Purdey new bolt action rifle

[nztimb]

The new Purdey Bolt-Action Rifle is an all-British product. The double square-bridge controlled-feed action and barrel are both precision engineered in the UK and the rifles are made in Purdey’s London workshop. This new rifle is truly a Best Quality London Rifle.

It would be good to see a little more detail on the action. The package is very eye pleasing though.

 

[Graham Hunter]

At 25000 British pounds it makes a Rigby look cheap.

 

[lockingblock]

It is very interesting that you see English rifles starting to come around to the various accuracy features found on competition rifle for years. I think it is a bit of the difference between art and tools. Too many smiths see their work as "art" and not a tool to be used. I've had discussions with very well known smiths who said that they didn't care for bedding, pillars, or similar...and that 1.5 MOA accuracy was fine. They opined that it wasn't needed to true up a Mauser and that barreling was only measured to the thousandth...

Same group of smiths were proud that you had to paint the "bedding" on with a fine brush...which is contrary to the basic material properties of the bedding material. It's normal for competition rifles to be inletted well overside so that the bedding material can be thick and strong, well bonded to the stock...

That would be unheard of in the world of rifles used for any sport or where an accuracy standard was required....

Plus, those customs were 30k$ rifles...for that money, it should have bedding and an accuracy guarantee.

Heck, a factory Model 70 is usually a MOA gun for less than 1k.

Sometimes, I wish more smiths would spend time on Snipershide, in the Gunsmith section. Longrifles Inc has it down to a science...inletting, bedding, and so on.

Then again...they have rifles that won olympic gold under their belt.

 

[lockingblock]

It would be good to see a little more detail on the action. The package is very eye pleasing though.

It has to be a Mayfair Mauser.

 

[cem rona ergin]

It has to be a Mayfair Mauser.

+1

 

[Ryan]

Heck of a nice rifle but not exactly innovative. I have an aluminum chassis in my Accurate Innovations stocked Ruger Hawkeye, at a fraction of that cost. Not sure how long that company has been doing it, but mine is five years old. Titanium isn't all that much different of metal than aluminum. And aluminum is a normal component of most titanium alloys.

 

[CTDolan]

It is very interesting that you see English rifles starting to come around to the various accuracy features found on competition rifle for years. I think it is a bit of the difference between art and tools. Too many smiths see their work as "art" and not a tool to be used. I've had discussions with very well known smiths who said that they didn't care for bedding, pillars, or similar...and that 1.5 MOA accuracy was fine. They opined that it wasn't needed to true up a Mauser and that barreling was only measured to the thousandth...

Same group of smiths were proud that you had to paint the "bedding" on with a fine brush...which is contrary to the basic material properties of the bedding material. It's normal for competition rifles to be inletted well overside so that the bedding material can be thick and strong, well bonded to the stock...

That would be unheard of in the world of rifles used for any sport or where an accuracy standard was required....

Plus, those customs were 30k$ rifles...for that money, it should have bedding and an accuracy guarantee.

Heck, a factory Model 70 is usually a MOA gun for less than 1k.

Sometimes, I wish more smiths would spend time on Snipershide, in the Gunsmith section. Longrifles Inc has it down to a science...inletting, bedding, and so on.

Then again...they have rifles that won olympic gold under their belt.

Different strokes for different folks.

Personally, I’d rather have a stunning work of art that struggles to maintain a 1-inch group than a plastic stocked wonder that puts them all in one hole, all day (but then again, I detest scopes...).

 

[nztimb]

Thanks, I wondered it it was a Purdey inhouse action

 

[CTDolan]

Heck of a nice rifle but not exactly innovative. I have an aluminum chassis in my Accurate Innovations stocked Ruger Hawkeye, at a fraction of that cost. Not sure how long that company has been doing it, but mine is five years old. Titanium isn't all that much different of metal than aluminum. And aluminum is a normal component of most titanium alloys.

My .416 Ruger Guide Gun sports a Hogue with a full length aluminum bedding block...not exactly new technology.

 

[Ryan]

My .416 Ruger Guide Gun sports a Hogue with a full length aluminum bedding block...not exactly new technology.

I like the mix of both nice wood and bedding of some sort, but not so much the purdy price tag. But, as you say, to each their own.

 

[CTDolan]

I like the mix of both nice wood and bedding of some sort, but not so much the purdy price tag. But, as you say, to each their own.

I’d buy a Purdey (double) tomorrow, if I could afford it, but I cannot (and likely never will).

Why? Priorities.

 

[cem rona ergin]

I’d buy a Purdey (double) tomorrow, if I could afford it, but I cannot (and likely never will).

Why? Priorities.

Exactly!

 

[edward]

Of course they are - I married one!

i disagree,i married a brunette.

 

[edward]

Different strokes for different folks.

Personally, I’d rather have a stunning work of art that struggles to maintain a 1-inch group than a plastic stocked wonder that puts them all in one hole, all day (but then again, I detest scopes...).

hope your eye site holds out.

 

[lockingblock]

The trick to buying an expensive rifle is to lay out all of your guns, optics, and high dollar possessions...

Pick out the ones you haven't used in years, the ones you bought on a whim....and those you wouldn't take hunting again.

Turn them into cash. Even at a loss...turn them to cash.

Add up the gun/gear sale money...plus some from your checking...and you are usually pretty close to a Purdey, assuming you aren't trying to buy a double rifle or similar.

I've done this and it was refreshing...got rid of a lot of stuff that I really didn't like anymore...and got something I loved.

 

[cem rona ergin]

The trick to buying an expensive rifle is to lay out all of your guns, optics, and high dollar possessions...

Pick out the ones you haven't used in years, the ones you bought on a whim....and those you wouldn't take hunting again.

Turn them into cash. Even at a loss...turn them to cash.

Add up the gun/gear sale money...plus some from your checking...and you are usually pretty close to a Purdey, assuming you aren't trying to buy a double rifle or similar.

I've done this and it was refreshing...got rid of a lot of stuff that I really didn't like anymore...and got something I loved.

can you share the photos of that smtg you loved .. ?? we are curious

 

[lockingblock]

I wish...work has me away from all of my guns for a couple of years, chasing $$$ to buy more overseas.

Sometimes I hope that the gunsmith who has my rifles in storage, doesn't think I'm crazy as I keep sending him more that I buy online...

 

[geoff rath]

Purdeys being Purdeys, will be expected to go hunting all over the world for the next twenty years (or more), and come back for more. Then,IF you need to, you can take it back and they will refurbish as needed. Not too many current gunsmiths would, or could offer this sort of service....

 

[ZG47]

Same group of smiths were proud that you had to paint the "bedding" on with a fine brush...which is contrary to the basic material properties of the bedding material. It's normal for competition rifles to be inletted well overside so that the bedding material can be thick and strong, well bonded to the stock...

That would be unheard of in the world of rifles used for any sport or where an accuracy standard was required....

Plus, those customs were 30k$ rifles...for that money, it should have

Heck, a factory Model 70 is usually a MOA gun for less than 1k.

It is the rifles with round bottom receivers that need such heavy bedding and even then it is only good for two years of heavy use (at max!) due to firing torque. There is a very good reason why door latches, automotive engines, lathes, stamping machines and pretty much any machine/mechanism subject to torque and or vibration uses flat to flat mounting surfaces.

 

[lockingblock]

Maybe it depends on the stock...I’ve seen Marine Corps M40 series sniper rifles that were bedded in Marine Tex and they hadn’t been rebedded after multiple years in the fleet...thousands of rounds, multiple users, heavy use in the field.

I think it depends on your bedding material and how thick you can get it.

Dakota uses Bisonite which is supposed to be a product designed to repair industrial boilers and pipes.

YMMV.