Good Gun Deals This Week

[Altitude sickness]

That’s a great price

 

[Rifleman97]

That’s a great price

I would’ve went home with it if I could spare that much cash right now

 

[Aaron N]

There’s a (supposedly) brand new with box Parkwest Arms in 275 rigby at Cabelas in Omaha NE I looked at today for about $4500, I’d buy it if I didn’t have several gun builds in the works right now. Some of the prettiest wood I’ve seen for my tastes on anything under 15 grand

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I bet without the schnable forend it would have sold easily

 

[Rifleman97]

I bet without the schnable forend it would have sold easily

What forend is more valuable? The ebony tip? Or the Winchester featherweight style? Standard rounded?

It’s literally so easy to install ebony forends

Or sand off the protrusion and put some finish on it, it would take like 10 minutes of sanding and an hour or so spread out over a few weeks of putting finish coats on it to have a normal looking forend

 

[Aaron N]

What forend is more valuable? The ebony tip? Or the Winchester featherweight style? Standard rounded?

It’s literally so easy to install ebony forends

Or sand off the protrusion and put some finish on it, it would take like 10 minutes of sanding and an hour or so spread out over a few weeks of putting finish coats on it to have a normal looking forend

Well I’m not sure about “value” but I bet that it’s off putting to 90% of the American market. And most people spending 4-5k on a rifle aren’t looking to put any money into it.

But I believe @rookhawk once said, if you’re looking for a perfection in a second hand rifle, you’ll never end up with one. And that’s an awful paraphrase.

 

[rookhawk]

There’s a (supposedly) brand new with box Parkwest Arms in 275 rigby at Cabelas in Omaha NE I looked at today for about $4500, I’d buy it if I didn’t have several gun builds in the works right now. Some of the prettiest wood I’ve seen for my tastes on anything under 15 grand

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I’m the largest of Dakota and Parkwest fan-boys you’ll find on this forum.

This one is gross.

Let me count the infractions:

-No iron sights
-No rear island sight
-No quarter rib
-Not a safari or African (insert the Parkwest equivalent for those Dakota terms)
-That awful schnabel forend
-No ebony forend tip
-crude, borderless checkering
-asymmetric wood grain of modest quality

Overall, not a fan. And normally I’m a big fan. If it was a safari grade with quarter rib and the safari look, it would be a $10k gun that would sell in hours, not days. It’s a fugly alpine grade and I just can’t abide anything about it.

Just no.

 

[Rifleman97]

I’m the largest of Dakota and Parkwest fan-boys you’ll find on this forum.

This one is gross.

Let me count the infractions:

-No iron sights
-No rear island sight
-No quarter rib
-Not a safari or African (insert the Parkwest equivalent for those Dakota terms)
-That awful schnabel forend
-No ebony forend tip
-crude, borderless checkering
-asymmetric wood grain of modest quality

Overall, not a fan. And normally I’m a big fan. If it was a safari grade with quarter rib and the safari look, it would be a $10k gun that would sell in hours, not days. It’s a fugly alpine grade and I just can’t abide anything about it.

Just no.

Really interesting. I’m a professional woodworker so a forend being schnabel is just 30 minutes of sanding and some finish time over the course of a few weeks. I can install an ebony foreend in under an hour and another hour to shape it.

I don’t know anything about the value of them, and I admit having irons would be nice for both use and value.

I honestly like that color of wood with a few dark streaks more than 99% of the hyper figured California walnut out there, so I admit that when I said nice wood it’s definitely nice in “my taste”

All in all you’re the expert here, it’s just interesting seeing how other people see it.

 

[Aaron N]

Really interesting. I’m a professional woodworker so a forend being schnabel is just 30 minutes of sanding and some finish time over the course of a few weeks. I can install an ebony foreend in under an hour and another hour to shape it.

I don’t know anything about the value of them, and I admit having irons would be nice for both use and value.

I honestly like that color of wood with a few dark streaks more than 99% of the hyper figured California walnut out there, so I admit that when I said nice wood it’s definitely nice in “my taste”

All in all you’re the expert here, it’s just interesting seeing how other people see it.

The heart wants what the heart wants

 

[MS 9x56]

A CZ 550 in 9.3x62 for $1,445. I don't see too many of these appearing.

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That’s because those of us that have them, love them and are not turning loose of them.

 

[gearguywb]

If I had 5K lying around (read: not heading to SA in a week), I would be all over that PW for that price.