, I don’t think anyone would go wrong with this one at $2600US

 

[Scott CWO]

A bit off subject but possibly the worst scope mounting job I have ever seen. Wow, somebody probably bloodied their eyebrow! You should always mount a scope as far forward as possible without losing the full view of the scope magnified image. Makes for better cheek weld as well.

 

[IvW]

I would not buy this rifle as a DG rifle....for that money you couls do a lot better.....

 

[IvW]

I see at least 7 "flaws" that put me off this one but I will leave the comments to the pros...